Students love games! Teachers love low prep and inexpensive game ideas that can be used on multiple occasions and topics. These are great ideas to add to your “Spanish teacher’s toolbox,” have copies of on hand or use when you are need something low prep to do in your Spanish or immersion class. Some of them also work great as games or activities to use when you have a substitute in your Spanish ... Read More about 11 No & Low Prep Games for Spanish Class
Teaching kids how to read can be a humbling experience; it takes time and practice to become a proficient reader in any language. If you are anything like me you are tired of kids telling 1.2 seconds after they started reading that 'ya terminé' or ¿Qué hago ahora? when they are supposed to be building their stamina to become a better reader. As a first grade bilingual teacher, I see too many ... Read More about Spanish Reading Fluency Strips
I love classroom jobs. It was something I overlooked for the first 2-3 years of teaching but once I implemented student jobs in my Spanish immersion class the magic happened. Here are three things I learned from implementing student’s jobs (trabajos del salon) in my Spanish classrooms: 1. Student’s love jobs. My kids were always excited to do their "job" and would notice if I forgot to ... Read More about Classroom Jobs in Spanish
An important way to build relationships in your classroom is with a morning meeting. One of the components of morning meeting is a “game.” As a Spanish immersion teacher, I am always looking for easy, quick games that can be used during this portion of the day. I often use equity sticks and let the child’s stick that I choose pull, decide the game for that day. Or you could assign one game to each ... Read More about 12 Morning Meeting Games in Spanish
¡Adjetivos! ¡Adjetivos! I love teaching adjectives in my Spanish immersion class. It is a hands-on subject and fun to see how students can use what they learn in their descriptive writing as soon as they understand the concept. Below I will share a few of my favorite activities to teach adjectives in Spanish in primary elementary classrooms K-2. Many of these could be used in Spanish world ... Read More about Teaching Adjectives in Spanish
