If you’re taking a group of students on a trip out of the country, or taking your Spanish class on a field trip, you’re going to need money to make that happen. Sometimes a school budget can contribute, but more often than not that needs to come from your students’ pockets, or from their hard work. Here are some Spanish Club fundraiser ideas to help! Spanish Club Fundraiser Ideas “We Help Two” funky sock fundraiser – sell fun socks to raise money! Sell international candies – French chocolate, fun flavors – kids love trying different things! Make and sell cascarones – Collect clean empty egg ..read more

Are you looking for a simple way to decorate your Spanish classroom for the end of the year? May and June can get to be so hectic so I wanted to share 3 end of school year bulletin boards for your Spanish classroom! 3 End of School Year Bulletin Boards for Spanish Class Punny Bulletin Board Food Vocabulary Word Wall Goal Setting Bulletin Board Punny Bulletin Board for Spanish Class Click here to download! If you know me, you know I love a good pun on a bulletin board, just like this flan themed board! This classroom decor set features the phrase “Disfruten sus vacaciones” and mini fruit sha ..read more

Do you need a fun game to fill up a weird testing day schedule, use as a sponge activity at the end of class, or just to play after finals? Check out this fun icebreaker style game to build classroom community and Spanish vocabulary! It’s the perfect Spanish end of the year activity to play with your students. Click here to save this post for later on Pinterest! Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you! How to Play This or That Game If you never pl ..read more

If you are looking for different activities for your classes, or ways to make it more interesting, get your students outside! These outdoor activities for Spanish class are a great way to mix things up, engage your students, and enjoy the sunshine. Click here to save this post for later! Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you! Tips for Taking Students Outside Before you head out the door, there are a few things to consider: Check with admin or l ..read more

If your students are new to Spanish and you want to incorporate the alphabet, there are several ways you can do it! Of course you can have them read the sheets and memorize, but it’s so much easier to practice the alphabet in Spanish with pronunciation so they can really hear the different letter sounds. Here are a few resources for your beginning Spanish students! Click here to save this post for later! Spanish Alphabet in Spanish Letter Spanish Pronunciation a ah b bay c say d day e ay f eh fay g hey h hache i ee j hohta k kah l ele m eme n ene ñ en-yay o o ..read more

Reading is one of the best things we can do for our students! Reading out loud, reading silently, in pairs, in small groups, re-reading – all of these are great ways to get students to re-engage with a text that we’ve used in class. Sometimes reading practice in Spanish can feel a bit dry or dull, so I wanted to share with you 17 of my favorite reading activities you can do with your Spanish classes! Click here to save this post for later! Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no a ..read more

La Familia Review Game Challenge is a great way to plan some fun group work all while reviewing family vocabulary in Spanish! I thought I would share about the set up and ideas for you to use in your own classroom. Save this post for later on Pinterest! Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you! Watch the Video Coming soon! Click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you get notified right away when it goes live! La Familia Review Gam ..read more

Are you SICK of screens? I know some days it feels like we’re just pulling their eyeballs away from phones and laptops. I wanted to share a few of my favorite hands on activities for Spanish class! Click here to save this post for later on Pinterest! Just a note before I get into things – these are my favorite hands on activities that can be done seated at a desk or in a smaller space. They are not activities that focus on getting students up and moving around the room, although there is a little bit of rearranging that might happen. If you’d like to see ideas for activities that get students ..read more

Do you get a spring break? Whether your school calendar just gives you a long weekend for Easter, or a week off sometime in March or April, coming back to class after an extra day or two can be tough. Especially if you actually took time to turn off that teacher brain! I wanted to share a quick activity or two you could use for after spring break in Spanish class. Save this post for later! Plans for After Spring Break in Spanish Class While I would usually start every class with our start of class routine, this looks a little different that first day after break! We still do a quick weather ta ..read more

There are many beautiful traditions in the Spanish speaking world. Many of them surround Semana Santa, or Holy Week. One of my personal favorites are the alfombras created in Guatemala. They are vibrant, eye-catching, and yet fleeting. Let’s look at a lesson plan for las alfombras de Semana Santa! Las Alfombras de Semana Santa Lesson Plan Presentation on las Alfombras de Semana Santa First, because these are just so colorful, let’s show students a few images! I created just a few slides to introduce the topic and give them a glimpse of what they’ll learn more about in the lesson with the read ..read more