SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS Summer is quickly winding down, but the Spanish teachers of Teachers Pay Teachers have a few gifts to make it a little less painful. Visit: www.secondaryspanishspace.com to enter a raffle where you can win one of the following gift cards: $100 Target, $100 TpT, $100 Amazon, 2 $50 Target, 2 $50 TpT, and a $50 Starbucks. Crazy, right?! SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SPANISH 1 1) establishing classroom routines. 2) introduction to the necessary technologies. 3) figuring out what students already know. 4) learning

the importance of

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: UTILIZING GOOGLE DRIVE IN THE Google Drive also enables oral presentations in my Spanish class to run more smoothly because all of the student presentations are found in the same class folder. Gone are the days of USB drives and emailing presentations - everything is found in the same location. Simply going down the list and clicking each presentation is efficient and easy. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: HOW TO ROCK A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION Students activities that tend to go well during a formal observation: 1) Peer editing - In my classroom we do lots of peer-editing. This peer-editing may be on a larger, long-term project or a smaller in-class task. Either way, peer-editing is a sure-fire way to show that students are providing feedback for each other, exhibiting

respectful

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2017 The product has nine comprehension questions in Spanish that use the present, preterite, and imperfect tenses. It is ideal for a Spanish 2+ class. Download the free product here: Spanish - Pocoyo - Halloween Episode - FREEBIE. Enjoy the product in your classroom as an easy way to practice listening comprehension while engaging students with a SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: MY NEW FAVORITE APP You can do quick bell work activities, exit slips, or other formative assessments with this engaging, interactive app. Once you create a free account on Plickers.com (see below, top right corner), you print off unique Plickers student cards for the number of students you have in your largest class. Each Plickers student card is a unique QR code SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2015 2) Download the free Plickers app (available for every type of phone). 3) Pull up the Plickers website on a projector screen or Smartboard in your classroom and go to "Live view" along the top. 4) The rest of Plickers is controlled from your phone. On the app, choose which SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: OCTOBER 2015 Welcome to the Fall/Winter Blog Hop featuring your favorite maestros de español from Teachers Pay Teachers! Below you will find various tips for teaching Spanish in the fall and winter months as well as links to four of my products that are exclusively on sale from November 1st until November 4th. In addition to clicking the links below, these products can be found by searching for # SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2018 PRIZES: 3 $50 Gift Cards to TpT. The Winner (s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted about midnight on Monday, February 12, 2018,. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible Entries

received.

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS Summer is quickly winding down, but the Spanish teachers of Teachers Pay Teachers have a few gifts to make it a little less painful. Visit: www.secondaryspanishspace.com to enter a raffle where you can win one of the following gift cards: $100 Target, $100 TpT, $100 Amazon, 2 $50 Target, 2 $50 TpT, and a $50 Starbucks. Crazy, right?! SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SPANISH 1 1) establishing classroom routines. 2) introduction to the necessary technologies. 3) figuring out what students already know. 4) learning

the importance of

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: UTILIZING GOOGLE DRIVE IN THE Google Drive also enables oral presentations in my Spanish class to run more smoothly because all of the student presentations are found in the same class folder. Gone are the days of USB drives and emailing presentations - everything is found in the same location. Simply going down the list and clicking each presentation is efficient and easy. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: HOW TO ROCK A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION Students activities that tend to go well during a formal observation: 1) Peer editing - In my classroom we do lots of peer-editing. This peer-editing may be on a larger, long-term project or a smaller in-class task. Either way, peer-editing is a sure-fire way to show that students are providing feedback for each other, exhibiting

