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Secondary Spanish Resource Library

It’s a huge honor to partner with some top Spanish TpT authors this back to school season to offer the 2021 Secondary Spanish Resource Library. You can find my Virtual Field Trip in Spanish to Equatorial Guinea, as well as task cards, interactive notebooks and more. So many no prep options to keep your Spanish…

Five $250 Gift Card Giveaway!

I’m participating in a giveaway with some of your favorite Spanish TpT authors! It’s hard to believe that it’s already the end of July! Fifty of us have teamed up to help you get in Back to School mode. We are giving away FIVE $250 gift cards to teacherspayteachers.com. Hop on over to La Profe…

What are we doing for Cinco de Mayo?

Have you seen Jimmy Kimmel’s bit where he asks pedestrians questions they ought to know the answers to, and then airs their responses that are often way off the mark? I just keep waiting through gritted teeth for the one that asks, “Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?”. (Maybe it’s already happened, and I…

Indigenous culture in the classroom

At the end of each school year, I like to look back on my year’s instruction and think about my successes and how I’d like to see my teaching grow in the next year. One area that I’m consistently looking to grow each year is incorporating indigenous culture and history into my curriculum. I want…

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Hello, I’m Melissa, teacher author at Manzana para la maestra on TpT. I’m a busy mother of four, lover of languages, photography amateurist, and sewing addict. I believe in engaging, practical use language instruction that challenges students and develops a love of language and culture.

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