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An Upbeat Way to Teach the Pronunciation of Spanish Vowels

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

This lesson isolates the pronunciation of the five pure vowels of Spanish and shows a fun exercise that will help students become conscious of them, …

Dictation Helps Teachers Assess Learning in the Spanish Classroom

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

Learn how to improve your students’ spelling, listening and mechanical skills. This lesson plan tells you how to administer dictation exercises …

Google Earth and Teaching Foreign Languages

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

Google Earth is exciting largely because it’s user driven. Teachers can exploit this tool in a number of ways. This lesson plan suggests a few …

Practice Sentences for Pronouncing Spanish Vowels

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

This lesson plan offers teachers five sentences that each focus on the pronunciation of Spanish vowels i-e-a-o-u, the natural order of pronunciation …

Sid the Science Kid Preschool Activities: Pathways to Science

Elizabeth Wistrom
Categories : Preschool teaching strategies, advice & tips

Sid the Science Kid is coming your way! Find some preschool activities with this educational television series on PBS based on the Preschool Pathways …

Teach Your Students How to Improve their Spanish Spelling

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

This lesson plan offers Spanish teachers a handful of convenient charts that are useful during office hours when a student comes in who has trouble …

Teaching Spanish Idiomatic Expressions in the Classroom

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

Wouldn’t it be a drag to never move beyond being a speaker of textbook Spanish? Encourage spontaneity and speed by using this list and some of …

Teaching the Pronunciation of Spanish Consonants, with Examples

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

This lesson plan offers teachers over two dozen sentences with observations about the pronunciation of Spanish consonants. It also offers some …

The Ten Most Popular Reasons Parents Homeschool

Alicia
Categories : Homeschooling methodologies

There are many different reasons why parents choose to homeschool their children. This article is a list of the top 10 most popular reasons that I …

Tips for Teachers: Communicating With Parents Quickly and Easily

Elizabeth Wistrom
Categories : Tips & strategies for teaching grade school

Parents and students love to receive positive notes home from the teacher! Here is a quick and easy tips for teachers. Communicating with parents can …