respectful

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2017 The product has nine comprehension questions in Spanish that use the present, preterite, and imperfect tenses. It is ideal for a Spanish 2+ class. Download the free product here: Spanish - Pocoyo - Halloween Episode - FREEBIE. Enjoy the product in your classroom as an easy way to practice listening comprehension while engaging students with a SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: MY NEW FAVORITE APP You can do quick bell work activities, exit slips, or other formative assessments with this engaging, interactive app. Once you create a free account on Plickers.com (see below, top right corner), you print off unique Plickers student cards for the number of students you have in your largest class. Each Plickers student card is a unique QR code SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2015 2) Download the free Plickers app (available for every type of phone). 3) Pull up the Plickers website on a projector screen or Smartboard in your classroom and go to "Live view" along the top. 4) The rest of Plickers is controlled from your phone. On the app, choose which SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: OCTOBER 2015 Welcome to the Fall/Winter Blog Hop featuring your favorite maestros de español from Teachers Pay Teachers! Below you will find various tips for teaching Spanish in the fall and winter months as well as links to four of my products that are exclusively on sale from November 1st until November 4th. In addition to clicking the links below, these products can be found by searching for # SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2018 PRIZES: 3 $50 Gift Cards to TpT. The Winner (s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted about midnight on Monday, February 12, 2018,. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible Entries

received.

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: AUGUST 2016 My contribution t o the book is my "Figure Out: -AR Present Tense Verbs" freebie where students teach themselves how to conjugate regular -AR verbs. This is an interactive alternative to simply lecturing about a new verb tense. My next blog post will talk more about my Figure Out series! SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: AUGUST 2014 The trickiest part was too fast to get a photo. You need to keep wiggling the eggs/potatoes in the pan so that they don't stick to the bottom.After about 2-3 minutes, you need to take a large lid or plate and put it on top of the tortilla and flip the tortilla. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: JUNE 2014 I was most excited about the price of avocados - one avocado cost me 55 euro cents, which is only about 70 cents in USD! Not too bad :) SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: SEPTEMBER 2017 Our students are stressed. We are stressed. It seems that everyone is stressed these days, and with school becoming more competitive (college applications, AP courses, etc.), it seems only natural that we should implement some calming techniques into our classrooms. It helps us slow down our crazy days, and more importantly, it helps students cope with the stress of their day. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: NOVEMBER 2015 I've been observed a few times in the past couple of years and my observations have consistently gone well. While I won't totally discredit myself as an effective and engaging teacher, I will say that a lot of my success is dependent on the types of activities I have my students complete while being observed. The following activities have been very successful and well-liked during my SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: SEPTEMBER 2015 Google Docs - student essays, student collaboration, immediate peer- or teacher-feedback; Google Sheets - logging student growth data for school-wide initiatives, charting growth and averages for student assignments and assessments, entrance and final exam data, project sign-ups; Google Slides - student presentations, group presentations, teacher-created presentations, presentations needed for SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: EL RASTRO Today I went to El Rastro - the famous Sunday market in Madrid. It is in the Lavapies and La Latina neighborhoods on the southeastern side

of the city.

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: JULY 2014 Only one more miercoles de musica left after this! Grupo: Gusstavo Lima Cancion: Balada Boa Genero: Pop SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: MAY 2017 Why not enter another Raffle to win one of two $50 Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards? Teachers need all of the help they can get this time of year - hopefully this gift card will help you out. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS Summer is quickly winding down, but the Spanish teachers of Teachers Pay Teachers have a few gifts to make it a little less painful. Visit: www.secondaryspanishspace.com to enter a raffle where you can win one of the following gift cards: $100 Target, $100 TpT, $100 Amazon, 2 $50 Target, 2 $50 TpT, and a $50 Starbucks. Crazy, right?! SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SPANISH 1 1) establishing classroom routines. 2) introduction to the necessary technologies. 3) figuring out what students already know. 4) learning

