Are you working on your clothing unit? Check out these clothing activities for Spanish class!

Have your ESL students create a one-minute long commercial and present it to the class. This resource is project-based learning for intermediate to advanced ESLs. Students will have a blast collaborating and researching a given destination. ESLs will practice reading, writing, listening and speaking as they share their commercials. This is also a great way to practice using idioms. What do you get? Teacher Directions Teacher Notes Project Introduction Project Requirements Sample Script Research Notes Handout Destinations (with a few blank ones so you can add your own if you'd like!) Rubric ESL teachers: This is the perfect lesson plan for when you're out. Print it off and it is READY-TO-GO for a substitute. See preview for product in its entirety. Everything you need is right here. Tip: Keep students engaged and practice listening by having them write down two facts from each of their peers' presentations. Bonus points for any idioms they hear and jot down! ***This resource is included in ESL Project Based Learning BUNDLE.*** Like this resource? Leave feedback and earn credit on future purchases!

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Along with the holidays come something else that all teachers and students anticipate…end-of-semester assessments!!! While midterms and finals are often viewed as burdensome and intimidating–both for the students that take them and the teachers that create, administer, and grade them–they certainly do not have to be. What should semester exams in language classes look like? Let me…

A district-wide unit that affirms the experiences of ELLs while teaching content and developing their language skills. ELLs voices were highlighted through this multi-grade, multi-school unit.

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Struggling to craft your ancestral stories? Ditch the solo efforts, make it a group project and try writing your family history with others.

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Teaching your students to follow directions and build their listening skills takes work! I couldn’t believe this when I read it, but did you know that LISTENING makes up 45% of our daily communication?!?!?!?! That blew my mind! As teachers, we spend so much time teaching reading and writing, which are very important, but how […]

Auditory learners learn most effectively by hearing and listening. Check out these strategies for auditory learners at home and school!

Are you curious about running dictation? Here's what it is, how to set it up and prepare your classes, and some tips for making sure everything runs smoothly! Running dictation easily became one of my students' favorite activities - don't miss out!

It's no surprise that I L.O.V.E technology especially my classroom set of iPads!! {Thank you Title 1!!!} This school year, I was asked to present at our districts Summer Institute about how I have integrated the use of iPads within the Daily 5 framework that I have come to adore! I decided after such great feedback from my presentations that I would share with all of you the great ways to use iPads. {Note: This can be used in any literacy centers, not just Daily 5!} This week I'm going to share with you how I used iPads for each area of Daily 5. Listen to Reading Today I'm going to start with my favorite use of iPads for Listen to Reading. I think listening to reading is VITAL for students reading comprehension, fluency, and a great way for them to fall head over heels in LOVE with reading. In a perfect world I would do 3 or more read alouds a day...however I am lucky if I get one or two in! Get ready because I have found the best FREE way to have a classroom full of books for a listening center! Video Tutorial For those of you that are like me and need to see it in action, I created a video tutorial that goes through the steps of creating the recording and the QR Code. I tried to talk super fast and not have my "teacher" voice but after 4 attempts to get it under 5 minutes..."ya get what ya get!' =) Step by Step Directions STEP 1: There is a free website called Record MP3 that allows you to record ANYTHING you want. This is where I record myself reading books from the my classroom library. STEP 2: All you have to do is press RECORD. When you are done reading, press STOP. {Easy right!} STEP 3: Then play it back and if you like it press SAVE RECORDING and if you don't press START OVER. Once you press SAVE RECORDING, the next screen will show you the URL link where your recording is saved. It looks like this.... STEP 4: From here you can either copy the link or save it to your computer. I usually do both just to be on the safe side! So from here is where it gets really fun! STEP 5: COPY the link, open a new table with a QR Code Generator. Copy and paste the link into the text box, make sure the you have chosen STATIC and then press generate STATIC. VOILA...It has created a QR Code with your voice recording. STEP 6: copy and paste it into a word document and PRINT. STEP 7: Then cut out the QR Code and attach it to the book {clear packing tape works best and you can still scan through the tape} and you are done! On the iPad {or any device} use a scan app to scan the QR Code. I use SCAN that can be found for free in the App Store. Your recording will "magically" appear and your babes can listen to you read their favorite book over and over. PARENT INVOLVEMENT One way I like to get parents involved {even if they can't come in to the classroom} is to send home the Record MP3 url. From home, parents can record themselves reading a book, copy the link from the Record MP3 website and e-mail it back to me. Then I can make the QR code and surprise their child! When this is a secret mission between me and the parents, the kids get so crazy excited to hear their mom or dad's voice! ** I hope this is useful for you! Like I said, this can be used in so many different ways in the classroom. Comment below to share how you use this {or would like to use this} in your classroom!

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Are you a newer teacher who could use some guidance and Spanish lesson plans from a veteran teacher? Are you teaching multiple levels of Spanish classes at once (3-5 preps)? Do you wish your students were more interested and engaged? Are you looking for fresh ideas to spice up your class? Do you feel really

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We cannot overlook the importance of teaching listening comprehension strategies to our students. These strategies are easy to implement into any classroom.

How do you grade reading comprehension? This has been a hard question for me to respond to for quite a few years now. I have felt somewhat torn about what kind of reading skills I have wanted to assess in order to fit my vision for a proficiency oriented course. Finally, I have a plan,…

Each Monday we collaborate with our building's new and Dual Language staff members for a professional development session based on what they highlight as their needs and/or desires for learning! This week we focused on Daily 5 ideas as all of our staff are currently working hard to get their stations and guided reading up and running! The teachers who attending the session came up with a variety of wonderful ideas and activities that could potentially be used throughout the year in these work stations. I thought some of you may enjoy taking a gander at what they came up with as well! Just a little background... we utilized a strategy many of you may be familiar with called "Round Robin" to gather ideas during our meeting. The staff were given the anchor charts with only the titles and asked to add any activity ideas they were doing, would like to do, etc. based on the title on their paper. We gave each group 1 minute to brainstorm and write their ideas, and then they were asked to pass the poster to the next group. We continued to do this until all posters had made it to all groups. This is a great strategy that you could use with your students as well to assess their background knowledge and/or learning of concepts. You could even do it at the beginning of the year to see what activities they already know and enjoy doing during Daily 5 if they are familiar with it from the year past! This may give you some insight as to what they may want to do in your classroom as well! Alright now onto the posters...keep in mind these were quickly written by our staff and we discussed them a bit after as well, so not everything may make perfect sense! But feel free to ask questions in the comments if you have any and I would be happy to try my best to answer! After our meeting, I also took some time to type up all of their ideas onto one page for them to hold on to and refer to throughout the year. You are welcome to a copy if you'd like- just click on the image below :)! (Graphics: Scrappin Doodles, Priscilla Concepcion)

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Are you in search of a new way to use a reading in class? Sometimes it feels like our activities are getting stale and you just need a new way to approach things, or maybe you just need a new a low-energy idea for delivering some input to your students. Whatever the case, this is […]

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