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I have 20+ years of experience teaching in the K-12 and Higher Education settings, as well as in educational translation. I have 10+ years experience teaching online. Most importantly, I have a passion for teaching foreign language and fostering interpersonal communication!
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Preview of Spanish: Impersonal and passive se constructions - explanation and activities

Spanish: Impersonal and passive se constructions - explanation and activities

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ReadyLanguages
This 14-slide resource concisely explains the se impersonal y pasivo and includes two exercises on how to use it! It includes visuals and is timed for a great online class lesson or in-person projection. My students have mastered the concept after using this! For other Spanish products, including my PPTs for the ¡VIVA! and Portales textbooks, and bilingual resources for families, see my store here!
Preview of Distance Learning:Dictionary vs GoogleTranslate SPANISH Online Lesson (Zoom etc)

Distance Learning:Dictionary vs GoogleTranslate SPANISH Online Lesson (Zoom etc)

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ReadyLanguages
This Spanish lesson has worked great in my own online classes, let it do the same in yours! Plus, I have seen reduced reliance on Google translate from both my high school and college students. Now that we have shifted to online learning, a reminder to students of how to effectively use online tools is key. This PPT lesson: teaches how to use a dictionary and highlights the pitfalls of online translatorsis adapted for use in the online classroom (e.g. Zoom or Teams)offers activities of appropria
Preview of Distance Learning: Dictionary vs GoogleTranslate FRENCH Online Lesson (Zoom etc)

Distance Learning: Dictionary vs GoogleTranslate FRENCH Online Lesson (Zoom etc)

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ReadyLanguages
This French lesson has worked great in my own online classes, let it do the same in yours! Plus, I have seen reduced reliance on Google translate from both my high school and college students. Now that we have shifted to online learning, a reminder to students of how to effectively use online tools is key. This PPT lesson: teaches how to use a dictionary and highlights the pitfalls of online translatorsis adapted for use in the online classroom (e.g. Zoom or Teams)offers activities of appropriat
Preview of Distance Learning: Avoiding coronavirus- Commands & pronouns practice in Spanish

Distance Learning: Avoiding coronavirus- Commands & pronouns practice in Spanish

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ReadyLanguages
This editable Google Slides presentation has students use commands to describe to others how to avoid getting the coronavirus in Spanish. It's perfect for doing a screenshare in Zoom with your students while teaching remotely, or to use in the traditional classroom. It contains: formal (ustedes) and informal (tú) commandsaffirmative and negative commandsirregular and regular verbspronouns to substitute (object + reflexive)cultural web exercise: seeing commands in action at Spanish CDC siteimages
Preview of New Year's Goals in Spanish: 12 uvas de la suerte y Nochevieja

New Year's Goals in Spanish: 12 uvas de la suerte y Nochevieja

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ReadyLanguages
Updated to allow editing of the year to use year after year!This Spanish Google Doc teaches students about the New Year's Eve tradition of las doce uvas de la suerte in Spain and Latin America. They then choose and rank their desires/goals for the new year, and write a paragraph about why they chose the order they did. This is a fun in-class or homework assignment, and with Google Docs it can be used in online classes as well! Students will sharpen their Spanish skills in: reading comprehensio
Preview of Distance learning: Hispanic museums virtual tour w/ future tense-good for Zoom

Distance learning: Hispanic museums virtual tour w/ future tense-good for Zoom

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ReadyLanguages
This powerpoint includes a brief overview of the future tense with examples and concludes with a Web quest to museums of the Spanish-speaking world. Includes an editable Google Doc which includes instructions for an activity which uses the future tense and contains links to the Spanish-language collection pages of major museums in Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City. This is perfect for use in Zoom - just share the PPT for the first part of the lesson, then give them the Google Doc
Preview of Bilingual Thanksgiving gratitude activity in English and Spanish

Bilingual Thanksgiving gratitude activity in English and Spanish

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ReadyLanguages
Your students can reflect on what they are thankful for! This activity can be used digitally or in person. Each Google slide provides a cute Thanksgiving themed frame and a theme, which include: my family/mi familiamy friends/mis amigosplaces/los lugaresfoods/las comidasplant/las plantasmusic/la músicabooks/los libroshobbies/los pasatiemposThe slides are fixed, but there are fillable text boxes so that this can be fully digital. If using in person, you can simply delete the text boxes and prin
Preview of Thanksgiving gratitude activity

Thanksgiving gratitude activity

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ReadyLanguages
Your students can reflect on what they are thankful for! This activity can be used digitally or in person. Each Google slide provides a cute Thanksgiving themed frame and a theme, which include: my familymy friendsplacesfoodsplantsmusicbookshobbiesThe slides are fixed, but there are fillable text boxes so that this can be fully digital. If using in person, you can simply delete the text boxes and print for it to be filled out by hand. It makes a great keepsake booklet for families, or even a b
Preview of Día de Acción de Gracias: Thanksgiving gratitude activity en español

Día de Acción de Gracias: Thanksgiving gratitude activity en español

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ReadyLanguages
Have your students practice their Spanish while reflecting on what they are thankful for! This activity can be used digitally or in person. Each Google slide provides a cute Thanksgiving themed frame and a theme, which include: mi familiamis amigoslos lugareslas comidaslas plantasla músicalos libroslos pasatiemposThe slides are fixed, but there are fillable text boxes so that this can be fully digital. If using in person, you can simply delete the text boxes and print for it to be filled out b
Preview of Distance Learning: How-to videos for assessments/essays/grades on VHL Supersite

