Spanish

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Spanish III Medical Curriculum

Lots of handouts and pages from Realidades are on  [|this website.]

Quarterly Prep - Authentic Reading and Listening Tasks

Check out this video listening task on the "nose" from Mia B. Great extension to a body parts or health lesson. Video link included:

Here are a few more examples from a Health unit - have students highlight certain words and then answer questions. Also from Mia. B.

=**PREZIS- Ready-to-Use Presentations made by our own Sidia Atencio!! (follow her on Pinterest too) Click to view: **=

=[|Puerto Rico y Accción de Gracias: día del "pavochón"] = =[|La musica en el mundo Hispano] = =[| "El Merengue"] = =[|También o Tampoco] =

Web Resources

[] Awesome listening/viewing videos with native Spanish speakers, listed by proficiency level.
Another great listening resource with videos of native speakers is here: http://www.spanishlistening.org/

The [|PEARSON website] has lots of resources for Realidades, including songs!

Lots of great Spanish games pre-made by other teachers on [|Quia.]

EXCELLENT interactive tasks, online games and handouts to print for MANY topics like colors, family, talking about yourself, etc. at [|this website.]

This GREAT website has lots of cultural resources for free around various holidays and just generally fun links! http://spanishplayground.net/

[|VERY cool blog] by a Spanish teacher with some great ideas for how to start the class.

Check out the fabulous [|Cultural Notes]at studyspanish.com! There is text, audio, and comprehension questions. Look at all of the topics down the left hand side!! These would be a great way to practice for the new format for the quarterlies.

Lots of great links to videos, vocabulary practice, and games for younger students at 123Teachme [|here.] www.conjuguemos.com This website has all the vocab anyone will ever need. By book or theme. I print flash cards from this all the time - from Jean C. at Hyde.

 The **National Spanish Examinations website** provides excellent resources that can be used to prepare students for different types of assessments (finals, midterms, unit tests, etc.). Exercises and sample tests assess vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and listening comprehension.  Visit our website and use these free resources in your classroom.  Link to: ONLINE PRACTICE EXERCISES http://www.nationalspanishexam.org/index.php/exam-preparation/online-practice-exercises  Link to: PAST ONLINE EXAMINATIONS http://nationalspanishexam.org/index.php/exam-preparation/past-examinations

Cool blog with lots of great resources including podcasts, graphics, etc. in Spanish! http://www.profedeele.es/

Great authentic advertisement for Nestle quick - thanks to Dee Huckabey. Click[| here]. How about the Cracker Barrel menu in Spanish!! [|Here.]

Great website for resources in[| Spanish, French, Chinese and English (ELL)]by awesome teacher Lori Langer de Ramirez!

Check out this poster of [|Onomatopeya in Spanish]

Super cute website with lots of [|printables in Spanish.]

Beginner Spanish downloadable podcasts http://www.notesinspanish.com/category/beginners-podcast/

NEW! Great video on how to use sports to talk to men - Ade at Hillhouse used this to show students they could understand a lot by just looking at facial expressions and picking out some words they know.. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[]

NEW! Twiccionario - a way to use Twitter posts to teach grammar! http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/twiccionario-verbos-ar/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em;">Cute new website incorporating audio pronunciation practice! http://www.languageguide.org/
==== http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/programmes/estudio_834/ (Spanish) ====

Check out this wonderful website devoted exclusively to authentic materials resources.
==== http://spanauthenticresources.wikispaces.com/home Of the many great pages on this website, I love the one on Culture and History-related Spanish authentic materials. http://spanauthenticresources.wikispaces.com/CULTURE-HISTORY ====

Here are a bunch of posters on sustainability in Spanish. []

Infographics in Spanish! http://infografiasencastellano.com/
==== ** Taller hispano **is designed to identify appropriate and authentic materials and Spanish resources on the net that relate to selected cultural themes, topics, and vocabulary presented in "Destinos" and similar textbooks. (description from the website) ====

http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/Story-based+Instruction
BBC Mundo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news

=SPANISH SONGS FOR LEARNING=

This teacher is [|"Bringin' Conjugation Back"] to the tune of the Justin Timberlake song. So cool!

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;">A song sung to the tune of [|Adele's "Someone Like You"] teaching the Spanish grammar concept of stem-changing verbs.