the importance of

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: MY NEW FAVORITE APP You can do quick bell work activities, exit slips, or other formative assessments with this engaging, interactive app. Once you create a free account on Plickers.com (see below, top right corner), you print off unique Plickers student cards for the number of students you have in your largest class. Each Plickers student card is a unique QR code SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2017 The product has nine comprehension questions in Spanish that use the present, preterite, and imperfect tenses. It is ideal for a Spanish 2+ class. Download the free product here: Spanish - Pocoyo - Halloween Episode - FREEBIE. Enjoy the product in your classroom as an easy way to practice listening comprehension while engaging students with a SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: UTILIZING GOOGLE DRIVE IN THE Google Drive also enables oral presentations in my Spanish class to run more smoothly because all of the student presentations are found in the same class folder. Gone are the days of USB drives and emailing presentations - everything is found in the same location. Simply going down the list and clicking each presentation is efficient and easy. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2015 2) Download the free Plickers app (available for every type of phone). 3) Pull up the Plickers website on a projector screen or Smartboard in your classroom and go to "Live view" along the top. 4) The rest of Plickers is controlled from your phone. On the app, choose which SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: #FIRSTTEATROTUIT This past Friday night my friend, Alvaro, and I went to see a play sponsored by one of the biggest Spanish cellphone companies - Vodafone (think: Verizon or AT&T, etc.).The event was called #FirstTeatroTuit (as in, First Tweet Theater) and starred a very famous Spanish actor named Raul Arevalo.Arevalo has become increasingly more popular in Spanish films, specifically comedies. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: USING MY VERIZON IPHONE 5 IN SPAIN So, you may be wondering how I've been using my Verizon iPhone while in Spain - well, I was wondering that too before I left and was freaking out about it a lot!I wanted to use my iPhone in Spain to stay in contact with my family, navigate my way around Madrid, and use the internet when I needed to. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2018 PRIZES: 3 $50 Gift Cards to TpT. The Winner (s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted about midnight on Monday, February 12, 2018,. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible Entries

received.

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS Summer is quickly winding down, but the Spanish teachers of Teachers Pay Teachers have a few gifts to make it a little less painful. Visit: www.secondaryspanishspace.com to enter a raffle where you can win one of the following gift cards: $100 Target, $100 TpT, $100 Amazon, 2 $50 Target, 2 $50 TpT, and a $50 Starbucks. Crazy, right?! SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SPANISH 1 1) establishing classroom routines. 2) introduction to the necessary technologies. 3) figuring out what students already know. 4) learning

the importance of

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: MY NEW FAVORITE APP You can do quick bell work activities, exit slips, or other formative assessments with this engaging, interactive app. Once you create a free account on Plickers.com (see below, top right corner), you print off unique Plickers student cards for the number of students you have in your largest class. Each Plickers student card is a unique QR code SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2017 The product has nine comprehension questions in Spanish that use the present, preterite, and imperfect tenses. It is ideal for a Spanish 2+ class. Download the free product here: Spanish - Pocoyo - Halloween Episode - FREEBIE. Enjoy the product in your classroom as an easy way to practice listening comprehension while engaging students with a SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: UTILIZING GOOGLE DRIVE IN THE Google Drive also enables oral presentations in my Spanish class to run more smoothly because all of the student presentations are found in the same class folder. Gone are the days of USB drives and emailing presentations - everything is found in the same location. Simply going down the list and clicking each presentation is efficient and easy. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2015 2) Download the free Plickers app (available for every type of phone). 3) Pull up the Plickers website on a projector screen or Smartboard in your classroom and go to "Live view" along the top. 4) The rest of Plickers is controlled from your phone. On the app, choose which SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: #FIRSTTEATROTUIT This past Friday night my friend, Alvaro, and I went to see a play sponsored by one of the biggest Spanish cellphone companies - Vodafone (think: Verizon or AT&T, etc.).The event was called #FirstTeatroTuit (as in, First Tweet Theater) and starred a very famous Spanish actor named Raul Arevalo.Arevalo has become increasingly more popular in Spanish films, specifically comedies. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: USING MY VERIZON IPHONE 5 IN SPAIN So, you may be wondering how I've been using my Verizon iPhone while in Spain - well, I was wondering that too before I left and was freaking out about it a lot!I wanted to use my iPhone in Spain to stay in contact with my family, navigate my way around Madrid, and use the internet when I needed to. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2018 PRIZES: 3 $50 Gift Cards to TpT. The Winner (s) of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted about midnight on Monday, February 12, 2018,. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible Entries

received.

