I am a teacher with experience in public and private school from Grades 5-12. I'm of Italian heritage, American and Canadian nationality, and have a passion for teaching French, Italian, and Spanish!
Are you looking for engaging activities to celebrate Carnival this year? They are a great way to engage with the target culture while practicing listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Students will have a blast, and the activities can be mixed and matched to fit any timeline or group of students. This product is a best seller and customer favorite: "I LOVE LOVE LOVE this resource!" How can I use it?: -for students working both in class and remotely -for whole-class instruction, small
Are you looking for engaging activities to celebrate Carnival this year? They are a great way to engage with the target culture while practicing listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Students will have a blast, and the activities can be mixed and matched to fit any timeline or group of students. This product is a best seller and customer favorite: "I LOVE LOVE LOVE this resource!" How can I use it?: -for students working both in class and remotely -for whole-class instruction, small
Are you looking for engaging activities to celebrate Carnaval this year? They are a great way to engage with the target culture while practicing listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Students will have a blast, and the activities can be mixed and matched to fit any timeline or group of students. This product is a best seller and customer favorite: "I LOVE LOVE LOVE this resource!" How can I use it?: -for students working both in class and remotely -for whole-class instruction, small
This 3-hour less on direct, indirect, and double object pronouns includes clear and easy-to-follow notes for Interactive Notebooks, as well as 24 task cards for practice with clear explanations and answer keys. How can I use it? -to teach new learners about direct, indirect, and double object pronouns -to review direct, indirect, and double object pronouns with learners -as a learning station or learning center Who is it for? -Intermediate Level Spanish students -Students in Grades 9-12 At the e
This 8-hour Unit on commands and health is based on VenConmigo vocabulary and uses students’ interactive notebooks as well as fun games and activities to learn about and then practice with commands and health-related vocabulary. How can I use it?: -in connection with an existing unit, or as a free-standing Unit -as a fun review activity for those who have worked with commands before -to teach new learners about commands and health vocabulary -as a series of learning stations or learning centers
Looking for a simple resource for students to access the tenses you cover during the year? This is a small reference guide that students can keep their notes on various tenses, including: (1) il presente, (2) l’imperativo, (3) il passato prossimo, (4) l’imperfetto, (5) il futuro semplice, (6) il condizionale presente, (7) il trapassato prossimo, (8) il condizionale passato, (9) il congiuntivo presente, & (10) il futuro anteriore, and keep it handy for class activities and assignments! This re
This product includes notes, activities, and games to practice with body part vocabulary and the grammar construction of how to describe pain in the target language using “doler.” This is a customer favorite, described as a “super cute activity!” Check out our product preview here!: https://youtu.be/vjZ7e2dgQuk How can I use it?: -as a stand-alone lesson -in groups or breakout rooms -for both in-person instruction and remote learning -to assign as independent work -as an addition to learning
This 2-hour lesson on chores and deber/tener que uses students’ interactive notebooks as well as fun games and activities to learn about and then practice with chores (quehaceres) and the verbs tener que and deber. How can I use it? -to teach new learners about chores, and the verbs tener que and deber -as a review for students who have seen the content before -as a part of a learning station or learning center Who is it for? -Novice Level Spanish students -Students in Grades 6-12 At the end of
Looking for a simple resource for students to access the tenses you cover during the year? This is a small reference guide that students can keep their notes on various tenses, including: (1) le présent, (2) l’impératif, (3) le futur proche, (4) le passé composé, (5) l’imparfait, (6) le futur, (7) le conditionnel, (8) le passé simple, (9) le plus-que-parfait, & (10) le subjonctif présent, and keep it handy for class activities and assignments! This resource comes with a student version and te
This 3-hour lesson is a dynamic classroom simulation to get students talking! It includes materials to review numbers, bargaining or haggling vocabulary, as well as shopping vocabulary. It also includes all the materials needed to prepare for and execute a dynamic communicative 1-hour activity where students engage in a shopping exchange with their classmates. How can I use it? -To review numbers -To review shopping vocabulary -To learn about the culture of bargaining or haggling -To practice
