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This past week in Spanish 1, we finally got to do my “Roll & Draw Your Own Alebrije” activity. For me, it was one of my most anticipated lessons of October. I am fascina…

Everywhere we look on the Internet, we see memes. We love them; our students love them. So, how can we bring this element of pop cult...

Make math meaningful with math art projects! Easy to prep projects that will help your students practice math skills in a creative way!

In this series on teaching Spanish writing skills, we've discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of Spanish transition words to decrease choppiness. This post will continue the writing discussion with ideas for great Spanish writing activities and Spanish writing projects to use all year long with your high school

Whew...made it! Week one is over! As always, the first week of school is a bit hectic as the the year gets going. A positive (in most cases) aspect of teaching at a small school is that you pretty much know all of the students before they show up in your classroom. Many of these students are the same students I've had for the past 3 years, so we both know what to expect from each other. :) Here are 2 activities creative activities that we incorporated into our first week of Spanish class! 1. I was excited to have my students make ¿Quién soy yo? banners for the classroom. They enjoyed doing this and they added a nice touch to the bulletin board. Next time, I'll definitely have them write their answers to the prompts in a dark marker. This will definitely show up a lot better and make them easier to read from a distance. You can grab this activity in my TpT store by clicking the photo below. :) 2. Next, I was really excited to have my students set up their "cuaderno interactivo". Ok, so this took a LONG time. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it did take awhile to explain the process and add the table of contents and grading rubric. We added the table of contents to the front cover and the grading rubric to the back cover. I plan to grade notebooks at the end of each quarter. For their first notebook page, I had students brainstorm the topic "5 Reasons to Study Spanish". They then went home and created the page for their first homework assignment. I left the instructions open-ended and just told them to make a colorful graphic which included their 5 reasons. I was pretty pleased with what some of my interactive notebook newbie students came up with! One student even listed her 5 reasons by drawing Grand Cayman and adding one reason to each of the 5 districts on the island. There's a little Cayman Islands geography lesson for your day. :) Overall, a great first week! How was your first week of school?

Oh my goodness y'all, I had the worst migraine today! A little bit of Excedrin and a Gatorade always seems to work wonders and I can blog again :-). Here are some pics of books we've made in our classroom. I try to make a class book weekly or at least every 2 weeks if possible. After the books are finished I send them home with a different student each day so that they can share it with their families. After each student has taken it home we add it to our class library. The class books are usually the first selected in the library. At the end of the year I draw names to see who gets to keep the books. My students love them! The 1st book we made was David Shows Us The Rules. After reading David Goes to School we made a circle map about our class rules. Here are pictures from both Cindy and my class. Seriously?!? I need a circle template! That circle is so crooked, it's driving me nuts! I showed the kiddos how to draw David step by step and then they dictated a sentence about a class rule we should have. They turned out really cute! I love, love, love the one Jeanette did. It says "Help your friends" and she drew someone on the floor crying and David helping her up. Hilarious!! The Little Engine That Could Next we read The Little Engine That Could and then made a super easy TLC art project. At least I think it's TLC. I've been doing it for so long that I can't remember for sure. It's super easy! First they draw a railroad track, add the rectangles and the squares, draw the wheels and the smoke and Voila!! it's done. Then the students dictated a sentence about something they can do. Karen wrote "I can write my name". They come up with hilarious things like I can play with my toys and I can eat a sandwich - lol. Grrrrr...I can't get the pics to rotate correctly. So annoying!! Lollipop Chant Cindy's class made this TLC Lollipop chant project. My class hasn't made it yet :(. We'll do it this week!! This project is really easy and teaches the students how to make circles from squares, how to use glue and reviews colors. It's awesome and fun! We also made a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Look Who's In Our Room book but we still need to add letters to our coconut trees. I'll show pics tomorrow. Sandra :)

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Teach ser vs estar with this fun Spanish selfie project! This is a great alternative to ser vs estar worksheets or quizzes!

If you like games and are learning Spanish, then it only makes sense to play Spanish board games. Of course, you need to choose games you enjoy. We've got recommendations with everything from classic games to printable Spanish board games for beginners. Be sure to check out all our

Call and response signals are an effective way to save class time by grabbing students' attention quickly and helping them transition to the next activity.