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: DICTATIONS IN THE SPANISH CLASSROOM Dictations in the Spanish Classroom. I love doing dictations with my Spanish 1 students. Dictations: 1. teach my students the importance of spelling in Spanish (since it's a phonetic language!) 2. help my students recognize vowel and consonant sounds. 3. strengthen my students' listening skills and focus on recognizing new vocabulary and

sounds

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2015 2) Download the free Plickers app (available for every type of phone). 3) Pull up the Plickers website on a projector screen or Smartboard in your classroom and go to "Live view" along the top. 4) The rest of Plickers is controlled from your phone. On the app, choose which SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: HOW TO ROCK A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION Students activities that tend to go well during a formal observation: 1) Peer editing - In my classroom we do lots of peer-editing. This peer-editing may be on a larger, long-term project or a smaller in-class task. Either way, peer-editing is a sure-fire way to show that students are providing feedback for each other, exhibiting

respectful

SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: TWO FUN ICEBREAKERS FOR SPANISH Happy start of a new school year! I don't know about you, but my summer flew byall for good reasons! My summer began with a trip to Spain with a group of my high school students and ended with my wedding and honeymoon to Hawaii. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: 2016 Next, I compiled a packet of information for each of the parents with whom I had a conference. The packet included: - the grade report with highlighted areas of concern - the student reflection form that I completed - the student reflection form that the student completed - the Lend an EAR to Student Success Handout I began each 10 minute conference with a quick summary of student performance SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: LUNES DE LENGUAJE Hola! I think this is my second to last lunes de lenguaje post - time is flying by!! Some of you may be wondering how I'm learning these phrases and vocabulary - well, the first few weeks I was with my awesome Spanish friends almost every day.We loved talking about languages and colloquial phrases and funny words. When I wasn't with them, I would hear and see phrases in the movies, on posters SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY SELL IN So if you've been following my blog, you've seen lots of photos of food markets - Mercado de San Miguel, Mercado de la Paz, and more. Obviously at food markets, they sell food. SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: DON'T GO TO SPAIN IN AUGUST! So the rest of the world has a lot more vacation time than Americans. In Spain, most people have the entire month of August off from work.They also have about a week for Semana Santa (Easter) and more time for Christmas and the New Year.They also have lots of one day holidays.Aside from holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, how much time off do Americans get? SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: JUNE 2014 I was most excited about the price of avocados - one avocado cost me 55 euro cents, which is only about 70 cents in USD! Not too bad :) SENORITA'S SPANISH CLASS: JULY 2014 Only one more miercoles de musica left after this! Grupo: Gusstavo Lima Cancion: Balada Boa Genero: Pop SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018 HUGE BACK TO SCHOOL GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! WOW! Summer is quickly winding down, but the Spanish teachers of Teachers Pay Teachers have A FEW GIFTS to make it a little less

painful.

Visit: www.secondaryspanishspace.com to enter a raffle where you can win one of the following gift cards: $100 TARGET, $100 TPT, $100 AMAZON, 2 $50 TARGET, 2 $50 TPT, AND A $50 STARBUCKS. Crazy, right?! We already know that teachers spend personal money on back to school supplies, SO OUR HOPE IS TO HELP YOU OUT THIS YEAR. The contest starts TODAY and ends Wednesday night at 11:59pm (PST). And, if you want ADDITIONAL FREE STUFF (who doesn't?!), then be sure to download the 2018 FREE Spanish Resource Library found here: _Secondary Spanish Resource Library

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018 ENTER TO WIN GREAT PRIZES! The Southern Conference on Language Teaching will be held in Atlanta, GA from March 15-17 and many Spanish teachers of TPT will be there! Senora Lee for the Love of Spanish and Spanish Resource Shop will be there representing over 20 OF THE BEST SELLING SPANISH TEACHER AUTHORS. The conference will offer tons of goodies! If you can't actually attend the conference, don't worry - you can still win many other prizes. Check out the following post to see how! bit.ly/SpanishResourceShopSCOLT

Happy Teaching!

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2018 VALENTINE'S DAY & A TPT GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and there's no better way to celebrate than enter a raffle to win a $50 TPT card! All you have to do is "follow" my TPT store

and enter here:

One of my all-time favorite activities to do within my Spanish classroom is my "Novio ideal"

activity.

