I was sitting on an airplane just last week flying out to Denver to visit my parents, and I was working on making lesson plans prettier. Because it makes me happy when they’re pretty. 🙃 The woman next to me…
When I started investigating comprehensible input or CI, there were so many accounts that helped me understand what CI was and learn more about activities! Having a community to turn to has been invaluable. It was so great to have…
Inside: Learn about how to start the year in Spanish class with a Free Online Conference about comprehensible input. Do you want to learn about back to school and using CI? Learn more about Practical & Comprehensible. Hey friends! I…
Tick, tock! It’s time to teach your students about Spanish time. This post is chock full of great ideas for Spanish time activities, lesson plans, and resources so that your students will master telling time, pronouncing time correctly, and spelling…
It’s almost the end of the year and I can guess how you’re feeling. Let’s go with a combination of feelings. Tired? Overwhelmed? Stressed? Over it? (Yes. Over it is a feeling!) So, I created a list to help you…
I always worked in schools that required some multiple-choice tests. It’s great and all when students can fill in bubbles correctly and prove they learned something. But I want to see them use the language. And that’s where an engaging…
Sometimes a good Spanish movie is just what you need in class. Used appropriately, films can be a perfect way to spark interest when beginning a unit, for subs who don’t speak Spanish… or that day when you’re getting over…
Inside: Weekly classroom routines for Spanish class to save your sanity. Daily routines to help with classroom management while teaching in-person, hybrid, and virtual. Hey friends! It is Allison from Mis Clases Locas. Wow, what a school year this has…
There are a lot of intricacies and nuances to teaching Spanish commands. You start thinking, “No problem – commands – piece of cake”, but then you realize that students get confused by positive and negative commands. Next, you add the…
Oh, hey there! Long time, no see! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a little absent for the last 11.5 months. And by absent, I mean constantly stressed to the extent that I sometimes have trouble taking a…