It's been another wet and rainy Saturday in Victoria, so I spent the morning with brainteasers! (I know, I'm a total nerd!) When I was in school, I used to love rebus puzzles. What are rebus puzzles? They are word puzzles that illustrate a familiar phrase or saying. I didn't know until today that they were called Rebus, but now that I know, I want to use the name as much as possible! I found a couple online, then I decided to make some handouts for my English classes to use as a warm up. While I was making them, I thought to myself, "Self, this would make a great TpT item!" I created 36 pages of these brainteasing puzzles, one for each week of a school year, and bundled them up. They are for sale at my TpT store, One Teacher's Adventures. If you are as nerdy as I am on a rainy Saturday, perhaps you'd like to try some out? See if you can solve these puzzles! For the answers, email me at [email protected]. To buy the package, click on the image below! Happy Easter!

September 22, 2016 One of my first mini-projects with my Spanish 2s are Grammar Review Flipbooks. I got the idea off of Pinterest. The example shown is for English, but you could modify it any way …

Practice Spanish present tense verb conjugations and recreate beautiful art from the Spanish-speaking world at the same time with Conjugarte!

There are many benefits of raising a bilingual child. From cultural and family benefits, to educational and career benefits and more.

Read about eleven different ways to meaningfully incorporate art in ELA class. Keep the focus on students' learning, not their artistic abilities.

Looking for an elementary music activity to add to your music lesson plans? Do you need it to be compatible for tablets and Web Browsers? Would you like the option to use it for a distance learning music activity? Aurally identifying half notes has just become fun with this digital resource! An excellent addition to your elementary music lesson plans or anytime you are working on reading music. Engaging elementary music game for centers, whole group instruction, music sub tubs or music at home online learning! The product is included in a bundle Music Games: Interactive Rhythm Games + Assessments Bundle {gumball}. Click on the product link or the preview button for additional details. Consider purchasing the bundle to save money! The product contains 2 components: 15 student interactive game slides and 2 assessments. Each slide has several sound effects and animations. Students will click on the child to hear a rhythmic pattern. They will then click on the answer that matches what they hear! Students will know immediately without leaving the page if they were able to determine which rhythm was played or if they need to listen again. Watch their eyes light up when a "gumball" appears when they are correct! Perfect for Orff lessons and Kodaly lessons. A QR Code is also included. Print or project the pdf flyer so students can easily scan and play the game. Two assessments plus the answer keys are included with the product as a separate PowerPoint document so you are able to formally assess students on the concept in a later lesson. The assessment document includes: ★ 2 student tests assessing half notes with one or two measures. You have the option of printing in color or in black and white. ★ Two assessment keys ★ A sample slide of the student test. Instead of playing the sounds just project the slide on your board and access the sounds by clicking on the child using the PowerPoint or the shared link. A pdf document is included for those that do not have access to Office/PowerPoint. An excellent observation or assessment tool to see which students might be struggling with the concept. Interested in additional “gumball” products? Click HERE. The game was designed to be projected onto your SmartBoard, Promethian, Mimio or Interactive Whiteboard and will run on PC's, Mac's, Chromebooks and tablets using a "link" that will open via your default internet browser. In addition, use the QR code provided or the PowerPoint version of the game as another option for utilizing the product. Integrating the resource into digital learning platforms like Canvas, Blackboard, Seesaw, and Google Classroom is easy when utilizing the "shared link". Upon purchase please read the document titled "1 READ FIRST INFORMATION" for detailed instructions. Feel free to check out the preview which is a sample of the PowerPoint version of the product. TpT has size restrictions on previews and I am unable to offer a preview of the Web Browser version of the product. If you would like to see it please email me at [email protected] and I will be more than happy to accommodate you. You might be interested in similar products: ♦ Music Game: Half Note Interactive Rhythm Game {Yum Yums} ♦ Rhythm Game ~ Half Notes Interactive Music Game {Distance Learning} Ice Cream ♦ Distance Learning Music ~ Half Notes Interactive Rhythm Game {Munching Monsters} ♦ Rhythm Game: Half Notes Interactive Music Game + Assessment {Firefly} *************************************** Follow me on Facebook and on Pinterest. *************************************** Happy Listening! Linda McPherson McPherson’s Music Room

Create a Syllabus That Your Students Will Actually Want to Read. Free Resource to download to help you create an Art Syllabus for your art students. Want to try your hand at a visual syllabus? We'll give you three helpful hints. This article will take 8 minutes to read.

Check out these getting to know you activities for Spanish class! Icebreaker questions, all about me projects, and more!

Do your students love to play fun classroom games? Here you'll find 5 cool games to use for a transition or as a refresher to motivate your students.

