The Culture Corner by Señora Downey

12/31/2022

These resources are great for Spanish teachers to have a great start to the new year! ​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
HURRAY! 🎆 It's time for the annual New Year Dollar Deals on TpT on Dec 31 and Jan 1! 🎆 ​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
You can find all the $1 resources (normally priced up to $5) by typing into the TpT search bar. ​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
👉 Swipe right to see some of the resources I have for sale. ​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
🤴🏻🤴🏻🤴🏿Tweets sobre Los Reyes Magos- No prep novice level easy readings to talk about Los Teyes Magos.​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
🤩 Persona Especial Novice Level- questions and scaffolds for special person interviews and class note taking. ​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
And more!​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​
🎆 If you'd like to go directly to the Spanish dollar deals, check out this link!​​​​​​​​
bit.ly/2023SpanishDeals​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​

12/22/2022

I just saw this in a FB group. So accurate and way more fun!

11/12/2022

07/17/2022

All free resources for middle school Spanish classes. Make sure to share and spread the wealth of products.

Welcome back, Teachers!Looking for inspiration on how to deliver quality lessons with little prep so that you can better balance work and personal life?We are here to help! A group of Spanish teachers has compiled this amazing back-to-school resource library with 25+ FREE resources from many of the....

07/03/2022

🎇Happy 4th of July!!! 🎇It’s time for DOLLAR DEALS!

I am exploding with excitement. The sale starts tomorrow, July 3rd and ends on the 4th.

Search for the hashtag on Teachers Pay Teachers to find hundreds of amazing resources for just a $1.00 each!

I have posted two of my most popular resources perfect for back to school on sale! Click on the link in my bio to check them out.🫶

05/01/2022

I just finished this and I’m so excited to share it with my students in the next few weeks. What are you doing for the end of the year?

01/27/2022

Hello everyone, it appears that all that I was posting on Instagram and thought was being posted here was not.

We have been in a type of hybrid this last month and I will be out of 10 day quarantine Saturday. My youngest brought COVID into the house. This was our second go around and not all got it. This second round of COVID was much better than the first.

I look forward to being in class Monday and hope hybrid ends soon. I have a new group of students and have been using my persona especial novice interviews and the students seem very interested and engaged. I am not using a lot of technology. Calendar talks have also done well now that we have things kids are doing.

What is your January looking like? What has gone well and what hasn’t gone well?

09/10/2021

https://instagram.com/p/CTqPHoSFBtI/

One Word Image Stickers that I made. 🥰

07/10/2021

So excited about this Disney film!!!

06/15/2021

My little 2 year old 👦🏼 says some of the most fascinating things with just a few words. Sure it’s not grammatically correct but the thoughts 💭 are there and he relays them to me with the words he has acquired so far.

Comprehensible Input has made my students enjoy Spanish class. They look forward to class more than they did before I switched to CI.

We can also talk 🗣about very deep culture in the Target language. (La Guerra Sucia, The Spanish Civil War and compare it to the US Civil War, Human Rights, dating customs, siestas, folktales, video game and gamers in other countries compared to the US,….)

******What great culture have you been able to discuss in Spanish class thanks to CI? Comment below ⬇️ 🙋🏼‍♀️

06/05/2021

So true 🙌! Advocate for reading in day one of Spanish class! Students can read from day 1 at the novice level, you just need to set them up for success.

My favorite first day activity is Card Talk- so simple and you can complete your first write & discuss as a class and complete a choral reading while all the other classes are going over procedure. Advocate for reading 📖 in the target language at all levels.

06/05/2021