Why Your Spanish Culture Unit Isn’t Landing
Ask ten Spanish teachers what they taught for their last culture unit and eight of them will say some version of the same thing: a…
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Spanish for Teachers
Classroom resources, curriculum ideas, and communication-focused strategies for Spanish teachers who want their students to develop real language skills.
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Writing in Spanish Class
Most Spanish class writing happens in English. Instructions in English. Responses in English. Reflections in English. Spanish gets spoken — or attempted — during the…
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How to Introduce an Artist in Spanish Class
Put an artwork on the screen and ask ¿Qué ves? and most students will tell you what they see on the surface. Colors. Shapes. A…
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Free Spanish Art Lesson Plans – Where to Start
Free Spanish lesson plan resources exist — there’s no shortage of them. TPT, Speaking Latino, teacher blogs, WikiArt, Google Arts and Culture — the internet…
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Why Use Art to Teach Spanish
If you’ve never used art in your Spanish class, there’s probably a reason — and it’s not that you don’t think it would work. It’s…
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How to Get Students Speaking Spanish
Getting students to speak Spanish is the goal every Spanish teacher has and the problem none of them have fully solved. Students revert to English…
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How to Teach Hispanic Heritage Month in Spanish Class
Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 to October 15 — which means it starts during the second week of school, when teachers are still learning…
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Best Artists to Teach in Spanish Class
Spanish class covers a lot of ground — verb tenses, vocabulary, grammar, conversation. What it doesn’t always cover is context. The history behind the language….
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Why Students Go Silent in Spanish Class
When students go silent in Spanish class, the instinct is to blame the language. They don’t know enough vocabulary. They’re not ready to speak. They…
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Teaching Spanish Through Art
Most Spanish practice gives students something to memorize or repeat — a vocabulary list, a grammar drill, a scripted dialogue. What it rarely gives them…
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Diagnose Where Your Spanish Student Is Stuck
When a student is struggling, the easy answer is to give them more practice on whatever they’re getting wrong. More conjugation drills if they’re making…
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The 5 Skills Framework Explained
I’m not a Spanish teacher. I want to be upfront about that. I’ve been in Spanish classrooms as a substitute. I’ve tutored in homeschool groups….
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Drawing Vocabulary in Spanish — The Retrieval Strategy
Most vocabulary practice asks students to recognize words — match the translation, fill in the blank, complete the flashcard. Recognition is easy. Retrieval is what…
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Principles of Art in Spanish — How to Get Students Expressing Opinions
The elements of art tell students what to look for. The principles tell them what the artist was trying to do with it. Once students…
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How to Lead Art Appreciation in Spanish Class
Most Spanish class discussions stay in the present tense. Students describe what they see, what they do, what they like — all present, all safe,…
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Elements of Art in Spanish — The Discussion Scaffold
Most Spanish teachers who bring art into class run into the same problem. Students look at a painting, say “es bonita” or “me gusta,” and…
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How to Teach Students to Describe Art in Spanish
The hardest moment in any Spanish class isn’t the grammar explanation or the vocabulary drill. It’s the silence after you ask a question and nobody…
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Fernando Botero — Colombian Artist
Fernando Botero doesn’t get the international attention of Picasso or Dalí — but walk into a room of students, show them a Botero painting, and…
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Diego Rivera — Mexican Muralist
Diego Rivera’s murals don’t give you one thing to talk about. They give you dozens. Every section of a Rivera mural is its own story…
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