I'm a sucker for any holiday. The opportunity to dress up, the chance to make a day a teensy more whimsical than usual? Sign me up! So, I always make it a point to create lessons that still teach Spanish vocabulary and often times culture. Last year I created a rainbow themed lesson activity that was primarily geared for younger ages and focused on colors. It's still a great lesson that I will probably use again this year. I wanted to create a lesson that was a bit more focused on vocabulary for the holiday and even give it a dose of culture so I created a new lesson that teaches key words to describe the holiday and even teaches about the connection between Mexico and St. Patrick's Day! 

​You can still download my rainbow themed lesson for FREE on TpT here or by clicking the image below. You can buy my new lesson by clicking here or the image below.

I hope you enjoy my lessons! Thanks for visiting!

I don't know about you but I LOVE to wear graphic tshirts! It is so easy to throw on a comfy graphic tee with a pair of dress pants, a cute jacket and some funky jewelry to make an outfit that looks pulled together, professional, cute and most importantly, COMFY!

However, I often struggle to find shirts that fit my aesthetic as a somewhat "cool" and mostly young teacher of Spanish. The Spanish ones are usually pretty meh and the teacher specific ones are often too cutesy for my taste. So, I decided to start designing a few tshirts that I would actually wear and sell them on Etsy! 

So, if you are like me and would love some cute teacher tees for Spanish teachers you should check out my offerings!

​For Kindergarten I created a story based lesson for my Kinders that teaches them some basic vocabulary. I chose to retell the story, "The Day it Rained Hearts" using Alex the Alpaca as the main character. Students focus on the words "corazón" and "tarjeta" during the story as well as the activities with the overall focus being on words for Valentine's Day, colors and numbers. It's a fun but still relevant way to bring the holiday into your Spanish classroom. You can see a few pictures of everything I include in the lesson pack on TpT below. Click on the button to go the item on TpT.

For my older kiddos I decided to make a story movie talk presentation using an animated short from Youtube. This method is used often in CI teaching and I really enjoyed using movie talks with my highschool students. I think older elementary students will have a lot of fun with this method too. Students are walked through screen shots of a digital short that is narrated by you, the teacher in the target language. After you talk them through the story using only pictures and Spanish, they get to watch the clip and see how much they understood in your narration. It's a great way to cram a lot of vocabulary into a short and engaging lesson. You can see pictures of the things included in the lesson below and click the button to go to the listing on TpT.