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World LanguageModern foreign languagesMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to encourage self-directed learning in Spanish class
Self-directed learning in Spanish class: what it is, three steps built on the unit's can-do statements, and a free daily routine activity where every student sees which goals they have met, picks what to practice next, and goes past the unit when they finish.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesElementaryPrimary
How to teach colors in Spanish
How to teach colors in Spanish: the common color words, why the color goes after the noun, and how rojo becomes roja and rojos. In a free Flint activity, each student describes a made-up pet in Spanish and Sparky draws exactly what the sentence says.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesElementaryPrimary
How to teach days of the week in Spanish
How to teach the days of the week in Spanish: lunes to domingo, written in lowercase, and el lunes for one Monday versus los lunes for every Monday. In a free Flint activity, students fill in a weekly planner Sparky made and answer Sparky's questions about their own week in Spanish.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesElementaryPrimary
How to teach numbers in Spanish
How to teach numbers in Spanish, from the single-word names for 0 to 29 to the tens joined with y. In a free Flint activity, Sparky builds each student a market stand with price tags, sends a student who mixes up quince and cincuenta back to the tag, and gives a harder price after a right answer.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach por vs para
How to teach por vs para: the main uses of each, from duration and exchange to destination and purpose. In a free Flint activity, students write to a host family, and Sparky puts the message in a document and asks what each por and para is doing.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach preterite vs imperfect
Preterite vs imperfect: the preterite tells what happened, and the imperfect sets the scene with background, habits, ongoing states, time and age. In a free Flint activity, each student tells a real memory in Spanish and Sparky builds a timeline from that story, then asks which verbs set the scene and which move the story.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach reflexive verbs in Spanish
Reflexive verbs in Spanish: the pronouns me, te, se, nos, os and se, and where they go. In a free Flint activity, students narrate their morning routine and Sparky turns it into a slide comic, so a missing pronoun shows up as a slide that looks wrong.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach ser vs estar
How to teach ser vs estar: ser for who or what something is, estar for how it is and where it is, and why the permanent vs temporary rule breaks. In a free Flint activity, students upload a picture of their pet, describe it in Spanish, and Sparky uses the picture to ask which verb fits.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach Spanish-speaking countries
How to teach Spanish-speaking countries: the 20 countries and Puerto Rico where Spanish is an official or majority language, region by region. In a free Flint activity, Sparky plays a local guide in the country each student picks, sends wrong answers back to the map, and cites a source for every festival and food fact.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach the passé composé
How to teach the passé composé: avoir or être plus a past participle, which verbs take être, and agreement. In a free Flint activity, students tell Sparky about their weekend in French, and Sparky asks about movement instead of giving the right auxiliary.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesElementaryPrimary
How to teach the Spanish alphabet
How to teach the Spanish alphabet: 27 letters, ch and ll as digraphs, a silent h and the jota. In a free Flint activity, students spell their own name and their pet's name in Spanish, and Sparky's replies play aloud so students hear each letter.
World LanguageModern foreign languagesMiddle school, High schoolKey Stage 3, Key Stages 4 and 5
How to get students speaking French in class
French speaking practice where every student talks at once: three steps for running it in class, and a free café activity where each student orders in a spoken conversation with Sparky and the teacher hears every one afterward.
