I am an enthusiastic Spanish teacher from Chicago who is always looking for new and creative ways to engage my students. My love for Spain first developed over a semester abroad in Madrid and continued to grow as I lived and worked there for a year after college. Since 2007 I’ve taught high school Spanish at all levels. As language acquisition has moved in the direction of communication and proficiency (yay!) Read More
You know that moment when you open the Spanish textbook at the beginning of a new unit—Deportes, Comida, La Ciudad, whatever it is—and you see the vocabulary lists, the little dialogues, the…
Mother’s Day—el Día de la Madre or el Día de las Madres—is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect day of the year to bring some meaningful and language-rich activities into your Spanish…
Let’s be real. Some days, your Spanish class lesson plan is rock solid—beautiful slides, interactive games, and a fresh stack of comprehensible input activities ready to go. And then there are those other days—days…
If you teach Spanish classes—whether it’s middle school beginners giggling at the words Lake Titicaca or high school students still asking “Is estar the one that means to be ?”—you know the Sweet 16 verbs are a lifeline. These high-frequency verbs are the backbone…
