This blog article provides a detailed explanation for the first day of spanish class with middle school students. Includes ideas for seating arrangements, introducing cognates in Spanish, and how to gets kids speaking Spanish on the first day of class! Also includes free lesson plans for the first week of class with middle school students (grade 6,7,8) and high school Spanish I students in grades 9 or 10. Interactive, fun first day of Spanish class without just going over rules. Back to…

Classroom procedures and routines are essential in creating a safe and productive learning environment. Here are 5 suggestions to add structure.

Are you looking for a step-by-step guide of how to plan a Spanish Immersion Day for your middle and high school students? Visit our website to see pictures, videos and tons of resources to plan your own!

Taco Tuesday is one of my FAVORITE games to play each year! This competitive activity is designed with middle and high school Spanish students in mind, but I have seen it played at lower levels as well! This tutorial post will talk you through game prep, gameplay, and various differentiation ideas to try with all of your language learners. Editable templates are available, as well as pre-made game sets. Digital options are ready now too! Click through to learn more!

Are you ready to get your Spanish students speaking? Try these 10 fun games and activities for Spanish class that bring community and fun into your.....

Ready to redefine the role of Spanish grammar in your high school class? If you teach level 1 and feel skeptical about the amount of regular verbs on your syllabus, your middle school Spanish students feel the same way. But that doesn't mean that teaching grammar is evil! Let's re-evaluate the role of Spanish verbs, masculine and feminine, and other such surface level morphology, syntax, and linguistic features so that irregular verb worksheets are finally put in their proper place.

In this series on teaching Spanish writing skills, we’ve discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of Spanish transition words to decrease choppiness. This post will continue the writing discussion with ideas for great Spanish writing activities and Spanish writing projects to use all year long with your high school or middle school students

¡Hola profes! Today, I wanted to talk to you about…GAMES! Adding games to my lessons is my favorite way to engage my students. When we play games in class, even my most reluctant students are more eager to participate. Don’t get me wrong - I am a HUGE fan of digital games like Kahoot!, Blooket,…

In this class, learn how to map out a year of proficiency with a free high school Spanish curriculum map. This class is for level 1 but can..

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15! As Spanish teachers, we get to celebrate it all year long! Before we begin a month of celebrating Latino heritage, let’s provide context. Do your beginning Spanish students know where Spanish is spoken? Teaching Spanish-speaking countries is a fun way to get students ready for HHM. Here are 5 activities to learn names of 21 Hispanic countries. Add them to lesson plans for upper elementary, middle school, & high school Spanish classes.