You ever wonder how you can easily teach calendar vocabulary in Spanish 1? Here are 3 tips to make it seamless and comprehensible!...

You know when you plan that great lesson and it finishes 15 minutes before the bell rings... and you're like omg now what?? And the students stare at you like now what?? Yeah... it happens....

I find the commands unit to be pretty fun to teach. Students love being bossy! 😂...

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! ...

by Jessica Hall , creator of Miss Señorita and Listo y Llamativo Listo y Llamativo is a full-year Spanish 1, 2, and 3 curriculum for middle and high school teachers, with daily lesson plans that connect explicit vocabulary and grammar instruction to speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice.   It includes unit plans, a full-year pacing guide, and coordinated materials for teaching and practice. All 3 levels are available separately or in combination. Have you ever sat down to plan tomorrow's Spanish lesson and thought, "I KNOW I have something for this." You check Google Drive, TpT, and a folder you haven't opened in 3 years. 😂 You find an activity, but you still need the lesson, bell work, and enough practice to make it all fit together. You probably don't need more Spanish resources. You need a plan for how all those pieces fit together. That's exactly why I created Listo y Llamativo. What is Listo y Llamativo? Listo y Llamativo is my complete, rea......

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....