Dual language classroom set up

Spice up your biligual classroom decor while also honoring the heritage of your students with this beautiful and vibrant Mexican Blanket Theme. In this post we discuss how this bilingual classroom decor supports your students academically, socially, and emotionally in their bilingual journey.

Here a few pictures of my dual language classroom last year. These were taken in March. It was my first year in Dual Language and what a le...

Are you a new Dual language teacher? Welcome! I hope you'll find this tips helpful! This post may contain affiliate links. It might seem obvious, duh I'm a teacher of course I have to be patient! It is so different when you have a room full of kiddos who are learning a language. You will give directions and some students will give you a blank stare because they have no idea what just happened. Let me tell you, when teaching language learners, you will have to find the patience you didn't…

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Calendar time is a natural thing to do in the elementary World Language classroom. Students are used to doing it in their regular classroom and it's an opportunity to introduce and practice content - math, science, and even geography. I got the chance to observe some of the regular classroom teachers and even some Dual Language Immersion teachers to see how they do calendar and I've copied what I liked, adjusted what I needed to, and now my kiddos love calendar time. Here are some ideas to…

Here a few pictures of my dual language classroom last year. These were taken in March. It was my first year in Dual Language and what a learning experience it was. It takes alot of hard work but when you see what it does for your students it is all worth it.

Bilingual early literacy centers are fun to set-up to foster reading and life-long readers. Explore these tips to encourage reading anywhere.

Are you looking for new Spanish classroom decor ideas? Check out this list with 25 incredible decoration ideas you can use in your classroom!

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Are you looking to kick off the school year in your Dual Immersion (DI) classroom? Here’s some tips for a smooth start.

If you teach Spanish reading to beginning readers in the USA more than likely you are expected to teach high frequency words. Here are 3 things you may want to keep in mind when teaching these words: 1. Spanish high frequency words are not sight words. Sight words in English, are words that usually cannot be decoded phonetically or 'sounded out'. Because of this, we teach children to recognize them by 'sight’ that is, to memorize them. Spanish however, is a mostly phonetic language, words…

Meeting Students' Needs In A Combo Class: I have been asked by several people to blog about how I managed my TK/K combination class, but...

I have always believed that it takes a ‘special’ kind of heart to be a kindergarten teacher – sugar maybe? As an upper elementary educator, I often take for granted that children come to me already knowing how to hold a pencil or writing words with spaces between them. This week, I had the rare [...]

Spanish anchor chart for drawing a "wow" illustration - great for emergent writers.

Here are some bulletin boards that I have done. This is a poster I made to track student understanding during class! This was a project that I came up with where students used the -ING form (iendo/ando) to write about something they are doing as they are on vacation with their families. This…