Students in Spanish class practice "gustar" and work on presentational speaking with SEL task of community belonging.

Looking for a novel way to teach about the legend of El Cucuy, but don't want to do the traditional activities of CI? I had to think about how I could get my students to be familiar with the story and be able to provided super simple Spanish input. A book by Joe Hayes was the answer. This is an activity I did years ago and always thought I blogged about it, but never did...

A novice-level TPRS story that features a hungry tiger that sees animals. Focuses on the words: Ve, no ve, and dice plus the phrase tiene hambre. A great story for the beginning of the year.Includes a...

Free Lesson Plans: Juanes Fotografia Free Lesson: This free version includes a TPRS story with a powerpoint story, a reading, and a storyboard to go along with the Juanes song “Fotografia&#82…

If you aren’t convinced you need to incorporate reading, just listen to the students. Here’s what mine said about FVR. YouTube Tutorials: (1-4 minutes each) FVR Introduction Creating yo…

This year was my first year using the book LA LUCHA by Melisa Lopez from FluencyMatters/Wayside Publishing. The book is a historical fiction book about a teenager year old named Javier who works in the fields picking crops alongside his dad. Javier hears about a movement lead by Cesar Chavez and wants to join, despite his father's objection. It's a great book that brings in our US history of the Farmworker's Movement, and the work of Chavez.

In a Spanish class reading "La Lucha," students analyzed chapter 6 by identifying 20 significant words. They collaborated in pairs to compare lists, ultimately agreeing on ten key words. This activity promoted deeper understanding of the text and vocabulary through repeated engagement, discussions, and potential follow-up writing assignments using the chosen words.

As teachers look ahead for resources to request for the next school year, we are sharing a curated list of Subscriptions services or websites for World Language teachers. The list ranges from curri…

As teachers look ahead for resources to request for the next school year, we are sharing a curated list of Subscriptions services or websites for World Language teachers. The list ranges from curricular resources that are targeted for language acquisition and development in reading, listening, and even some speaking, as well as gaming sites or lesson planning sites using AI.

We are in the last week of MMM, although the polls remain open until the end of the month, and the resources never expire. Check out our Round 2 and beyond Presentation with voting links. The 1st semifinal went back and forth and less than 40 votes separated them before an official winner was declared. Monday and Tuesday are the final days of the 3rd and 4th quarter with the semifinals kicking off on Wednesday and Thursday and the final this Friday.

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Our March Music Madness is just under a month away and we've got some surprises in store. The first is the unveiling of our Teacher Bracket Prediction Challenge. Teachers can fill out a google form with their picks to try and end up with a "perfect bracket". The teacher(s) with the most points will be winning some high-desired prizes. We are also running a Raffle to promote MMM25, with a plethora of dream prizes.

After presenting a MovieTalk/Clip chat, what’s your next step? If you use screenshots to present a video (which is usually my preferred way), then you are already halfway there. Organize the …