I'm pretty sure when I was learning Spanish in high school, we learned about culture in Spanish-speaking countries by reading blurbs in the textbook. Honestly, it's shocking we learned anything about how people live in Spanish-speaking countries. The internet is an amazing tool for teaching culture and truly letting students learn how people live in other countries. I love to use webquests to teach culture.  Here's how I create them!...

If you're looking for a great way to wrap up Spanish 1 and let students show off all they've learned this year - have I got a great idea for you! Meet the Spanish 1 Final Project . Students create a booklet about themselves and cover just about every topic they've learned throughout the year....

  I love a review game. I have blogged about bingo (lotería), dominoes , and charades . Let's talk about Memory....

Think about those tricky lessons you teach where the words change or move. Or where the words change AND move like with direct, indirect, and double object pronouns. I make a powerpoint that teaches my students what words change, what they change to, and where those pronouns move to....

I'm gonna go ahead and say the preterite vs imperfect is the worst part of Spanish 2. It's probably the hardest thing students have faced up to that point. And then they get to Spanish 3 and meet the nightmare known as the subjunctive. 😂 I have a few suggestions to make teaching preterite vs imperfect palatable and not pure horror....

Most beginning Spanish 1 students probably think that everyone in the Spanish-speaking world eats tacos.  And while it's true some people in Spanish-speaking countries do eat tacos - not everyone does. And there are other foods besides tacos! If you're looking for an idea to teach students about foods of the Spanish-speaking world and expand their vocabulary beyond "los tacos" , then have I got an idea for you!...

At least 99% of parents are super lovely.  It's just that last 1% that might attempt to make your life hell....