Distance Learning: How-to videos for assessments/essays/grades on VHL Supersite

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ReadyLanguages
Trying to figure out all the VHL Supersite capabilities for your distance learning course? You're in the right place! In this bundle, you will see quick, easy-to-follow videos on: How to set up your gradebook for assessments on the VHL Supersite How to create/edit assessments on the SupersiteHow to create compositions (timed and untimed) on the VHL SupersiteThe tasks shown were created using the Imagina textbook for Spanish, but work for all world language textbooks on the Supersite.
Preview of Virtual tours of museums of the Spanish-speaking world

Virtual tours of museums of the Spanish-speaking world

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ReadyLanguages
In this editable Spanish resource you'll find the links to my favorite virtual tours of museums in the Spanish-speaking world. Send this sheet to families to explore at home while practicing their Spanish, or use it to design a Webquest for your class, whether in-person or online. If you have a favorite museum that's not listed, tell me about it in the Q & A for me to add! ¡Gracias! *** En este recurso editable en español encontrará los enlaces a mis recorridos virtuales favoritos de museos en e
Preview of ESL/ELL Distance Learning at Home: Spring Rhyming Hunt in English and Spanish

ESL/ELL Distance Learning at Home: Spring Rhyming Hunt in English and Spanish

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ReadyLanguages
A fun spring hunt including rhyming riddles for general elementary-level rhyming practice in English as well as for English Language Learners! It is in both English and Spanish and includes instructions for a hunt with or without plastic eggs. It is sure to get children rhyming and moving around the house. Besides the instructions, it includes a key as well as seven rhymes directing them to different parts of the house to find more clues - 7 in English, and 7 in Spanish. All the parts of the hou
Preview of Distance Learning: Setting your background image in Zoom - editable instructions

Distance Learning: Setting your background image in Zoom - editable instructions

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ReadyLanguages
Want to create a sense of normalcy for your students? Upload a photo of your school or classroom as your background when you use Zoom! Or do want to make it look like you're teaching in a far-off land (and not in your pajamas in your living room)? Or do you just want to not have your home visible to all? These step-by-step instructions with screenshots will show you how to do just that. You can also share these editable directions with families so that they can do the same. Good luck with onli
Preview of Spanish cognates lesson + activity about Biden inauguration/inauguración

Spanish cognates lesson + activity about Biden inauguration/inauguración

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ReadyLanguages
This Google Slides presentation encourages discussion about cognates and how to use them to acquire and understand even more vocabulary in Spanish! It uses terms associated with the Biden Inauguration as a guide to show students how to identify such words. The final activity links real articles about the inauguration from Spanish publications in which students will search for cognates. Also included are notes on each slide to guide teachers through the lesson.
Preview of Bilingual resetting norms: Virtual School Rules / Reglas de escuela en remoto

Bilingual resetting norms: Virtual School Rules / Reglas de escuela en remoto

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ReadyLanguages
It's easy to forget the rules for online school! This editable Google Doc is perfect to remind both parents and students of your suggestions for being successful in online learning (whether in Zoom, Google Classroom/Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc). It includes eye-catching clip art and concise phrases to remind students and parents of how to have success in online forums! It is bilingual in English and Spanish, and you can remove or modify the norms that you do not use in your classroom. Note
Preview of Distance Learning: How to force users to make a copy of your Google Docs

Distance Learning: How to force users to make a copy of your Google Docs

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ReadyLanguages
Want to share a Google Doc/Sheet/Slides easily in Zoom or your online teaching program but can't figure out how to? This guide will show you the best hack for sharing items quickly with your students so that they can work individually or collaborate in documents during online lessons without editing your master copy! Or, if you assign homework through Google products this is an easy way for them to retrieve it and make a personal copy.
Preview of Distance Learning: How to set up your gradebook on VHL Supersite
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Distance Learning: How to set up your gradebook on VHL Supersite

Created by
ReadyLanguages
This informative video will show you how to set up your gradebook on the VHL Supersite. Perfect for helping you navigate distance learning and add in new assessments on the site. This was recorded using the Imagina interface, but can work for all world language textbooks on the site.
Preview of Distance Learning: How to create/edit assessments on VHL Supersite
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Distance Learning: How to create/edit assessments on VHL Supersite

Created by
ReadyLanguages
This informative video will show you how to create, edit, and assign assessments on the VHL Supersite. Perfect for helping you navigate distance learning and conduct your tests and quizzes online. This was recorded using the Imagina interface, but can work for all world language textbooks on the site.
Preview of Distance Learning: How to create a composition on the VHL Supersite
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Distance Learning: How to create a composition on the VHL Supersite

Created by
ReadyLanguages
This informative video will show you how to create a composition on the VHL Supersite. It shows you how to make it both timed and untimed. Perfect for helping you navigate distance learning, or for assigning an out-of-class writing assessment. This was recorded using the Imagina interface, but can work for all world language textbooks on the site.
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Experience

I have 20+ years of experience teaching in the K-12 and Higher Education settings, as well as in educational translation. I have 10+ years experience teaching online. Most importantly, I have a passion for teaching foreign language and fostering interpersonal communication!

My own education history

I have a BA, MA, and PhD in Spanish Language and Literature.