by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Feb 19, 2023 | Holidays, Planning, Teaching, Women's History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month: 7 Ideas for your Spanish Classroom ¡Hola, profe! As March kicks off, we can’t help but get excited about Women’s History Month! During this month, we take the time to reflect on the countless contributions and...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jan 27, 2023 | Comprehensible Input, Reading, Teaching
Are you looking for effective methods to teach reading in Spanish class? Comprehensible input and TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) are two approaches that can help your students acquire the necessary reading skills and knowledge to succeed...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jan 9, 2023 | Authentic Resources, Differentiation, Reading, Review, Teaching
Are you looking for ways to make your Spanish class more interactive and engaging? Consider using stations! By setting up different stations around the classroom, each with a different activity or task, you can create a dynamic and interactive learning...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Dec 8, 2022 | Teaching
When it comes to error correction, I’ve grown a lot. I used to correct ALL of my students’ errors, profe. But now I know better. I let my students correct their own mistakes, set goals with this worksheet, and I focus on what really matters:...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Oct 19, 2022 | Comprehensible Input, Teaching
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...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Sep 5, 2022 | Back to School, Community, Teaching
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...