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Publicado en SpanishPlans el 16/01/2022
It’s back. Our 9th annual music competition is gearing up and we’ve got 16 songs that your students are going to love. This year we will be hosting a qualifying round in Jan/Feb of 4 songs to determine the last entry. You can get all the material for FREE in this download and then head over to the voting page.
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 12/12/2021
This week, as part of the clothing/shopping unit, we went shopping! I had students explore a real Mexican department store and let them browse on their own for a while before I put them to the task of helping me look for gifts for my family.
I projected a screen with an item that I was looking for with a description of them person and their likes/dislikes and certain things that I was looking for about the item.
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 03/12/2021
Looking for that perfect gift for a colleague… or yourself?
Check out our T-shirts, Hoodies, Coffee mugs, and facemasks of our popular “¿Qué hace un pez? / Nada” chiste as well as our sarcastic “Did you seriously just ask if you have to do it in Spanish?”
Using the movie Encanto in your Spanish class
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 17/11/2021
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 17/11/2021
With Disney’s Encanto coming out next week I wanted to preview the movie before Thanksgiving...
Leer másPublicado en SpanishPlans el 22/08/2021
After a year with many teaching from our homes, most of us are back in the classroom this year. Seems like a good time for a fresh start and new beginnings. End of the last year I purged a lot of stuff I haven’t used in years. This year due to a new board panel, I had to rearrange my set up. So whats are the “must have’s” and “think twice” when it comes to classroom decoration:
Must Haves for language acquisition
- Spanish Rejoinders: Let the students use useful phrases to react to situations around the classroom. There are some great rejoinder posters from Grant B. or you can...
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 30/07/2021
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Publicado en SpanishPlans el 10/03/2021
If you felt like you didn’t have time to join us for the whole tournament of 16 songs, we are down to the final 8. For the rest of the MusicadeMarzo21 tournament, you could use a modified 4 day or 7 day bracket.
See our modified calendar. You can pass out the full bracket with the songs advancing or just show the final 8 bracket. Both are available for free download here: http://bit.ly/mmm21final8
Leer másPublicado en SpanishPlans el 02/03/2021
We talked about over 6 different activities you can use with lyrics of a song, so today we want to talk about ways you can provide comprehensible input and use the music video in your lesson....
Leer másPublicado en SpanishPlans el 01/03/2021
So you’ve played the song… You have a copy of the lyrics. But how else can you work with a song besides the traditional fill-in the missing lyric cloze activities? This post is all about getting the most of out playing songs in class, which you may want to include during your March Música Madness.
Here are some other activities you can do with song lyrics:
1. Scrambled Lyrics/ Letra Revuelta
One of my favorites is a great listening practice as students have to listen to the song to put them in order. Take a song and scramble the lyrics and put enough space between each line. To save myself time, I have the kids cut them out (which is why scrambling them first is key). Then, as you play...
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