I’m teaching Spanish for Heritage Speakers for my first time this year and let me tell you, the learning curve…
Fancied-up Picture Talks: Comprehensifying Authentic Resources
Someone, someone who I’ve searched for in vain to find out who to credit here, someone shared a really cool…
Free Día de los Muertos Lesson Plans
Yesterday we didn’t have school, because… Nevada Day! (Non-Nevadans are always surprised that Nevadans celebrate our statehood every year. 154…
Screaming Ninjas with Subjunctive
I get emails every now and again asking why I don’t write more about my upper level classes…One such email…
Venn Diagrams as a Reading Strategy
Who doesn’t love a good Venn Diagram? Me, I didn’t. I don’t have anything against Mr. Venn, I think his…
Happy Birthday & TPT Sale
Hello friends! I’ve been adding things to The Chase Place, my TPT store lately, and I wanted to share my…
Making Star of the Day even more awesome!
Star of the Day, AKA Special Person Interviews are awesome. If you’ve not implemented them yet, don’t wait another minute!…
Mira Señala Brain Break
Have you ever had a class where your tricks just don’t work? You pull out all your trusty tools that…
New year, new routine
I used to be one of those teachers who was all about kids coming in to class and getting started…
A conference and a give away
Today I’m at the Professional Language Association of Nevada’s fall conference with my PLC People and I’m excited to present…
The magic of TPR
Total Physical Response (known as TPR in the biz) is pure magic!! I know of no easier, faster, or more…
A language class for everyone
You know the cool thing about teaching with Comprehensible Input? It makes language class accessible for everyone. You know the…
Padlet Picture Talks
Is it safe to say we’re all back to school? Are there any lucky holdouts who don’t start school until…
Hey Team…huddle up for a pep talk!
Hey Team! When I started this little blogcito, I just thought I’d share some games and tell some stories. I…
Mientes con todos los dientes: A lying game
This week, during out teacher work days, I remembered a super hilarious Get to Know you game that we used…
Back to School Round Up
Holy Moly! It’s that time of year already! I’m back to school TOMORROW, and then I’ll meet my new little…
Classroom management: Why the start of the year is so important
Classroom management is a big deal. In fact, it’s such a big deal that I think it’s the biggest factor…
Making Classroom Games Awesome
It’s no secret, I love to play games in my classroom. But I think it’s a pretty fine line between…
Foto frenzy- a Picture Talk game
This past week I was at the iFLT conference and I had the chance to learn from some of the…
iFLT & a new game
Here I am in St. Petersburg, Florida having the best time at the iFLT conference! It is so inspiring to…
