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I began teaching in 1994. As a 32 year teacher, I am even more excited about what is happening in my classroom than I was in the early years! I student taught in Springfield, IL at Lanphier High School and began my career in a small rural district in southern IL. I love my rural students and the opportunity I have to bring them the world through study of language and culture. I am the author of nine readers available through www.waysidepublishing.com: La hija del sastre, 2011 La Calaca Alegre, 2013 Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos, 2014 Vector, fall 2016 48 horas, fall 2018 Bananas, fall 2019 Sostenible and Papálotl 2021 Tucán 2023 Bianca Nieves 2e 2023 I published my first reader through Somewhere to Share, LLC in the fall of 2025. It is called El espíritu de Xólotl and is available on Amazon.com

Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Full Curriculum | Units 1-15

Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Curriculum | Units 11-15

Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Units | Huellas 1 Full Curriculum | Units 1-15

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Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Units | Huellas 1 Full Curriculum | Units 1-15

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The Huellas 1 Full Curriculum Bundle is a comprehensive Spanish 3 CI curriculum designed for teachers who want a cohesive, proficiency‑based program without piecing together disconnected units. Built on comprehensible input and meaningful communication, Huellas 1 supports students as they develop interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational skills through engaging, relevant, and culturally rich themes. Inspired by AP themes, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and ACTFL pr

10th - 12th

Spanish

Intermediate Spanish | Huellas 1 Curriculum | Units 1-10

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The Huellas 1 Units 1–10 Bundle is a cohesive Spanish 3 CI curriculum designed for teachers who want engaging, meaningful content paired with strong scaffolding for language growth. Built on comprehensible input and proficiency‑based instruction, this bundle supports students as they develop interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills through topics that truly resonate with upper‑level learners. Inspired by AP themes, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,

9th - 12th

Spanish

Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Full Curriculum | Units 1-15

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The Huellas 2 Full Curriculum Bundle is a comprehensive, cohesive Spanish 4 CI curriculum designed for teachers who want strong scaffolding for productive language growth without sacrificing engaging, meaningful content. Built on comprehensible input and proficiency‑based instruction, Huellas 2 supports students as they develop interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills through globally relevant themes and authentic resources. Inspired by AP themes, the United Natio

10th - 12th

Spanish

Intermediate CI Spanish 4+ Unit | Technology & Digital Divide | Huellas 2.11

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La revolución tecnológica is a Spanish 4+ CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 2 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through critical thinking, global perspectives, and meaningful comprehensible input. In this 13‑day unit, students explore modern technology and the digital divide, examining how technology shapes daily life, access to information, communication, and opportunity around the world. This proficiency‑based Spanish 4+ curriculum unit supports interpretive, interpersonal,

11th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Curriculum | Units 11-15

Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Curriculum | Units 1-10

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The Huellas 2 Units 1–10 Bundle is a cohesive Spanish 4 CI curriculum designed for teachers who want strong scaffolding for productive language growth paired with topics that truly interest upper‑level students. Built on comprehensible input and proficiency‑based instruction, these units support students as they develop interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills through globally relevant themes and authentic resources. Inspired by AP themes, the United Nations Susta

10th - 12th

Spanish

Novice & Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Unit | World Travel Exploration | Huellas 2.8

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Viaja conmigo is a Spanish 4 CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 2 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through travel, culture, and meaningful comprehensible input. In this 7‑day unit, students explore travel, packing, vacation destinations, and global perspectives, using language connected to real‑world experiences and personal interests. With both novice and intermediate lesson sets included, the unit is highly flexible and easy to differentiate. This proficiency‑based Spanish 4

8th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Curriculum | Units 1-10

Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Unit | Food Recipes Cooking | Huellas 1.6

