Sneak peek: Four resources to use for teaching the novel Cajas de cartón. Cajas de cartón is a great novel to read with a heritage Spanish speakers class. It’s written as a memoir from Francisco Jiménez and includes stories from his childhood that touch on many impactful and relevant topics.
Sneak peek: Self-love lessons and ideas for heritage speakers class! My favorite way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with my heritage students is by teaching on the topic of self-love. Instead of focusing on romantic love, I like to switch up the vantage point a little bit, and have students write
Sneak peek: Which telenovelas I show in heritage Spanish class and what activities we do with them. *This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click through to one of the product links, I’ll earn a small percentage at no extra cost to you. Have you ever shown
Sneak peek: The version of Trashketball I played with my heritage students. I play so many games with my L2 learner classes for vocabulary acquisition, but I find that I hardly ever play games with my heritage students. Sad! That all changed when I taught my unit on Los errores
Sneak peek: Five icebreakers for heritage Spanish class for the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the school year, icebreakers are the name of the game in classrooms all across the country, and heritage Spanish classes are no different. Here are five icebreakers for your heritage speaker class to
Sneak peek: A three-day community-building project & icebreaker your students will love! I have the BEST icebreaker for your heritage speaker class that also doubles as a project. Better yet, the activity provides a bit of a brain break for both students and teacher, and is a ready-made sub-plan to
Sneak peek: A detailed description of what I will be teaching during the first week of heritage speakers class this year. It’s the start of my third year teaching a heritage speakers class! I don’t know about you, but even as my seventh year teaching begins, I still get anxiety
Sneak peek: How writing to an amigo secreto will engage students in authentic writing in heritage speakers class. *This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click through to one of the product links, I’ll earn a small percentage at no extra cost to you. It’s always
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