This 1-hour activity for interactive notebooks is a fun way for students to research a country and then talk about it with classmates. It requires students to research basic information about their country and then earn “visas” from classmates by sharing the information with others. It’s fun, dynamic, and communicative. How can I use it? -as a quick lesson plan for a substitute teacher! -as a way to integrate culture into a lesson or unit -as a way to get students thinking like global citizen
Looking for a simple resource for students to access the tenses you cover during the year? This is a small reference guide that students can keep their notes on various tenses, including, (1) presente, (2) futuro simple, (3) imperativo, (4) pretérito, (5) imperfecto, (6) pluscuamperfecto, (7) pretérito perfecto, (8) futuro, (9) condicional, (10) subjuntivo, & (11) futuro compuesto, and keep it handy for class activities and assignments! This resource comes with a student version and teacher v
Looking for a simple resource for students to access the tenses you cover during the year? This is a small reference guide that students can keep their notes on the subjunctive mood: (1) regular and irregular verbs in the present subjunctive, & (2) usage and keep it handy for class activities and assignments! This resource comes with a student version and teacher version (answer key), and students can bring it with them as they continue in higher levels of coursework. One of the best feature
Are you looking for some inspiration for what to cover the first few weeks of school? This back-to-school bundle is great for the beginning of the year, with NINE fantastic activities and resources for a smooth start to the year. What comes in this bundle? Participation System for World Language Classes: complete participation system with tickets, nametags, helpful classroom phrases, cultural awareness activities, and discussion questionsConjugation Tools: a series of dice, spinners, and other r
This product includes notes, activities, and games to practice with body part vocabulary and the grammar construction of how to describe pain in the target language using “farsi male." This is a customer favorite, described as a “super cute activity!” Check out our product preview here!: https://youtu.be/vjZ7e2dgQuk How can I use it?: -as a stand-alone lesson -in groups or breakout rooms -for both in-person instruction and remote learning -to assign as independent work -as an addition to lea
This 2-hour activity features a fun 8-page “passport” for students to fill out about themselves, including name, age, birthday, family, and their likes and dislikes. It also has a place where students can earn “visas” by interviewing classmates and practicing asking and answering about these topics of personal information. How can I use it? -as a fun review activity -as a way to introduce the content to new students -as a way to get students talking -as a learning station or learning center Who
This 3-hour proficiency-based lesson plan uses colorful notes and fun activities for printing or Google Drive to teach beginners basic greetings and questions in Italian. These first few concepts are some of the most important and useful your students will ever learn, and this lesson plan helps you make the most of it! It works on students’ writing, speaking and listening. How can I use it?: -to teach new learners about greetings, name and pleasantries -as a review for students who have seen th
This 3-hour lesson on Activities, Likes and Wants (Actividades, Gustar y Querer) uses fun and dynamic learning activities to teach these useful and commonly-used concepts and vocabulary. How can I use it?: -to teach new learners about common activities and gustar/querer -as a review for students who have seen the content before -as learning stations or learning centers Who is it for?: -Novice High Level Spanish students -Students in Grades 6-12 At the end of the lesson, students will be able t
This 3-hour on the imperative has students engaged in teaching and learning from their peers! Students learn about regular and irregular rules of the imperative, prepare lessons on a particular aspect of the tense, teach others, and then participate in fun activities to synthesize their learning. How can I use it? -to review the imperative -to introduce the imperative to students Who is it for? -Intermediate level language learners At the end of the lesson, students will be able to… -tell someo
This 3-hour proficiency-based lesson plan uses colorful notes and fun activities for printing or Google Drive to teach beginners basic greetings and questions in Spanish. These first few concepts are some of the most important and useful your students will ever learn, and this lesson plan helps you make the most of it! It works on students’ writing, speaking and listening. How can I use it?: -to teach new learners about greetings, name and pleasantries -as a review for students who have seen th
I am a teacher with experience in public and private school from Grades 5-12. I'm of Italian heritage, American and Canadian nationality, and have a passion for teaching French, Italian, and Spanish!
Teaching style
An emphasis on proficiency with a mix of contextualized listening, reading, speaking, writing, vocab and grammar.
My own education history
-Bachelors of Arts in Italian Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, and Spanish Language and Literature
-Masters of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction
-Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership
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