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Recipe Talks is a Spanish 3 CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 1 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through authentic cultural content, real‑world language, and meaningful comprehensible input. In this one‑week unit, students explore food and culture through a series of authentic recipe talks, featuring Spanish speakers from across the Spanish‑speaking world explaining how to prepare traditional dishes. This proficiency-based Spanish 3 curriculum unit provides rich opportunities

10th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate Spanish | Huellas 1 Curriculum | Units 1-10

Gentrificación en Puerto Rico Huellas Freeform Spanish Mini Unit and Sub Plan

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Looking for a perfect 3 day lesson that can be used face to face, as a sub plan, or as an asynchronous assignment? Gentrification in Puerto Rico is the first in a series of Freeform units by Huellas at Somewhere to Share designed to be used as teacher or student led mini-lessons. This product contains: 3 day lesson plan 3 day sub plan Readings Documentary Assessment WARNING: Please be careful with the link to this video. Use ONLY our link to access the documentary about gentrification in Puerto

10th - 12th

Spanish

El Regalo Movie Talk

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Whether you're looking for a great way to discuss gift giving with your novices, a way to get reps of high frequency verbs like wants, has, is, and is feeling, or are prepping or finishing the novel Brandon Brown wants a dog, this is a great movie talk unit for you! A 4-5 day plan, this short film unit will build proficiency AND touch some powerful emotions in students.This product contains:Movie Talk Slideshow Retell Screenshot Retell Slap Game Embedded Reading Comic Retell Questioning Activit

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Also included in: All the Movie Talks: Growing Bundle

¿Qué es un foodie? A 7-Day Novice Level Spanish 2+ Food Unit

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How can we incorporate food into a unit that keeps the language in context? ¿Qué es un foodie? is a unit that aims to do just that! From personalized questions to a class story, this unit makes your class the center of the discussion of daily routines while acquiring language through tons of classroom input. This product contains: 7 day lesson planPersonalized questions to help build vocabulary Quiz, quiz trade discussion cards Class Story Foodie Gallery Walk Venn Diagram activity Instagram Auth

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Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Units | Huellas 1 Curriculum | Units 11-15

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The Huellas 1 Units 11–15 Bundle is a focused Spanish 3 CI curriculum designed for teachers who want to extend learning beyond the first half of the course or deepen instruction with globally relevant, high‑interest themes. This five‑unit bundle is ideal for teachers who have already used Huellas 1 Units 1–10 or for those looking to center instruction on topics that foster global citizenship, empathy, and critical thinking. Built on comprehensible input and proficiency‑based instruction, the

10th - 12th

Spanish

Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Unit | Clothing Fast Fashion | Huellas 1.11

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Haz que dure is a Spanish 3 CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 1 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through culturally relevant themes, critical thinking, and comprehensible input. In this one‑to‑two‑week unit, students explore the fashion industry, with a particular focus on fast fashion, sustainability, and consumer responsibility. Through a fashion map unit hook and a sequence of scaffolded activities, students examine how clothing production impacts people, cultures, and the

9th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Units | Huellas 1 Curriculum | Units 11-15

All the Cultural Readings: Perfect in Class or Sub Plans

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This product contains: Every cultural corner reading in the Somewhere to Share library. These readings cover a broad variety of topics and are wonderful to use as a full class or as a quick and easy sub plan. The best part? Every time a new one is added, you just need to download the update! If you're new to Somewhere to Share, it's a great way to own all the resources! Readings: Aceites esenciales Barcelona Comida y bebida ecuatoriana Cosas que debes hacer antes de morir Eclipse solar El Corte

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Spanish Daily Routines Unit | Mi Rutina Diaria | Reflexive Verbs

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Bring daily routines to life in Spanish class with La rutina diaria, a comprehensible input-focused unit that keeps vocabulary in context through personalized discussion, storytelling, reading, and writing. Instead of teaching routine words in isolation, this unit helps students acquire language by talking about their own lives, interacting with classmates, and engaging with a class story that makes the target language meaningful and memorable. This Spanish daily routines unit is designed to b

