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April Showers Bring May Flowers: Teaching Weather Vocabulary and Idioms

April Showers Bring May Flowers: Teaching Weather Vocabulary and Idioms

Whether the weather is horrible or terrific, it seems to be a universal topic of conversation! Teaching students...
Italian Easter Traditions and Vocabulary: How Italians Celebrate la Pasqua

Italian Easter Traditions and Vocabulary: How Italians Celebrate la Pasqua

Easter (la Pasqua) is the most important holiday of the Christian Church calendar, as it celebrates Jesus Christ's...
Teaching Humor in Language for International Humor Day/April Fools

Teaching Humor in Language for International Humor Day/April Fools

April 1 is International Humor —or Joke— Day, or old-school April Fools, in many countries worldwide. Italy makes...
Tres pasos para crear una minibiblioteca en tu aula de español

Tres pasos para crear una minibiblioteca en tu aula de español

En un mundo tan digitalizado fomentar el amor por los libros y la pasión por la lectura puede ser un gran...
Six Ways to Teach Phonics to Older Newcomers

Six Ways to Teach Phonics to Older Newcomers

ELD instruction dedicates a lot of time to phonics in grades K-3 since students are building foundational literacy...
Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

Newcomers encounter many changes at once: a new school community, country, and new language. Newcomer ELD instruction...
Teaching Humor in the Language Classroom

Teaching Humor in the Language Classroom

All teachers understand that for their students to succeed in the classroom, they must feel comfortable and “open”...
Poesía: Cinco poemas en español para leer y analizar con tus estudiantes

Cinco poemas en español para leer y analizar con tus estudiantes

Leer y estudiar poesía es uno de los placeres más gratificantes de la enseñanza. La poesía es arte, vida,...
Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Spring—la primavera—is a particularly evocative season. Nature is back to life (at least in the Northern...
How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day—San Giuseppe, in Italian—and, in Italy as well as in many traditionally Catholic...