If you are reading a novel in your Spanish class, we’ve got a new activity that you may want to try. My 8th grade class is currently reading “La Lucha” by Melisa Lopez. After reading chapter 6, I had students take out a piece of paper and go back through the chapter and come up with a list of 20 words they felt were most representative or most important to the events of the chapter. It had to be individual words or small phrases of 1-3 words, words that shouldn’t be separated.
As teachers look ahead for resources to request for the next school year, we are sharing a curated list of Subscriptions services or websites for World Language teachers. The list ranges from curricular resources that are targeted for language acquisition and development in reading, listening, and even some speaking, as well as gaming sites or lesson planning sites using AI.
With a toddler and newborn, I haven’t posted as much as I would like the past year. But if there’s one thing that gets me foregoing sleep so I can work on creating… it’s the annual March Music Madness. We are happy to announce that our playlist has been shared and we are gearing up for our 12th bracket tournament.
After different variations over the years, [FVR (Free Voluntary Reading], Lectura Libre, SSR (Silent Spanish Reading) among others] I’ve again renamed our reading time in class to ISR: Independent Spanish Reading.
We are in the last week of MMM, although the polls remain open until the end of the month, and the resources never expire. Check out our Round 2 and beyond Presentation with voting links.
The 1st semifinal went back and forth and less than 40 votes separated them before an official winner was declared. Monday and Tuesday are the final days of the 3rd and 4th quarter with the semifinals kicking off on Wednesday and Thursday and the final this Friday.
We are less than a week away from March Music Madness 2024. Plenty of time to get in on what will sure to be the highlight of the year for your students. We recently sat down with Claudio Elliot on her podcast Growing with Proficiency to discuss the Music Tournament. One of the key talking points is how we can use music as a way to discuss in the target language, without having to study the lyrics.
Next week I’ll be using the Spanish Lottery video of Justino with materials from the Comprehensible Classroom. In order to preview the story I used a Mad Libs activity, generated by ChatGPT which I fined-tuned. Students worked with a partner: they first wrote the words on a list. Then they asked their partner for their words to fill in the text. They then read the completed text to their partner.
If 16 songs and 3 weeks were too much, then maybe the Final 8 songs and a week and a half tournament is just for you. And if the timing is right, it might be a perfect way to cruise into Spring Break.
