¡Hola! Bonjour! Buongiorno! Konnichiwa! Annyeonghaseyo! My name is Janina Klimas. I have a BA in Theater Arts and Foreign Languages, and an MA in the Teaching of Languages. I’m a certified and experienced Spanish teacher for elementary school, elementary immersion, secondary school, AP Spanish Language and Culture, and AP Spanish Literature. I studied in Spain […]
Spanish Chat Mat: Talk about School Supplies Here’s a fun comprehensible input tool to get absolute beginners to talk about school supplies. Start with the basics. I love to do CI quizzes to start. Next, do the chat about what’s in lockers. After gaining some confidence, they do the writing. Lastly, they plan their backpack
Future Tense Spanish Lessons To (Hopefully) Spark Joy Of all the verb tenses we teach in Spanish class, the future tense is many a teacher’s absolute favorite—and it tends to be a fan favorite for students, too. By the time they reach this point, they’ve usually survived the roller coaster of present, preterite, imperfect, and
Here’s a fun Spanish class activity to review body parts and descriptions. Student Instructions (Spanish & English) Instrucciones:Crea una persona compuesta usando partes del cuerpo. Dibuja una persona usando partes de diferentes personas, animales o personajes. Etiqueta al menos 10 partes del cuerpo en español. Escribe tres oraciones que describan a tu persona compuesta. Instructions:Create
During my years of teaching language immersion, kindergarten and Spanish in elementary, middle and high school, I have come to regard the calendar as an indispensable teaching tool. Math, weather, numbers, counting, seasons, days and months can all be taught via some time spent daily with the calendar. Using the calendar daily in your secondary
A theme explored in any beginning Spanish class is talking about school. I have created a bundle of resources and lesson plans, and wanted to share those ideas. You can get the bundle or pick and choose to add to your repertoire. Objectives. In this unit, students will learn how to talk about basic nouns