Changes for next year

Every year I leave for Summer Break with a note on my desk, labeled, “CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR”. I thought…

Spanish 4’s “Best Sellers”

As promised, here are “Los libros mejores según la clase de español 4”. If you’re looking for recommendations for Spanish…

On Friday, after our last Free Reading session together, we compiled a list of “Los mejores libros según la clase…

So excited, guys! First of all, I’m never excited about a Final Exam. Ever. Basically most of my time is…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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