With the ‘discovery’ of the new world and countless stories of riches such as cities made out entirely of gold, many Spaniards set out to gain both fame and fortune. Francisco de Orellana was one of them. He was adventurous, curious and fearless. Story tells that Francisco lost one of his eyes during a battle. […]
5 Spanish Updates Worth Knowing
The Spanish language is a labyrinth if you ask me, and maybe that is what I love about it. There is something exciting when I communicate to my students changes or updates in the Spanish language. Weird, I know. Some get excited about food, others clothing, but me…it all revolves around words. Anyways, today I […]
4th Grade Structure and Function in 5 Days (or Less!)
When I heard the initials NGSS, I used to cringe. So many updates and changes that I could hardly keep up. Then, I was introduced to Bozeman Science…and WHAT a difference that has made. I have to begin by accepting that teaching science is not a strength of mine, but I have no choice and […]
LEALA Spanish Book Fair in Los Angeles
The much anticipated Spanish Book Fair, also known as LéaLA, will be here on May 15-17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There will be about 106 Latin authors, and over 300 publishers of authentic Spanish Literature. The best part? This is an event centered around the entire family with plenty of activities for the […]
The Beauty of the Spanish Language
Inmarcesible: Que no se puede marchitar. I wrote an article for Spanglishbaby.com a while back where I talked about the beauty of the different Spanish accents in children. I just love that as soon as my students switch to Spanish, you can totally hear their very diverse accents (Argentinian, Puerto Rican, Colombian, etc). The truth […]
Writing Literary Essays in Spanish Part IV – Drafting, Revising, Editing and Publishing
I have really enjoyed this unit. When I first started planning, I felt really overwhelmed and really out of…something. I guess, the unit was just intimidating. However, as we moved to drafting, revising, editing and publishing, I can say that it all started to finally make sense. I needed to trust the process, but it […]
CGI Math in Spanish
For the past three days, I have had the great opportunity of attending a workshop on CGI (Cognitive Guided Instruction) with a focus on fractions. All I can say is that it was unbelievably amazing. So, let me back up for a second and give you a quick summary of how my math instruction has […]
Writing Literary Essays in Spanish Part III – Choosing and Developing
My students continued moving along the writing cycle. After collecting, we started the process of choosing. What is choosing? In this phase, students choose a thesis statement (idea or theory) that they feel have enough evidence to support. Since we are using boxes and bullets, the thesis will most likely be the box and the […]
Writing Literary Essays in Spanish Part II – Collecting
After immersion, we moved onto the next step on the writing cycle – collecting. During the collecting stage, students use their writing to PUSH their thinking. How do we push our students’ thinking? Writing about reading requires students to think deeply about what they read. On my previous post in this series (click here to […]
Parts of Speech and Genres of Literature Posters in Spanish
Just before the end of the year, I was able to upload a few more units to my TpT store. These units had been sitting on my computer for a while and wanted to get them out to you. The best part? Both sets include a Power Point presentation. Enjoy! Have a wonderful New Year!
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