7th - 12th

Spanish

Printable Proficiency Descriptors

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Help your students grow in their path to proficiency by creating a display of what language looks like at each level. Key to self-evaluation and to helping keep teacher expectations realistic, these proficiency descriptor posters will individualize the journey for each student! This packet includes descriptors from Novice Low to Advanced Low. For many years in the US, the national average for language proficiency after 4 years was at the Novice High and Intermediate Low line. As the push to us

5th - 12th, Higher Education

World Languages

Also included in: Deck the Walls Growing Bundle for Spanish Classrooms

¡Viva la lucha! Lucha libre unit of study Mexico for Spanish Class Level 2, 3, 4

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Looking for a sports themed unit with outcomes that also link to ACTFL standards and AP Themes? ¡Viva la lucha! is for you. This 8 day unit is designed to use lucha libre as a device to explore identity and the masks we wear both literally and figuratively. From vocabulary in context to a class story, this unit makes your class the center of the discussion of lucha libre while acquiring language through tons of classroom input. This product contains: 8 day lesson planVocabulary in context Song

9th - 12th

Spanish

Real Conversation with Discussion Thursday

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They're full of input and ready to output but class discussion has been falling flat. How do you engage the whole group in a discussion that isn't just a list of facts but an actual conversation about your unit of study? Whether they're at the end of level one or four, they an have a great discussion (ANY day of the week) with the right set of expectations! Built for a 45-50 minute class period, these tally sheets will help your students become active participants and leaders! This Discussion

7th - 12th, Higher Education

World Languages

Intermediate CI Spanish 4+ | Food Insecurity Chef José Andrés | Huellas 2.15

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La consciencia gastronómica is a Spanish 4+ CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 2 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through global issues, social responsibility, and meaningful comprehensible input. In this 12‑day unit, students explore food insecurity, food deserts, and food waste through the work of Chef José Andrés, examining how access to food connects to equity, disaster response, and human dignity. This proficiency‑based Spanish 4+ curriculum unit supports interpretive, in

10th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate CI Spanish 4 Units | Huellas 2 Curriculum | Units 11-15

Lily y el muñeco de nieve

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Lily and the Snowman is an endearing short film about a girl and her childhood best friend. She plays with him every year until one year when she just... forgets... That is until she's an adult and sees something that jars her memory! This digital version of our Lily and the Snowman Unit contains: Lesson plan for the unit Movie talk script Stills to retell orally or to re-read the story follow up readings at 2 levels 5 follow up activities Suggested rubrics for grading student production. O

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Also included in: All the Movie Talks: Growing Bundle

Intermediate CI Spanish 3 Unit | Chocolate Sustainability | Huellas 1.8

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Dame, dame chocolate is a Spanish 3 CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 1 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through global themes, meaningful discussion, and comprehensible input. In this one‑to‑two‑week unit, students explore sustainability, chocolate production, and environmental impact while developing the language needed to explain how cacao is grown, produced, and protected. This proficiency-based Spanish 3 curriculum unit invites students to think critically about sustaina

10th - 12th

Spanish

Also included in: Intermediate Spanish | Huellas 1 Curriculum | Units 1-10

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I use an acquisition driven input approach via the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Movie Talk, Embedded Reading, Readers for learners, Film Study, and more!

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In 2006, I received National Board Certification in World Languages other than English, renewed in 2015. In 2011, I was named an Illinois Principal's Association Innovative Educator. In 2013, I was named the Illinois Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Teacher of the Year. In 2014, I was named the Central States conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Teacher of the Year and represented CSCTFL as a finalist for the ACTFL National Teacher of the Year! In 2016, I renewed my NBCT and look forward to the next 10 years mentoring teachers. In 2017, I received National Geographic Educator Certification. In 2024, I was named Salem Community HS Academic Foundation Teacher of the Year. In 2025, I was named Kaskaskia College Dual Credit Educator of the Year