Mr Electives
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Virginia, United States
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The bulk of my experience comes from teaching Spanish Levels I-III. Over the past 21 years, however, I have also taught English 1-2, Exploratory German, Computer Solutions, and I taught via Distance Learning for 14 years. In this way, I sometimes feel like a "Jack of all trades".
Outside of the classroom, I served on my district's Spanish Curriculum Committee for 6 years, I have been a member of my school's Principal's Advisory Committee, Student Recognition Committee, Diversity Team, and the school's AVID Site Team. I also coached the Boys Soccer team for 9 seasons and I have sponsored the Forensics and Academic Challenge teams for several years.
While my focus has been Spanish Levels I-III, I am certified to teach all levels of Spanish. In my current assignment I teach Spanish Levels II-III and High School English 1-2.
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Spanish Dia de la Acción de Gracias Lesson Materials
I created these Reading Comprehension practice activities as a way to generate and maintain students' interest in reading while still observing the Thanksgiving.
This bundle of materials includes:
1. A fun cover image that can be displayed as a holiday poster,
2. Two holiday word searches that can be used as warm-ups, bell ringers, brain breaks, or as rewards for students who complete their classwork ahead of the others. Word searches also support sight word recognition when crafted properly.
5th - 12th
Spanish
Idiomatic Expressions using TENER
This download includes a handout / review of Idiomatic Expressions using the verb TENER, a writing practice worksheet, and two fill-in-the-blank worksheets for practice and / or self-assessment.
The handout can be used when you introduce TENER or as a review. The handout provides the Spanish subject pronouns, the present tense forms of the verb TENER, and sample sentences.
The handout also includes 16 useful and high frequency idiomatic expressions with examples. This handout will be a great a
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Spanish Reading Comprehension Activity for Mardis Gras
Provide your students with Reading Comprehension Practice and take advantage of Mardis Gras at the same time.
In this bundle you get:
1 A two-paragraph description of the Origin of Mardis Gras written in Spanish. I was careful to include only material that is age and content appropriate for middle and high school students.
There are discussion / assessment questions at the end of the selection. In one version, the questions are written in Spanish and in a second version, I wrote the questions
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
St. Patrick's Day Spanish lesson materials
I created these lesson materials for my Spanish classes as a way of recognizing St. Patrick's Day while staying in my content area and continuing to support reading. In this bundle your will find:
1. A Dia de San Patricio wordsearch that can be used as a bell ringer, warm-up, brain break, or as a reward.
2. A second word search that contains "lugares de interés en Irlanda". This printable also contains small, festive images in the right margin that students can color.
3. A paragraph-length, r
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Spanish Lesson Materials for Comida y el Restaurante Unit
Every Spanish textbook, regardless of the publisher or level, likely contains a unit on food. I created the materials in this bundle to accompany the resources to supplement those provided by your adopted text. This bundle provides thematic vocabulary and support materials for the "Comida y el Restaurante" units. Specifically: 1. A cover page and 2 other original, food-related photographs taken in Perú than can be printed and displayed as classroom posters, 2. Two thematic vocabulary lists wit
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Día de San Valentin Spanish Lesson Materials
I created these materials for my Spanish classes to take advantage of the Valentine's Day spirit while learning Spanish. The bundle includes the following items:
1. Three "Día de San Valentin" word searches that you can use as warm-ups, bell ringers, brain breaks, or as a rewards for students who finish their work with time remaining in class.
2. A reading comprehension activity that can be used to teach reading skills or for use as a formative reading activity. There are multiple versions of
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Classroom Materials for Introductory & Level-I Spanish Courses
This bundle contains handouts, worksheets, and other useful instructional materials for Introductory and Level-I Spanish classes. The themes covered include: 1. Greetings and Introductions 2. Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation 3. Spanish Numbers 1-100 4. Spanish Days and Months 5. Saying the date in Spanish 6. Telling Time in Spanish 7. Friends and Family 8. Animals 9. Clothes and Colors 10. Seasons and Weather Specifically, you get: 1. A cover sheet and two other original photographs that can b
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Spanish
Spanish Reading Comprehension Activity
I created this Reading Comprehension Activity for my Spanish II classes but it will be a valuable resource for Levels II and above.