This lesson is always hilarious, and the kids have a blast. For this activity, students practice the _present subjunctive_ as they write about their ideal partner. There are various categories that students write about including the ideal profession of their partner and what he/she likes to do on a Friday night. Example sentences can include: _Yo quiero que mi novio vaya al cine los viernes. _Or _Es importante que mi novio ideal juegue al

baloncesto. _

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_ I encourage my students to write meaningful but funny sentences, and the results are always impressive. To top things off, students draw a sketch of their ideal partner. If you want to do something related to Valentine's Day while also practicing the present subjunctive, consider purchasing this lesson

to

add some fun to your classroom!

Happy Teaching!

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 TPT GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! This Thanksgiving season, I am thankful for support from teachers like you! Therefore, I'm collaborating with 20 Spanish teachers to give away $100, $60, and $50 TpT gift cards! HOP ON OVER TO SPANISH RESOURCE SHOP

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017 HALLOWEEN EPISODE OF POCOYO - LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY

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love Halloween, and so do my students. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LOVE WATCHING EPISODES OF "POCOYO" IN MY SPANISH CLASS TO PRACTICE LISTENING COMPREHENSION. Even though the series is created for a preschool audience, the level of Spanish for listening comprehension is ideal for a high school (or even middle school!) Spanish classroom. My students love watching the 7-minute episodes and even REQUEST POCOYO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR! A brand new HALLOWEEN EPISODE of Pocoyo was posted on Youtube recently. You can see the 7-minute episode below: I CREATED A FREE PRODUCT ON TEACHERSPAYTEACHERS TO USE IN YOUR CLASSROOMS THIS HALLOWEEN SEASON. The product has nine comprehension questions in Spanish that use the present, preterite, and imperfect tenses. It is ideal for a Spanish 2+ class. Download the free product here: Spanish - Pocoyo - Halloween Episode

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Enjoy the product in your classroom as an easy way to practice listening comprehension while engaging students with a fun, Halloween

episode of Pocoyo.

Happy Teaching!

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 YOGA IN THE SPANISH CLASSROOM OUR STUDENTS ARE STRESSED. We are stressed. It seems that everyone is stressed these days, and with school becoming more competitive (college applications, AP courses, etc.), it seems only natural that we should implement some calming techniques into our classrooms. It helps us SLOW DOWN OUR CRAZY DAYS, and more importantly, it helps students COPE WITH THE STRESS of their day. For the past couple of years I have been practicing one yoga pose with my students - the TREE POSE. Watch the 2 minute video below for a brief explanation of this easy pose. The pose itself is pretty easy to do, so it shouldn't take long to teach your students how to "find their trees."

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tend to do the tree pose in my class at different points depending on the mood of my class:_ 1) If students are NOT PARTICIPATING and SEEM REALLY DISCONNECTED from the class, we will do the tree pose for 30 seconds. The tree pose brings awareness back into the classroom so students seem to focus

better afterwards.

2) If students are TALKING TOO MUCH and can't seem to begin class or an activity efficiently, we will do the tree pose. 30 seconds of calm and quiet definitely slow my students down so that they are ready to

begin class.

3) Finally, if my students are STRESSED with an upcoming test or other events, we will do the tree pose. Deep breathing for 30 seconds and focusing on balance seems to allow us to forget about the outside world for a few seconds. You may be thinking: "There is NO way I can get my students to do yoga in my classroom." I promise you that it's possible. I have done this for the past 3 years with all different types of students, ages, and levels. My 8th grader love it, and my 11th graders enjoy it. I have gotten the captain of the basketball team to do yoga as well! With a little practice and convincing (at least the first time), students will be _asking_ to do yoga within a few days. To recap, doing 30 seconds of the tree pose is a phenomenal way to bring focus back into your classroom and lower stress. Try it out

sometime soon!

Happy Teaching!

