As we all know the pandemic is not over and we as teachers must be ready for whatever may come. Resources are the backbone of our instruction so we might be asking ourselves now: What are the best Spanish resources to buy for 2021 while the pandemic is still part of our lives? Online or traditional resources?
As an online teacher I have a strong need for online resources but even if I was an in person teacher I would still have the need for online resources: Why? Because this emergency teaching panorama is not coming to an end and Covid did nothing but accelerate the new era of teaching which is online resources. Now, are the online resources the only ones we should consider for our classroom? The most logical answer is no. Learning materials should not only be limited to online resources if we have the chance to be in person teachers. Online resources have their charm and printable resources also have still a bing impact in our classroom. Print resources give us the the chance to stablish an scenario where students have to leave behind technology and think on their own , stablish more interactive and vivid communications with others and develop more creativity considering the fact that they have to use other resources that do not have a connection to browsers.
We teachers have the power to make the resources work for us, the way we want them to work and we can make a resource digital or printable according to our needs so at the moment of deciding which one is better, we should consider that we can always make a resource even better when we are teaching.
Let us not forget that our job as educators is to keep expanding our knowledge and keep acquiring new skills that will allow us to mold resources the way we want. Some tools that can help us are: Google workplace, classkick, LMS and platforms that can make pdf's into a fillable document online like easel from Teachers pay teachers. Yes, a single document like a pdf can be transformed into an online tool, so we do not depend solely on printers to make our class work.
With this in mind, I have dedicated my time to create Spanish back to school resources that can fulfill both teacher needs: printable and digital resources. I have used them in my Spanish classroom and they for sure can be a tremendous help for any teacher returning to school this 2021. Take a look at some of them and check if they can be useful in your classroom and needs as well:
Returning to school after a long summer and you have not planned any activities to start your year or maybe your first year teaching? I got you covered! This bundle contains 11 activities that are critical to know how much your students know about the Spanish language! Of course it also brings activities that will help you thrive through the first week in your Spanish classroom!. This Spanish 2 back to school bundle can be used on the first week or also any time of the year!
Teaching Spanish AP for the first time? or Maybe you have been teaching Spanish AP for a long time? In both situations this growing Spanish AP bundle can be an amazing tool for your first week of class (online or in person/printable and assignable online) when you are just back to school starting your journey on your Spanish AP class. This bundle that you can use at any time of the year as a bank of activities for you Spanish AP class serves the following purposes:
Refresh important grammar topics like subjunctive, preterite and imperfect (the topics that are always a challenge for Spanish learners) on that first week of your Spanish AP class
Help you assess what the objectives of the class are and also gather information at the end of the school year about students performance in this class. This is essential for you to adapt Spanish AP content every year.
Refresh/learn/relearn essential vocabulary words that will accompany your students until the day of the Spanish AP exam.
Help you refresh culture knowledge about painters and life of important characters of the Latin culture.
Warm up your student's speaking skills with speaking activities that the bundle includes.
Warm up student's reading skills with one of the activities (Story: Diario de una viajera)
Games that you could use in your class to break the ice during that first week.
Warm up students to go through the : familia and comunidades, belleza y estética y desafíos globales.
Practice presentational skills which is essential to ace the Spanish AP exam
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