Song: La historia de Juan Singer: Juanes Country: Colombia Topics: Preterite Standards for Foreign Language Learning: • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Spanish on a variety of topics. • Standard 5.2: Students show […]
La Bandeja Paisa Colombiana: Cultural Spanish Activities for Class
Ready-made presentation with cultural Spanish activities around La Bandeja Paisa. Spanish teachers can present the Colombian Bandeja Paisa and food vocabulary in Spanish and English.
The Chilean Cowboy: Cultural Spanish Class Activities About El Huaso Chileno
Ready-made presentation with cultural Spanish activities around “El Huaso Chileno.” Spanish teachers can present the Chilean Huaso with a video and other activities.
How Students Can Master the Preterite vs Imperfect: Lesson Plans and Practice Activities in Spanish
Students often confuse the preterite and imperfect tenses because they are both used to talk about past events, but in different contexts. The preterite is used to talk about completed actions or events that happened in the past, while the imperfect is used to describe incomplete or habitual actions that occurred in the past. It […]
25 Spanish Sayings Activity Book: Teacher Guide
This book is a valuable resource for Spanish teachers and educators looking to expand their students’ understanding of the Spanish language and culture. Identify useful sayings, activities and materials and select those specific tools for use with the students. It is not necessary to use the whole booklet as an integrated lesson. Over 150 pages […]
Basic Family Vocabulary in Spanish Lesson Plans
Here is a simple lesson plan using a family tree diagram. This image features the basic family vocabulary: el abuelo, la abuela, el padre, la madre, el hermano, la hermana, el tío, la tía, el primo and la prima. I created this image for the activity booklet of the Christmas song in Spanish Cascabel (Jingle […]
10 Gifts For Spanish Teachers They Can Use In Class
Teachers are always looking for new materials to use in class. The process of finding the right tools to help students improve never ends. Sometimes the school doesn’t provide the materials, but teachers are still willing to cover the expenses using their own money. That is basically the story of my sister, who has been […]
11 Spanish Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas
Do you want to show appreciation to your Spanish teacher? Here are several suggestions that your Spanish teacher will simply love. The following ideas will work well as gifts for Teacher’s Appreciation Day, end-of-school year, and even holidays. 1. Group Hispanic-Themed Gift Basket If the whole class is involved and contributing, it is possible to […]
Lesson for Spanish Teachers: 4-Step Activity to Teach Basic Verbs Vocabulary
Learning new vocabulary words in Spanish is an important element in the language acquisition process. Teaching vocabulary should be constantly taught and reviewed during a lesson as a phonological awareness activity, or to pre-teach new vocabulary of a story or text. Teaching vocabulary is also important because it increases the chances to become a better […]
Children’s Spanish Books: 10 Reading Suggestions for 3rd to 5th Grades
Finding children’s Spanish books can be a hard task because there are plenty of titles to choose from. Here is a list of 10 reading suggestions suitable for kids between 3rd and 5th grades. All of these books are in Spanish or bilingual and the stories are related to the Hispanic culture. Children’s Spanish Books […]
How to Create Fun Spanish Lesson Plans
Creating fun Spanish lesson plans can be a complicated process especially when you are trying to create meaningful lesson plans as well. To make sure you have a complete, and effective lesson plan, it is necessary that you create your objectives for the lesson. What should the students be able to do after the lesson? […]