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 TWO FUN ICEBREAKERS FOR SPANISH CLASS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR Happy start of a new school year! I don't know about you, but my summer flew by...all for good reasons! My summer began with a trip to Spain with a group of my high school students and ended with my wedding and honeymoon to Hawaii. Every part of the summer was fantastic, but now I'm relieved to be back in some sort of a normal routine. More importantly, I'm excited to get my creativity back in the classroom. To start the year off on a positive note, I adapted an icebreaker we did at a faculty meeting for my classroom. This icebreaker allowed students to SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR SUMMER VACATIONS AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR CLASSMATES WHILE ALSO PRACTICING THE PRETERITE VERB TENSE. The students had an absolute blast and I can't wait to tell you about

it below!

Paper Airplane Icebreaker The concept is simple. Students write their name on a blank piece of paper. THEN THEY WRITE A SENTENCE (OR TWO) USING THE PRETERITE TENSE TO STATE WHAT THEY DID THIS PAST SUMMER. I prefaced this activity with a quick review on forming the preterite tense since I knew my student brains were a little rusty from the vacation. Once students wrote their sentence on a piece of paper, I ASKED THEM TO FOLD IT INTO A PAPER AIRPLANE. Many were shocked that their teacher _asked them _to make a paper airplane. I was shocked that many didn't know how to make a paper airplane :) As the students finished up their airplanes, I asked them to stand in a circle around the room. ON THE COUNT OF 3 WE ALL CAREFULLY THREW OUR AIRPLANES. Then, students grabbed an airplane that was not their own and sat back down in their seats. Here is the cool grammatical piece: Instead of simply reading aloud what their classmate wrote, I ASKED THE STUDENTS TO CONVERT THE SENTENCES FROM THE "YO" FORM AS IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE "ÉL/ELLA" FORM. Therefore, instead of stating, "Yo nadé en el mar" the student would read aloud "Juan nadó en el mar." We tossed around my stuffed animal to share out each response. Despite it being the third day of school and first time producing Spanish in a few months (for most), the students were all engaged, excited, and enthusiastic to be working with paper airplanes and the preterite tense. This also allowed students to hear about their classmates' summer experiences and learn more about each other. I highly recommend completing this activity at some point, even as just a review on grammar! It doesn't have to necessarily serve as an

icebreaker.

Skittles Game

This next icebreaker also stems from an inspirational faculty meeting activity. I have yet to try it within my classroom, but I can't wait to try it next week! For this activity, it works best if you give your students Skittles or a different colorful candy. However, with many schools sticking to "healthy food only," it can be adapted to be completed with colorful blocks or pieces of paper, puzzle pieces, etc. For this icebreaker, each student receives an individual bag of Skittles (or one colorful block, etc.). The students then remove one Skittle from the bag and depending on what the color is, they must share the following information with the class: _red = favorite superhero_ _yellow = favorite food_ _orange = favorite outdoor activity_ _green = favorite vacation spot_ _purple = favorite thing about the school_ Of course these categories can be adjusted for whatever interests your students may have. Students can share their responses aloud with classmates in Spanish. This activity can even be utilized at the lower levels of Spanish since most levels can articulate their favorite items in Spanish (ex: Superman es mi superhéroe favorito). Overall, these two activities are a great way to ease back into the school year while also having fun, sharing summer experiences, and getting to know your students. What better way to start the school

year?

Happy teaching!

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Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) ABOUT SEÑORITA'S SPANISH CLASS My name is Dana, and I'm the face behind Señorita's Spanish Class! I teach high school Spanish and love every minute of it. When not teaching and lesson planning, I love to travel, eat new foods, and be with my friends and family. I hope you can incorporate some of my ideas into your Spanish classroom. Thanks for stopping by! RECEIVE EMAILS WHEN NEW BLOG POSTS ARRIVE

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SPANISH 1 - HOLIDAY BUNDLE! Save money and buy lots of Christmas and holiday activities. THREE KINGS DAY WEBQUEST - ENGLISH VERSION Students research Three Kings Day and compare/contrast it to the traditions of Christmas. Very informative and student-led. CONTACT SEÑORITA'S SPANISH CLASS

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