If your lessons are going well this year, you should reuse them next year! Because it'll be waaaaay easier.  If you save your files digitally, here are some tips to make sure your desktop isn't a dumpster fire and next year can be suuuuuper easy with lesson planning....

At a certain point, students notice that they have learned two different verbs for "to be". This is when ser vs estar usage gets tricky for students. ¿Cómo estás ? Estoy bien. How are you ? I am good. ¿De dónde eres ? Soy de California. Where are you from? I am from California....

Digital, Engaging, Free… You’ll DEFinitely love them! Get it? D igital, E ngaging, F ree… DEF initely?! I know, I’m so clever. *takes a bow* I'll be here all week... 🤪...

I have always found myself going back to the same types of speaking activities unit after unit, year after year. They’re easy for me to plan. After a while though, kids eyes glaze over and they’re like, “Oh, we’re doing THIS activity again?” *insert teenagers rolling their eyes and looking as disinterested as possible* If you’re looking for some fresh new ideas to broaden your teacher toolkit and include some variety in your lessons this year – look no further!...

Imagine: You’ve got  30  way too many students in class and you have successfully coerced them into opening their mouths and speaking Spanish. Maybe they’re in partners, maybe it’s a group activity.  But now what? How do you grade them?...

Looking to keep things fresh and new without driving yourself crazy with planning and prep? Want to incorporate listening, speaking, reading, AND writing activities all in one class period, but aren't sure how?...

You know when you teach 3 or 4 (or 5… oh god or 6??) Spanish 1 sections… and one of the classes is highly motivated 🤓. And one of them can’t stop talking 🤪. One of them is right after lunch when everyone wants to sleep 🥱. Then the last one is full of jokesters 🤡 … like each class has its own personality....