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Welcome to The Engaged Spanish Classroom! My name is Erin and I have been teaching High School Spanish for eight years. My students call me Profe, and while teaching is my passion I have also enjoyed coaching Ice Hockey and Cross Country. I am a new mom, too! My goal is to help other teachers enjoy teaching every day and work efficiently to develop a healthy work-life balance. I want to help you find your own effective teaching style, so that you can find what works best for your students and have FUN teaching!

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Erin, you are such an inspiration to me. Even as a veteran teacher, you have helped me to successfully navigate the technology world with your easy step by step tutorials. I love using all your activities with my students. It keeps them engaged and motivated. I am thankful for you and all your help.

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Your materials have saved me MONTHS of headache and heartache. I am indebted to you for the foreseeable future for all the ways you’ve helped me!!

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Visited my classroom today to set up - but took 0

Visited my classroom today to set up - but took 0 pictures, so here is one from awhile back 💗🌸
I’m so excited to be back in the building next week. We will all officially be wearing masks which is a relief as someone who will be 37 weeks pregnant, and my students will be in rows which hurts me to the core (you know I love small groups) but I know it’s safest for distancing.
For the first time in many years, I think my classes will be maxed at 25. I won’t lie that I’m very excited about that - I really feel it’s a sweet spot for me personally to be able to feel like I’m offering enough support to everyone in the room. I think it’s being done for distancing, but I hope it’s a limit that stays in the future, too.
I’m looking forward to meeting my students before meeting the sweet boy that’s currently kicking me in the right side👀 and I hope they don’t write me off as “oh well you’ll be gone soon.” Because then I’ll be back, and ready again ☺️💗 Making connections with them over the next few weeks will be so important, for lots of reasons.
Some other things I’m excited for this year:
💗Teaching my absolute favorite levels, Spanish 1 and 3
🌸Year 2 of no homework 👏🏼👏🏼
💗Year 2 of a proficiency based grading approach. My dept. colleagues motivated me to change and I’m never looking back!
🌸 Year 2 for me as a teacher and mom (and after a year away), which has given me a new perspective end the courage to set better boundaries. I really do think this will make me a better teacher.
Let’s do this!!! And moment of honesty… this post is mostly for myself to come back to when I need to remember the excitement I felt today!
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

My boys officially have their first set of matchin

My boys officially have their first set of matching outfits 🥺 thanks to the very thoughtful Sarah @thestressfreespanishteacher 💗 This surprise mail FROM SPAIN (my first ever mail from Spain?!) made me tear up from excitement! I can’t wait to have two little futbolistas running around!!!⚽️❤️
Thank you so much Sarah - truly. This was such a thoughtful surprise that we will cherish!!
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora

A few favorites from our family pictures with our

A few favorites from our family pictures with our wild little man!💗

Does your Google Keep look like mine 😂👀? The

Does your Google Keep look like mine 😂👀? There’s grocery lists and other notes tucked in there too… but it’s mostly digital stickers 🍉🥑🍩☕️🦙🪴💗
So excited to use these this year. Easy to pop into work via Google Drive (or anywhere you can insert an image), and even easier to email to a student quickly during class if I notice something stellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have plenty of options in Spanish, French, and English! There are editable options, too, so you can even add student names in about 5 seconds flat🌸
Each sticker is a high quality image with a transparent background, and each set comes with a walkthrough video for support in using and storing them.
My favorite sets:
☕️Spanish Coffee Cups
🥑Editable Avocados
💗Editable Macarons for French class!
If you need the link to a specific set feel free to let me know, and I’ll link to the Spanish bundle in my IG bio.🔗
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

🌱🪴🌿 Really excited about these new SEMILL

🌱🪴🌿 Really excited about these new SEMILLAS Digital Interactive Notebooks! And really grateful that they helped me get through this week😂!
This week was Liam’s first week at daycare. It was just a few days, but we want to get him into his new routine before I go back to school (the week after next!) He did GREAT and I think I was more out of sorts than he was!
Designing these new digital interactive notebooks was the best distraction for me, so thank you for your requests!
The following sets are ready!🪴
🌿SER
🌿Present Tense AR
🌿Present Tense ER IR
🌿Preterite Tense AR
🌿Preterite Tense ER IR
🌿Imperfect Tense AR
🌿Imperfect Tense ER IR
🌿Future Tense
I also have each tense pair bundled to save $ if you know you’d like both! I plan to keep working on a few more requests, so if you don’t see yours yet, it’s coming ☺️🌸
Be sure to check out my grammar blog post to see exactly how I will use these and why I designed them the way I did (feel free to comment for the link!) and watch the walkthrough video which is on my IGTV. I’ll link to that in my stories, and I’ll link to ALL of these new resources in my IG bio!🔗
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

SEMILLAS | Look inside!. Here is a more detailed w

SEMILLAS | Look inside!. Here is a more detailed walkthrough of my new ready to go Digital Interactive Notebooks!
In these digital + print notebooks, students move from comprehensible input and language exploration to predictions and supported output.
Be sure to check out my SEMILLAS / grammar strategies blog post to see more of how I incorporate these strategies in class!
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

Hi!💗 I’m Erin and I’m excited to be gettin

Hi!💗
I’m Erin and I’m excited to be getting ready for a new school year teaching high school Spanish! This year will be year 9 for me, after taking last year off to be with my son☺️
I’ve been lucky to spend a lot of time with family this summer (this photo is with my amazing mom who raised 4 girls on her own) and I’m looking forward to being back with my colleagues and students in a few weeks. I know this year will be far from normal, especially with the arrival of baby #2 next month, but I’m lucky to work in a very supportive environment and I believe everything will be OK🌸 I plan to continue to wear my mask and do everything I can to keep my children safe.
A few things about me and what you can expect to see on my account:
•I create and share resources for Spanish (and sometimes French!) teachers - I LOVE designing games and materials that I love, because if I am having fun my students are usually having fun too!
•I love running and ice hockey
•I love to read 📖 play videogames and crochet
•My husband and I love tv and movies - we love true crime but lots of other genres too
•I’m a lefty! Anyone else!?
•My first son is a miracle assisted by science and doctors - we went through IUI and IVF - and I’m always here to talk or just listen💗
A boring fact about me?? (I love this opener at the start of the year with students)
•I…. really don’t like cake 🤷🏼‍♀️
What’s a boring fact about you😂?
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

🌱🪴🌿!!!! SEMILLAS | New Editable Digital

🌱🪴🌿!!!!
SEMILLAS | New Editable Digital Interactive Notebook!💻📖
After recently updating my blog post about how I like to introduce grammar, I wanted to create an interactive presentation (that can also be printed as-is) to show my process!
My first complete Semillas resource is for the verb SER. It has editable pieces so that you can customize to meet your unique class needs!☺️
Students work through four stages on the very first day of the unit.
🌱INTRO: students read comprehensible teacher examples, explore the language, and record what they notice
🪴APUNTES: students make predictions based on what they have seen so far
🌿EJEMPLOS: students read additional teacher examples and have a chance to interpret / demonstrate understanding
🪴SEMILLAS: students create their own examples and record and remaining questions
I am so excited about this resource, and I think you will be too! Let me know which SEMILLAS pack you’d like me to work on next! And let me know if you’d like the link to take a closer look💡
A huge shoutout to my friend at McCann Ink for designing the final planta for me when I couldn’t find what I needed!🌿
#Teachmorespanish #spanishteachers #iteachspanish #spanishteacher #profedeele #profesora #spanishresources #spanishclass #claustrodeig

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