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Enhancing Spanish Writing Skills with Circumlocution Techniques and...
As the year went on, I noticed that my students needed a lot of support with writing. During timed or free-writing activities, many students would write very little because they did not know how to...
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Women’s History Month Spanish resources
March is Women’s History month, although anytime is a great time to highlight the leadership and contributions of strong, latina women in our Spanish class. Here are some ready-to-implement resources...
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March 2026 underway
Round 1 is officially underway and open for voting. Youtube Video with a sample of all 16 song Song Info with all other notes Playlists: Spotify, Youtube, Apple Music Song Ranking Sheets: students...
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1772431260 days hours minutes secondsuntilMMM26 voting opens Our playlist is set, our bracket is ready for printing, and resources are being added daily to the collaborative drive. If you haven’t...
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MMM26
March 2, 2026 – March 20, 2026.The 16 songs of this year’s March Music Madness are currently being voted on by the teachers in our FB Group. Listen to the Spotify Playlist or Youtube Playlist, then...
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Fitting in: being part of the puzzle in school
At the 2025 Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) fall conference, I attended a session by Rachel D’Onofrio and Curt Gladstein from Evanston Township High School. Their session...
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Teaching El Cucuy: A Fun Approach for Spanish Learners
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...
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Resources for La Lucha
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...
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Engaging Group Activities for Spanish Reading Comprehension
If you are reading a novel in your Spanish class, we’ve got a new activity that you may want to try. My 8th grade class is currently reading “La Lucha” by Melisa Lopez. After reading chapter 6, I had...
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Essential Resources for World Language Instruction
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...
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MMM 25 winding down, still time to win
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...
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Win Prizes in Our March Music Madness Raffle!
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...
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Get Ready for March Music Madness ’25: Participate in the Bracket Tournament!
With a toddler and newborn, I haven’t posted as much as I would like the past year. But if there’s one thing that gets me foregoing sleep so I can work on creating… it’s the annual March Music...
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Bracket Predictions
We are less than a week away from March Music Madness 2024. Plenty of time to get in on what will sure to be the highlight of the year for your students. We recently sat down with Claudio Elliot on...
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SpanishPlansMMM March Music Madness 24
1709532060 days hours minutes secondsuntilSpanishPlansMMM24 The 11th annual March Music Madness tournament is approaching and teachers are gearing up. Our MMM24 homepage has what you need. Don’t...
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Mad Libs en español
Next week I’ll be using the Spanish Lottery video of Justino with materials from the Comprehensible Classroom. In order to preview the story I used a Mad Libs activity, generated by ChatGPT which I...
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Independent Spanish Reading
After different variations over the years, [FVR (Free Voluntary Reading], Lectura Libre, SSR (Silent Spanish Reading) among others] I’ve again renamed our reading time in class to ISR: Independent...
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Movie Talk Notes Activity
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 important...
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Some ideas to keep in mind this month: We recently combined several of our products into a Hispanic Heritage Bundle… including our popular 10 Misconceptions about the...
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Back to School 2023
It’s that time of year again…. summer break is coming to an end for me and I’ll be back in the classroom for year 17 soon. Here’s a few things we’ve been up to over the summer to help make YOUR...
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