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Publicado 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...
Leer másPublicado en SpanishPlans el 26/02/2021
We are a few short days away from the official debut of Música de marzo 2021. The official tournament with online voting kicks off on Monday, March 1. There is plenty of time to join and even if you don’t participate with the national vote, you can still use the tournament in your own classes on a different schedule.
Some important links to share with you:
- Let’s start with the important stuff: Prizes! Teachers can submit their picks and the teachers with the most points or most correct picks will win some cool prizes. Any Teacher is welcome to participate: https://bit.ly/MMM21TeacherPrediction
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Leer másDiana Trujillo: De Colombia a Marte
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 20/02/2021
By now, hopefully you’ve heard the name Diana Trujillo, the Colombia woman who came to the US at age 17 and is now a team leader at NASA working on the Perseverance Mars Rover.
Her story is one that should be highlighted in Spanish classrooms. If you are already a TPRS teacher, including biographies of important people is something that tends to get overlooked in early levels. While it is difficult to talk about more complex topics at this stage, as we try to build language, we must look for ways to do it.
As I posted an article about her on a FB group, most of the teachers responding were higher level teachers who were ready to talk about her in the AP or upper levels classes.
Here is a FREE novice level text with full glossary:
... Leer másPublicado en SpanishPlans el 31/01/2021
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 16/11/2020
Illustrating to show comprehension
Publicado en SpanishPlans el 21/10/2020
