Spanish Class

My son is learning Spanish and received this list of verbs from his teacher. I reformatted it so that it would all fit on one page and we're putting it up on the fridge so we can study it every day. I doubt he'll be able to roll his R's or pronounce the words correctly for quite a while, but at least he'll be able to memorize them and try, right? I apologize to all fluent Spanish speakers who may hear him butcher the language while he learns. :)

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How much time do you spend on YouTube? Answer honestly. If you're anything like me then it'll be more that you'd care to admit to. Well, that time can be made useful if you're watching videos in your target language. I'm not just talking about the amazing range of people teaching languages on...

A la hora de describir una imagen es fundamental seguir un orden y ser coherente. Antes de lanzarte a hablar, observa detenidamente la imagen, fíjate en los detalles, piensa en lo que vas a decir y…

Give your students an organized, at-a-glance reference section for recording Spanish verbs. Perfect for los verbos ar, er, and ir.

{Affiliate links used.} I am closing out the school year with my Spanish lessons and wanted a way to review the vocabulary we have been working on. I came across on Pinterest a post about Kaboom! It was created for elementary classrooms, but I thought it would be perfect for language learners also! So here is how you go about it: First of all you will need... Jumbo Craft Sticks Sharpie Markers Cups (Not see through) Since I work with a lot of different levels of students I had several…

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Tiered Spanish speaking prompts by theme

Attention getters in Spanish are rhymes or songs to get kids listening. They are fun sources of language for Spanish learners. Free printable list.

Tissue paper flower bulletin board for my Spanish/ESL classroom :)

A blog featuring activities and resources for teaching Spanish to kids in the elementary school.

Ficha Me Gusta/ No me gusta inspirada en facebook para el primer día de clase ELE. Practicar vocabulario y conocer aficiones de los alumnos. El lápiz de ELE

My new favorite class routine is baile viernes (dance Friday). Every day we start class with a Para Empezar bell ringer, which I glad I started at the beginning of my first year teaching. I create a powerpoint in advance with a task for students to complete including any of the following: reading and answering questions about a Spanish meme, video, teaser to new topic, or review from previous day's lesson. Slowly I started implementing a certain activity for each day's bell ringer. Last year…

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Here are 10 ideas for actively practicing vocabulary in the language classroom. Learning vocabulary should be fun!