I like to include Spanish listening activities in my classes as much as I can. It can be seriously challenging to find good listening activities in Spanish for lower-level students, though. Textbooks only have so many (good) listening comprehension activities, and it can be tricky to find recordings of Spanish speakers who speak SLOWLY and CLEARLY . Here are five great websites that I've found and used in my Spanish 1 and 2 classes: ...

The whole point of a quiz or test is to assess students' knowledge. Not their eyesight of their neighbor's answers. 😒 If you have students with wandering eyes, I have a tip for how to stop students from cheating! ...

Have you ever sat down after school to plan tomorrow's Spanish lesson and thought, "I KNOW I have something for this." So you check Google Drive. Then TpT. Then the folder of activities a coworker shared with you three years ago. Then the folder of things you made three years ago and barely remember making. 😂 Eventually you find something that might work. Except now you need bell work. And you need to figure out what you're actually teaching before the activity. And maybe students need more practice first. And what are you doing the day after this? 😵‍💫 You probably don't need more Spanish resources. You need a plan for how all those pieces fit together. Because having 847 activities isn't particularly helpful when you still have to sit down every night and figure out what you're teaching tomorrow. That's exactly why I created Listo y Llamativo. What is Listo y Llamativo? Listo y Llamativo is my complete, ready-to-teach Spanish 1, 2, and 3 curriculum......

My favorite speaking activity is an A/B partner activity , but sometimes it's great to switch things up and give students actual pieces of paper that they will litter all over your floor .  This type of speaking activity definitely requires more prep, but it can be worth it in the long run....

Scenario: It's the end of Unit 1 in Spanish 1 and your school district requires you to assess each kid's speaking skills.  Individually.   At the end of each and every unit.  Oh and you have 35 kids in each of 6 classes. It's the stuff nightmares are made of....

You simply can't grade every piece of paper that students touch. It's too many papers and students don't need 857 grades at the end of each marking period. Besides that, your friends and family will miss you if you try to grade ALL THE PAPERS. Here are 5 tips for staying on top of grading (and having a life!):...