Happy Labor Day! I'm having a sale!
20% off everything in my TpT store! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/My-Spanish-2-Go.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
¡Prepárense! National Hispanic Heritage Month is right around the corner!
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15 through October 15. Prepare for this ahead of time by making a display for the hallway, labeling every classroom in the school with Spanish labels, and encouraging students to bring in trivia. Assign a day per student to be ready to bring in an interesting fact or piece of trivia about Hispanics that have contributed to American history or about important or interesting Hispanic Americans in the United States today. For example, how many Hispanics are currently contending for the Republican or Democrat nomination to the next Presidential election? Where are they or their family from? See if your students can read their fact/trivia on the morning announcements each day.
Find out some more ideas for celebrating at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson203.shtml
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
¡El alfabeto español!
This is a 60 minute lesson plan for teaching the Spanish Alphabet. Designed for middle or high school, but I'm sure it could be used in elementary as well! 60 minutes is a conservative number. Some of the activities may go a little longer so this could even become 80 or 90 minutes (especially with transitions.) You could even split the plan up into 2 days as each activity is separate from the other.
This product includes:
--2 sets of alphabet cards that may be printed onto card stock for display or use in the activities. (One of them uses my papel picado creation! Also, all are transparent, so you may change the color of the background.)
--4 printable posters for display or just use as a Power Point slide.
--15 separate activities (including a task-based partner worksheet with 5 activities) and a printable practice quiz.
Note: The Spanish alphabet used in this product reflects the changes established by the Real Academia Española as of 2010.
This product includes:
--2 sets of alphabet cards that may be printed onto card stock for display or use in the activities. (One of them uses my papel picado creation! Also, all are transparent, so you may change the color of the background.)
--4 printable posters for display or just use as a Power Point slide.
--15 separate activities (including a task-based partner worksheet with 5 activities) and a printable practice quiz.
Note: The Spanish alphabet used in this product reflects the changes established by the Real Academia Española as of 2010.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Actividad: ¡Vocabulario ilustrado!
This is a great activity for new vocabulary and makes a really nice bulletin board display or word wall when finished. It includes instructions, a template, and 14 student examples. This is also a great activity for the day you pass out your textbooks—have the students look in their glossary and choose any vocabulary word to illustrate!
Here are some of my students' examples:
You will discover some amazing artists in your students:
I've also included a template in this product if you would like to make your bulletin board more uniform:
You may find this activity at my TpT store at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/VOCABULARY-Great-idea-to-get-students-to-illustrate-vocabulary-2060729
Sunday, August 23, 2015
¡Arrebato!
I have added a new game to my TpT store! It's a great way to get students to review topics in Spanish in groups! It is based on the popular board game of "Outburst." Easy preparation for a very rewarding lesson plan!
This game includes instructions and categories that students should learn in Spanish I in Middle or High School. Fun categories are also included such as: "Popular Latin/Hispanic Singing Groups." There are 32 categories total--4 categories per slide to make printing and cutting quick and easy!
I have always used this as a review game in the first few days of Spanish II, but it could also be used as a review game at the end of Spanish I. You could actually use it in upper levels for a filler or to begin teaching how to play the game.
Coming soon: more versions of the games for Spanish II, III, and IV!
This game includes instructions and categories that students should learn in Spanish I in Middle or High School. Fun categories are also included such as: "Popular Latin/Hispanic Singing Groups." There are 32 categories total--4 categories per slide to make printing and cutting quick and easy!
I have always used this as a review game in the first few days of Spanish II, but it could also be used as a review game at the end of Spanish I. You could actually use it in upper levels for a filler or to begin teaching how to play the game.
Coming soon: more versions of the games for Spanish II, III, and IV!
Thursday, August 20, 2015
¡Dígame que no es verdad!
I just came across this article while verifying the most updated changes before I post my 50 Minute Lesson Plan with fun activities for learning the Spanish alphabet! Confession: I am one of those Spanish teachers that LOVED teaching the alphabet with the marching song by Barbara MacArthur as was made famous on the "Sing, Dance, Laugh, and Eat Tacos 2!" CD. It was so fun and catchy. However, if you abide by the grammar rules of the Spanish Royal Academy the letters "CH," "LL," and "RR" have been removed. I had already reconciled myself to this fact, still in search of a song that I will enjoy as much as the cadence by Barbara MacArthur; but now I have learned that they have changed the official names for the letters "Y" and "V." As a language teacher, what can be more fun than teaching the secret to the name "i griega?" Did you know you are really calling it the "greek letter 'i'?" I still managed to keep 50 minutes of fun in my lesson plan, so look for that coming soon...
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