This activity has been abridged in order to comply with copyright and fair use. The brevity of the "lectura" still has several applications that will be of great interest to you:
1. As an authentic, unaltered excerpt from Julio Cortázar, it can be used as a sample of his work if your class is discussing Latin American writers,
2. This paragraph-length excerpt h
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Vocabulary Activity Sheet for "En la Comunidad" Thematic Units
Review Spanish -AR verb forms and vocabulary related to the community with this activity sheet.
I created this activity sheet for my Spanish I students but it can be a great review for all levels.
The activity sheet has multiple parts to keep students engaged while staying in the thematic unit. The sheet inludes:
1. A quick review of the regular -AR verbs
2. A matching activity with key places in the community (Estación de autobuses, estación de bomberos, calle, estadio, plaza, and colegio)
5th - 12th
Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Lesson Materials for "En la Escuela" Thematic Units
I created the lesson materials in this bundle to help my students learn how to discuss their school schedules and classes. In this bundle you get:
1. A colorful cover page containing original photography that can be printed and displayed in the classroom as a poster
2. A comprehensive list of thematic vocabulary related to school and classes,
3. A blank Table of Contents to help students organize the materials and course work for the unit.
4. Helpful notes to the teacher with effective stra
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Travel and Tourism Vocabulary and Practice Handouts
Provide your students with key vocabulary (nouns) related to the Travel and Tourism and review Spanish articles, plural forms of nouns, and pronunciation with this classroom bundle.
I created these materials as a review for my students after Winter Break although I feel confident that they could also be very useful at any time of the school year, especially during units on Travel and Tourism.
In this download you get:
1. A worksheet that contains nouns related to Travel and Tourism that asks
5th - 12th
Spanish, World Languages
First Week of Spanish "Give One Get One" and Word Search Activities
Hook and Engage your Spanish students on the first day of school with this review / class-building activity.
In this bundle you get two "Give One, Get One" handouts (One for Spanish I and Introductory classes and one for Spanish II classes). These are designed to HOOK students' interest, to provide the class with a fun review / warm-up activity, and to get students speaking right away.
I have also included clear instructions for the Foreign Language version that I use. The "Give one, Get one"
5th - 12th
Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Reading Activity: ¿Qué pasó en las Noticias?
Provide your students with Spanish Reading Comprehension practice and cover important Current Events at the same time.
I originally created this reading activity for my Spanish II class after reading about the recent earthquake in Ecuador. Not only does this bundle of materials support reading in the target language, it provides a great opportunity to discuss current events in the Spanish-speaking world, challenge students to think globally and environmentally, as well as making authentic conne
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Spanish
Spanish Día de la Bandera Mexicana Reading Activity (February 24)
I created this bundle of materials for Mexican Flag Day. This activity is both appropriate for all levels of Spanish, it is a great way to celebrate Mexican culture and it supports reading comprehension and vocabulary development.
Specifically you get:
1. Cover art that can be printed and displayed in the classroom
2. A wordsearch that can be used as either a brain break or bell ringer.
3. A paragraph-length description of Mexican Flag day that can be used as a reading comprehension or read
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Lesson Materials for La Rutina Diaria unit
Spanish students, as early as Level I, learn how to describe their daily routines both in, and outside of school. I created this set of thematic vocabulary and support materials with this purpose in mind. Specifically, in this bundle you get:
1. A colorful cover page that can be printed and displayed in the classroom as a poster.
2. A comprehensive list of thematic vocabulary designed to help students describe their daily routines.
3. A vocabulary self-assessment worksheet that will help stu
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (World Language), Spanish, World Languages
Spanish Lesson Materials for the Numbers Unit
This bundle of lesson materials was created for the Spanish Numbers unit. I have used all of these materials with great success in the past and I am sure that you will find it to be very helpful.
