The Big Idea: Students will learn about and discuss the importance of private versus public information in Spanish.Concept: Students will address ideas of personal cybersecurity online.Summary: Students will learn cybersecurity vocabulary, explore cybersecurity concepts through authentic materials, discuss the importance of cybersecurity in Spanish using the present subjunctive and commands, and create a cybersecurity dos and don'ts poster in Spanish.

This activity is designed for synchronous, live instruction. Each time you press the spacebar, the wheels spin and stop on a new set of terms. Students take turns forming the statements from the terms that appear. 

This is a popular Mexican board game that can be printed and played in groups to review any material. 

This is a printable version of the classic Spanish game, el parchis. It can be used with any set of skills to be practiced. 

This tutorial helps students tell time in Spanish. It is a direct lesson that explicitly teaches phrases and vocabulary needed to tell time. There is also an opportunity for students to answer questions while viewing.

You may want to put some guiding questions on the board or on an exit slip, for example, to gauge students understanding of the concept.

1) How do you ask "What time is it?"
2) How do you say "It is ___ o'clock"?
3) What is one way to say 12 o'clock?
4) How do you specify AM vs. PM?
5) What makes the 1 o'clock hour different than the rest?

The SpinTX video archive provides a convenient web interface to search hundreds of short video clips from the Spanish in Texas Corpus. The collection includes hundreds of video clips culled from interviews of native and heritage speakers of Spanish living in Texas. Each video is accompanied by synchronized closed captions and a transcript that has been annotated with thematic, grammatical, functional and metalinguistic information. All materials available on the site can be freely used, copied, and distributed under a Creative Commons license.

This resource would be best used in a Spanish level 2 or 3 class where students are learning how to talk about food. In the resource, native Spanish speakers are individually talking about their favorite foods (dishes, individual foods, etc.) and sometimes refer to their origins. Students will be guided through understanding others talk about their favorite foods.

This listening resource of native speakers would be best used in a Spanish level 1 or 2 class where students are learning how to talk about themselves.

These are some Spanish tongue twisters covering the FIVE (5) vowel sounds as well as the "ll" and "ñ".

Tá Falado includes 46 podcast lessons on the pronunciation and grammar of Portuguese, specifically designed to help those who already speak Spanish. The lessons are built around Portuguese dialogs that are repeated in Spanish, providing a direct comparison of the two languages. All lessons include downloadable PDF files with the transcripts and notes, mp3 audio files, and blog discussions. Additionally all of the dialogs present cultural scenarios that illustrate differences between North American and Brazilian culture.

This video teaches the numbers above 30 in Spanish. Verbatim captions are provided for accessibility. Please note grade levels as the video is not likely to interest younger children. 

This video teaches the numbers above 30 in Spanish. Verbatim captions are provided for accessibility. Please note grade levels as the video is not likely to interest younger children.