My Favorite Ways to Teach Spanish
Pop-Up Grammar 101 for Spanish Teachers
Hey profe, maybe you’ve heard the term “pop-up grammar” thrown around, or perhaps you’re looking to get away from a structured grammar approach in your Spanish class. Straightforward grammar lessons are *kind of* boring (at least for me and my students). Pop-up...
Invest Students in Spanish Class
Let’s face it: it’s HARD to invest students in Spanish class. We’re competing for students’ attention and we just can’t keep up sometimes. They’ve got phones, friends, sports, video games, and their lives are moving a thousand miles a minute. It can be hard to...
Tackle Comprehensible Input in a Secondary Classroom
I saw a recent post in a Facebook group about using Comprehensible Input in a high school classroom, and students taking it seriously. When I first started using Comprehensible Input (CI), I was working at a college prep high school. This was one of those no-nonsense...
Plan Ahead: How I Plan for the Year in Spanish Two
As I said in my post about Spanish one, Sometimes we get lucky and our school offers us a curriculum, and sometimes we create the curriculum ourselves. I prefer to create my own curriculum because it gives me more flexibility, opportunities to teach my students what...
Plan Your Whole Year: What I Teach in Spanish One
When it comes to planning your Spanish 1 class, sometimes you have a textbook and sometimes you have nothing. In my case, I have usually had to develop my own materials. No time to read? Get my free Spanish 1 curriculum map right here. Developing your own materials...
Five Ideas you can Steal to Learn Students’ Names
I’m going to admit something scary: there have been years where I couldn’t learn all the students’ names. I know, that’s WILD. I once had 500+ students that I saw once every two or three weeks, and that was impossible. To make things easier on myself, I told...
How to Squeeze a Year of Spanish Content into Summer School
Ah, summer school. Some teachers love it, some teachers hate it, some teachers avoided like the plague, while other teachers (like you) have picked up summer school for some extra cash. I’ve been in your shoes. I know it’s tough. Let’s talk about how to squeeze a year...
Three Free Review Games for Every Spanish Class
It's that time of year: review time. We start to wrap up the year, finalize content, and review the concepts students have seen this year. One great way to review is with games. I'll keep this short and sweet. Here are my favorite freebie review games. Educaplay I...
The Best Summer Side Hustles for Spanish Teachers
There are many reasons for teachers to have a summer side hustle. Personally, I can’t sit still, and I use the extra income to travel and save for a house. Whether it's in-person or online, there are tons of summer jobs out there for teachers. Did I mention that I’m...