Bomba Unit

This year, we were exploring Puerto Rico in fifth grade. We decided to teach about bomba during Black History Month- but I needed to know more! I am a part of the absolutely amazing Kia London’s curriculum coaching program: Trailblazers in the World Language Classroom. Each week, we have the opportunity to talk face to face on Zoom. Each

Super Bowl Lesson Plans: 2024

Since I am a big fan of the Super Bowl as are many of my students- I always love to do a little lesson about the Super Bowl the Thursday or Friday before the big day! I updated my resources that I blogged about last year: the presentation and the Google Forms. I use the forms to

Back from break: Horoscopes and plans

Post break plans Happy winter break! Hopefully, you are enjoying good family time and good you time! My hope is that you can save this post knowing that you have your return from break lesson plans set! I really try to move away from discussing students’ winter breaks. While many of my students have good winter breaks (which may

Community Places: Lessons for Level 1

At times, I realize that I have a full unit that I haven’t shared here! So here is a community unit that I am doing with my fifth graders (novice level). Final project Students will write a suggestion of where to visit in our community to make a recommendation guide for tourists. Can do statements

Anuncio de la Lotería: Lesson Plans and Unit

One of my favorite units to teach is the commercial that Spain makes each year to announce the “Gordo” tickets! I love that although it does have some Christmas motifs, it is not specifically about Christmas. Typically, the commercial is also full of interesting cultural comparisons. It is also full of great discussion topics as

Revamped Spanish 1, Unit 1 plans: Getting to know you

In 2017 (whoa!), I wrote a post about my first unit that I use in Spanish 1. My curriculum looks a little different now since I don’t teach an official level 1 class. However, I revamped this unit for a two day workshop that I gave recently- and I wanted to share it again! My

Black out poetry with article, poem or song

This past Black History Month, my 8th grade class studied Afro Peruvians and specifically the poem Me gritaron negra by Victoria Santa Cruz. My goals for this unit included not only exposing students to this important poem, but for them to demonstrate their understanding of the poem with their own interpretation. Our school wide theme

Super Bowl 2023 Activities

Each year, I love to spend the Friday before the Super Bowl talking about it! More and more Latino players are starting to play in the NFL. I have kept some of the facts the same as last year, but I have modified some of them for this year. By the end of this lesson,

Happiness mini-unit: Novice students

This year, one of our central themes was joy and togetherness. With this idea, I decided to ask the question of my sixth graders: what makes us happy? I have to say that a lot of this was inspired by my conversations with Samara Spielberg who has done a lot of work on social-emotional learning.

Heavenly Bites: Mexico Tortas

I really love a lot of the documentaries that Netflix has been producing that focus on various cultures in Latin America! The most recent one is Heavenly Bites: Mexico. I created a few day lesson plan to look at the tortas episode. Overall, we are studying the influences of other cultures on Mexican food and