Good Trouble Bundle-CI Books Featuring Characters of Color

The Good Trouble Bundle features 4 books, featuring all Black or Afro-Latinx characters who have their own life adventures. I wrote these books for a variety of reasons, but one very important to me is that we can't have all books about people of color focused on trauma and pain. I seek to balance that…

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Gente de Zona Super 7 Verb Activity

Using Super 7 verbs and other basic structures to learn about Latinx artists: Group featured: Gente de Zona.

Combining Authentic Resources, Comprehensible Input, and Famous Afro-Latin@s All in One Lesson!

Combining Authentic Resources, Comprehensible Input, and Famous Afro-Latin@s All in One Lesson!

10 Steps to working a short story IPA style in Your Classroom!

Filomena is my new favorite short story! It was written and performed by Theresa Jensen. You can find it on her storytime Youtube channel. The story and all its activities can be found on storylabs.com See the video for the story below and use in your class right away! *Activities for the story are at…

Miguel tiene que estudiar: The Perfect Digital Resource For Spanish 1!

I discovered the story, "Miguel tiene que estudiar" (available on TPT) last year with my Spanish 1 students. They absolutely loved it. The raved about it for ever! As I read each slide to them, each fragment of the story was met with visceral reactions as this the main character prioritizes playing games over learning.…

Virtual Special Person Interview : Remote Learning Edition

Special Person’s Interview, made popular by Bryce Hedstrom, is one of my favorite activities to do with students. I usually implement this CI rich, get-to-know you strategy at the beginning of the year while building community; then I recycle it throughout many units where students’ lives and interests can further unfold. The purpose of this…