Teaching Spanish adjectives is one of my favorite units in Spanish class! Find 5 activities to describe a person

This Spanish Halloween infographic is excellent support for high-frequency words. You can use it for a variety of activities with Spanish learners. How to Use Spanish Halloween Infographic Download a printable version of this Spanish Halloween infographic. Questions with Spanish Halloween Infographic An image like this Spanish Halloween infographic

For too many art teachers, assessment remains a difficult concept. It’s tough to know what’s going to work, how it can be implemented, and how it can be incorporated to actually help improve teaching. In this episode, Tim takes on some of these concerns and shares his ideas on making assessment valuable. Heather Crocket, the […]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about curriculum. Six years ago, I started posting the curriculum units that I had created for my own, personal classroom use so that other teachers could use them, too. At first, I was just posting isolated activities and lesson plan outlines, and I eventually started formatting them and explaining activities…

I’ve yet to meet a world language teacher that does not want to use authentic songs from the target culture(s) in their classrooms. Like all good authentic resources, a well-chosen song will serve to excite and inspire, give new perspectives, intrigue, and excite your students. Like many teachers, I introduce a new song at least…

Encuesta de Consumer Reports: nueve de cada 10 norteamericanos que regatearon ahorraron dinero Pero más de una tercera parte de los norteamericanos rehusó negociar mejores precios en productos y servicios; además, seis consejos para regatear con inteligencia - Los consumidores que no regatean están perdiendo dinero. Una nueva encuesta nacional representativa de 2,000 norteamericanos, realizada por Consumer Reports, halló que solo el 48 por ciento de los compradores trató de conseguir un mejor precio en productos y servicios de consumo cotidiano durante los tres años pasados, por debajo del 61 por ciento en 2007. Y la mayoría de los que toman el tiempo de negociar recibieron un descuento por lo menos una vez durante ese período. El informe completo sobre el regateo está disponible en la edición de agosto de 2013 de Consumer Reports y en línea en www.ConsumerReportsenEspanol.org. "No espere que su médico, su banco o su tienda local de [...]

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Inferencing is such a challenging skill to master! Use these two sets of 40 task cards (80 cards total) that help students practice making inferences and inferencing. The first 20 cards have pictures that students make inferences from. The next 20 cards have short stories that students make inferences from. There are TWO kinds of task cards included: 20 Picture Task Cards (Make an inference from a picture) 20 Story Task Cards (Make an inference from a story) The following different versions of this resource are included: Original Differentiated Task Card Format Half-page printable format for writing in student answers DIGITAL access via Google Slides You can also purchase these task cards in SPANISH! This activity is differentiated! The sets are differentiated to meet the needs of your students! The two sets use the same stories and pictures but range in guidance. The first set of 40 asks questions to lead to inferences (See Preview) and the second set of 40 is open-ended. This is engaging practice for your students. Perfect for mini-lessons, whole-class instruction, cooperative learning, intervention groups, and literacy centers. You can also buy this set of task cards as part of my HUGE Reading Skill Task Card Bundle! Are your looking for even MORE Inference Task Cards? Check out my Inference Task Card Bundle with 8 Additional Sets. CLICK HERE! (Note: These task cards are NOT included in the bundle) **I also have an INFERENCE READING PROJECT!** More to See: Literal Vs. Inferential Comprehension Questions Task Cards Check out my Bundled Holiday Reading Skills Task Cards! Other Reading Task Cards you might enjoy! Fact and Opinion Task Cards Sequencing Task Cards CONTEXT CLUES Task Cards! Noun and Verb Task Cards

Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.

The Unfair Game is a totally unfair twist on Jeopardy that your students will LOVE to hate! Learn how to play and find sample game boards in this post.

This is a pack of 28 reading graphic organizers that can be used with any book. Vocabulary... page 4 Prediction Before Reading... page 5 Making Predictions While Reading... page 6 K-W-L Chart... page 7 Story Sequence... page 8 Story Elements #1... page 9 Story Elements #2... page 10 Story Elements #3... page 11...

Sometimes, we're using project-based learning and other times, we're just doing projects. Here's a project based learning ideas checklist to help clarify.

My students have lots of fun playing and experimenting with rhyme. Spanish rhymes are easy to make and recognize, partly because of verb forms: habló, bailó, cantó, hablando, bailando, cantando, etc. Check out our Spanish reading for kids resource page for more printable reading activities, activities for favorite picture

Celebrate art and culture with this research poster project! There are 40 templates with names of famous Spanish-speaking artists filled in. 44 pages - 14 MB - PDF

Save yourself time with this FREE EDITABLE Sub Binder and bank of emergency sub plans for the Spanish classroom! Download and tweak for your needs!