A cocinar con la Sra. Chase: Agua de jamaica

When I was little, I was obsessed with having a cooking show. Every chance I got, I would make delightful … More

Let’s taco ’bout it

I’m a pretty passionate person, and one of my passions is tacos. In fact, my husband and I fell in … More

May has a bad rap. May isn’t that bad. In fact, I kinda like the month of May. Ok…ok…May is … More

I love to travel and I love to teach…but I don’t love to travel with my students. I can’t handle … More

Happy Teacher Appreciation! Teaching is hard work! And teachers need all the encouragement we can get. And if you, like … More

I’m a Spanish teacher, so I teach Spanish, which is the content of like 97% of my little blogcito here. … More

In my previous life, before I was a Spanish teacher, I was a Young Life leader. Young Life is a … More

Last year at this time, I was absolutely livid with our AAPPL scores. Basically, out of 60 students, including my … More

I heard that the new movie La Llorona came out this past weekend, and I thought to myself, welp, there’s … More

Today was the first day back from Spring Break (which was awesome, thanks for asking!) and so of course we chatted … More

Don’t tell the other teachers your school our secret: language teachers have the most fun! I mean, it doesn’t matter … More

For those of you who have been following along with the Misterio del conejo, you will be interested in recent … More

I get a lot of questions on this little Blogcito about my Master’s Program…so I’d like to tell you about … More

Warning- this post contains a (mildly) graphic image. Proceed with caution. Some freaky things are going on lately. First Martina Bex … More

So, there’s this Targeted vs. Untargeted CI debate out in CI Land…well, maybe not really a debate, but different approaches. … More

Short answer: Yes, kinda. Long answer: Verb charts don’t build proficiency. Students (heck, everyone!) can communicate in a language with … More

We’re in the business of making kids feel special. Aplausos especiales do just that! In my class, when someone does … More

The subjunctive…Is there anything else that instills fear in Spanish Students around the globe as the dreaded subjunctive? Why are kids … More

Guys, I’m sensing a theme… Last week we had a heartbreaking training on Trauma Informed Teaching. It was all about … More

So, we know our kiddos need a bazillion repetitions of a structure to acquire it. And we know that the … More