Specifically, you get:
1. Orginal cover art that can be printed and displayed as a classroom poster. It is also a great conversation piece given that payphones in the U.S. are almost non-existent these days yet they still thrive in Latin America.
2. Clearly organized handout of the Spanish numbers 1
6th - 12th
Other (World Language), Russian, World Languages
Black History Month Classroom Handouts
Black History Month provides opportunities for teachers to present some of the most relevant and important lessons of the year to their students. I created the materials in this bundle to support the history and contributions of African-Americans in a new and engaging way.
In this bundle you get:
(1) A wordsearch that includes the names of 12 African-American inventors, historical and contemporary, and their contributions to science. (Dr. James West, Dr. Charles Drew, Valerie Thomas, Garrett M
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Social Studies, U.S. History
Spanish Verbs Practice Materials
I created these materials to help my Spanish classes review the subject pronouns and regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs prior to the end-of-course assessments.
This bundle includes:
1. Handouts with the Spanish subject pronouns and notes to help students distinguish between the pronouns that can be confusing for some students (nosotros, vosotros, ellos / ellas, tú / Usted, etc.)
The handouts also contain sample sentences (in English) with the subjects in bold. For practice, students are asked t
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, World Languages
Una Visita con Papá Noel Spanish reading review worksheet
I created this worksheet as a seasonal activity that will help my Level I Spanish students review the verbs that we have learned in the first semester. (TENER, SER, LLAMARSE, and QUERER)
Students will read a paragraph in the words of Papá Noel (Santa) and are instructed to fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs provided in parentheses.
A word bank is provided for key words that students may need to know to clarify the context of the paragraph.
This is a simple, but very helpf
6th - 10th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Cinco de Mayo Word search Activity
Share the key names and main ideas of The Battle of Puebla, also known as Cinco de Mayo in a fun and memorable way.
I created this simple word search as a post-lesson activity for my Cinco de Mayo lesson although it could also be a great warm-up, differentiation tool, or a reward for you students.
In this download you get:
1. An abridged word search that contains the key names, places, and main ideas associated with the Battle of Puebla. (Benito Juarez, Napoleon III, Ignacio Zaragoza, war deb
5th - 12th
Spanish, World Languages
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About the store
Experience
The bulk of my experience comes from teaching Spanish Levels I-III. Over the past 21 years, however, I have also taught English 1-2, Exploratory German, Computer Solutions, and I taught via Distance Learning for 14 years. In this way, I sometimes feel like a "Jack of all trades".
Outside of the classroom, I served on my district's Spanish Curriculum Committee for 6 years, I have been a member of my school's Principal's Advisory Committee, Student Recognition Committee, Diversity Team, and the school's AVID Site Team. I also coached the Boys Soccer team for 9 seasons and I have sponsored the Forensics and Academic Challenge teams for several years.
While my focus has been Spanish Levels I-III, I am certified to teach all levels of Spanish. In my current assignment I teach Spanish Levels II-III and High School English 1-2.
Teaching style
As a foreign language teacher, I promote an interactive classroom and I try to develop all of the communicative modes equally. My instruction is not immersive but the formative and summative assessments that I create are realistic, performance-based, and they promote both cultural and communicative competence. Additionally, my learning plans are UbD based and I routinely include AVID and Kagan strategies.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been recognized twice with the "You make a difference Award", and I have been "Tagged by the Superintendent" once.
My own education history
I have an A.A.in Liberal Arts from Tidewater Community College and a B.A. in Spanish from Old Dominion University with minors in English and Political Science. I also hold an M.A. in Humanities / Interdisciplinary Studies from Old Dominion University and I am a member of the National Spanish and English Honor Societies.
Additional biographical information
Outside of school I have traveled somewhat extensively. I lived in Germany for 2 years, I have visited Austria, Canada, Ecuador, England, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and Peru.
It is always my pleasure to share my experiences and the classroom resources that I create with others. Like many of you, I am a life-long learner and I want to collaborate with other professionals in our efforts to provide the most effective instruction possible to our students.
I am also a U.S. Veteran and current member of the Civil Air Patrol.
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