Resources

My favorite resources that I use a lot in the classroom:

1) Clozeline
http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/clozeline/
Authentic songs with fill-in-blank lyric sheets ready to go! Can listen to song and view the lyric sheet all in one place. Grammar points for each song are listed.

2) TontitoFrito (Sr. Jordan)
A Spanish teacher with great instructional videos on a variety of topics - find him on Youtube.

3) Freerice.com
Simple word fun that sends money to the UN World Food Programme in the process!
Click on "Change Subjects" and you can do it in a number of languages & other disciplines!

4) Donquijote.org
Has many different activities and categories to choose from - easy-to-navigate website. Look under the Language Resources & Culture tabs.

5) Quia.com/shared/spanish/
Quia is a textbook hosting website, but this particular link has all kinds of activities and drills for further practice.

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE: This guy has done it all and has wonderful links to thousands of resources. If you are a Spanish teacher and you do not have Dr. Fares in your bookmarks - do it NOW!

http://blogs.lawrence.edu/gustavofares/www-sites-in-spanish/www-sites
(Authentic Materials)

http://blogs.lawrence.edu/gustavofares/www-sites-in-spanish/www-sites/www-sites-spanish-language-and-culture
(Spanish Language & Culture)


My favorite Youtube shows in Spanish:
POCOYO - excellent pace and imagery for little kids (and big ones alike) to follow along and enjoy.
Little Einsteins in Spanish - also fun with great vocab sets introduced in each episode.

Another favorite Youtube channel for little kids is the MindyMarisa channel - music videos in Spanish that teaches numbers, days, months, colors, etc.


2014 Resources mentioned at NCAIS:

Google Sites - creates free website for classroom use & has MANY templates to choose from.
Digital Portfolio sites: Kidblog, Evernote, 3 Ring - Edutoptia has a great article that gives a run-down of these.
Other Blogs that you should follow if you're a Spanish teacher: musicuentos.com / blog.calicospanish / sraspanglish.blogspot

2012 Resources mentioned at FLANC:

1) Digital Dialects
Website where you can pick about any language and do vocab intros or reviews. The imagery is what students will like! Aside from going over the vocab words, you can do games and spelling drills.

2) Wix.com
A FREE service where you can create your own flash webiste! Do one for each class you teach or even each unit you teach. I met one teacher that used Wix for every unit she taught - she had 60 different Wixs!

3) Discovery Channel United Streaming
Free lessons, downloadables, etc. Science, Math, Social Studies & World Languages.
Also puzzlemakers you can enter any vocab into.

4) iPadio - records your students speaking simply calling a phone number! Great way to do oral assignnments and quizzes without taking up class time.
Also: yodio; capzles; glogster; blabberize; goanimate; scrolling text.
Google these and you'll see how cool these website are - so many unique ways to get students involved!