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Updated on June 10, 2023June 10, 2023Seal of Biliteracy Spanish Class Activities Speaking Student Engagement

FREE Integrated Listening and Speaking Activity!

Download your free ILS Food and Restaurants activities for Spanish class.

May 17, 2023April 8, 2023Seal of Biliteracy Simulated Conversation Speaking

Integrated Listening and Speaking Activities

Are you looking for ways to build proficiency with your Spanish students? I have a great suggestion! Begin Integrated Listening and Speaking activities as soon as possible with your students!

Updated on August 1, 2023May 10, 2023Seal of Biliteracy Simulated Conversation Speaking

Guided Conversations for Performance & Proficiency

This month we’ve talked about several ways to stay focused on your curriculum, themes and grammar points (Performance) while working towards building our students’ proficiency. Another way to do this is to use Guided Conversations for Performance and Proficiency.

February 22, 2023February 12, 2023Seal of Biliteracy Simulated Conversation Speaking

Spanish Listening and Speaking Activities

Are you doing Integrated Spanish Listening and Speaking Activities in your Spanish classes this year? Embarrassing fact: I was NOT doing a lot of that with my students in the recent past. But now that my school offers the Seal of Biliteracy, my students need practice with the ILS, or Integrated Speaking and Listening activity. So as all teachers do, I learned and adapted. Hopefully I can help you learn to create these activities too!

February 15, 2023January 3, 2023Spanish Class Activities Speaking

Spanish Speaking Proficiency: Class Activities

How do you help your students build Spanish speaking proficiency in class? Do you feel lost and unsure about how to do it? I did too! But it turns out that there is no big secret or mystery. It’s about giving students the right kind of opportunities to practice, the scaffolds they need to feel confident, and the feedback necessary to make corrections or improvements!

December 7, 2022November 17, 2022Speaking Vocabulary Ideas

Spanish Speaking Activities for Winter

Do you use the season to your advantage? In Spanish class, we can help our students reach greater proficiency levels by giving them LOTS of topics to speak and write about! Even if the current unit has nothing to do with a particular season, there’s no reason you can’t work that in! Try these ideas for Spanish Speaking Activities for Winter!

September 28, 2022August 11, 2022Seal of Biliteracy Simulated Conversation Speaking

Interpersonal Listening and Speaking Skills for the Seal of Biliteracy

Are your Spanish students preparing to take a test to earn the Seal of Biliteracy? If so, here is a short post about what they can expect to do on a test like the AAPPL test for interpersonal listening and speaking skills.

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August 31, 2022August 2, 2022Speaking

Speaking Activities in Spanish Class: Guided Conversations

We all want our students to improve in their ability to speak Spanish and participate in conversations. However, I was noticing that my students really struggled with conversing. Assuming that you’ve built a good class culture and students feel willing to take risks with their classmates, what they need next is some scaffolding to increase their chances for success! I use Guided Conversations!