Recent Posts Tagged With 'teachers pay teachers'

• Foreign Language Counting Game: Buzz

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 11:58 in classroom games, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, foreign language counting game, french counting game, middle school activities, middle school madness, spanish counting game

  // Buzz is a favorite filler activity in my foreign language classes.  When I have a few minutes to spare at the end of a lesson, I take the opportunity to practice counting with this classic game.  It’s an oldie but a goodie!  Learners...

• Classroom Survival Expressions in French and Spanish: Useful Back-to-School Phrases

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 12:28 in Spanish, french, worksheets, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, back to school french, back to school spanish, french classroom phrases, spanish classroom phrases, survival french, survival spanish

  // Help learners to survive and thrive in an immersion classroom environment with useful questions and statements in French or Spanish. Immersion is the most effective way to learn a foreign language, but it can feel scary at first.  Classroom be...

• Learn or Teach French with Free PowerPoints

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 14:57 in french, foreign language fun, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, free french teaching, french fairy tales, french powerpoint, french resources, learn french free

  // I’m always on the lookout for free teaching stuff.  One great resource for teachers and homeschoolers is TeachersPayTeachers.   Many downloads and used teaching materials are reasonably priced, and several others are absolutely FREE! ...

• Summertime Vocabulary in French and Spanish

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 07:43 in french, swahili, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french flash cards, french summer vocabulary, spanish flash cards, spanish summer vocabulary

    The kids are out of school and the summertime fun can officially begin.  Learn some useful French and Spanish words for outdoor play:   the pool – la piscine (Fr.) – la piscina (Sp.) the beach – la plage (Fr.) -la playa (Sp.) t...

• Foreign Language Printables, Downloads, and Worksheets: A Subscription Site?

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 21:47 in foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, foreign language printables, foreign language worksheets

  We’ve been busy at Foreign Language House this year. Although we never set out to create teacher downloads, to date we have prepared nearly 150 French, Spanish, and ESL activities, flash cards, games, worksheets and teacher guides. We’ll...

• Make a Spanish Father’s Day Card

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 20:20 in Spanish, holiday, father's day, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, father's day card spanish

  Father’s Day is next week.  Get the kids busy wishing Papá a wonderful day in Spanish.  Here are some useful expressions for a heartfelt, homemade card: Feliz Día del Padre - Happy Father’s Day para - to de/ desde - from Mi Quer...

• Free Spanish PowerPoint Presentations

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 21:31 in Spanish, foreign language fun, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, free spanish powerpoint, free spanish slide show

  A fantastic resource for teachers and homeschoolers is TeachersPayTeachers. It’s a sort of eBay for educators, with used teaching resources and original downloads.  I really love TeachersPayTeachers for its unique collection of relevant teach...

• Best Mom in the World: How to Say Mother in a Dozen Languages

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 19:26 in Spanish, mother, german, french, japanese, Dutch, holiday, polish, hindi, mother's day, russian, italian

  This Mother’s Day, let Mom know she’s the best in the world!  Learn how to say Mother in these twelve world languages: Moeder, Moer (Dutch) Mère, Maman (French) Mutter (German) Màna (Greek) Ma, Maji (Hindi) Anya (Hungarian) Madre...

• Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexico’s Independence Day . . .

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 22:46 in Spanish, holiday, foreign language fun, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, cinco de mayo spanish

  . . . it’s the day all my French students whine, “How come WE can’t have a fiesta?”  Ah oui, they forget about all those crepes and fixate on the delicious smells wafting in from the Spanish class next door.  Every year I mu...

• Make a French or Spanish Mother’s Day Card

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 18:12 in Spanish, french, holiday, mother's day, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, mother's day card french, mother's day card spanish

    If there’s one thing that makes Mommy’s heart melt, it’s a homemade treasure presented on Mother’s Day.  Help your French and Spanish students create a unique bilingual greeting card for Mom, Grandma, a favorite aunt, or ...

• Free French and Spanish Earth Day Coloring Sheets

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 23:28 in Spanish, holiday, Earth Day, coloring pages, foreign language fun, teachers pay teachers, earth day french, earth day spanish, coloring french globe, coloring spanish globe, earth day coloring

  Teach about the planet Earth on April 22, Earth Day.  Foreign Language House is happy to offer free coloring sheets for young learners.   Free French Earth Day Coloring Sheet Free Spanish Earth Day Coloring Sheet   Here are some useful vocabulary ...

• Elementary Foreign Language Recycling Lesson: Celebrate Earth Day in French, Spanish, and More

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 20:14 in Spanish, french, lessons, Earth Day, foreign language fun, teachers pay teachers, earth day french, earth day spanish, recycling lesson elementary, recycling lesson french, recyling foreign language lesson

  Earth Day is April 22, and I’m already cooking up an environmentally-friendly lesson for kindergarten French this week. Here’s the plan: 1. Regular warm-up. I’ll be sure to bring my calendar so that I can show my students the dat...

• St. Patrick’s Day Activities and Worksheets in French and Spanish

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 19:21 in Spanish, holiday, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, st. patrick's day french, st. patrick's day spanish, saint patrick worksheets, san patricio worksheets

  Foreign Language House has published two St. Patrick’s Day downloads for novice level French and Spanish learners.  Each download includes 7 ready-to-go printables for your students.  Click the following links for more information if you...

• French Valentine Games and Worksheets: Bingo and Tic Tac Toe

  Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 09:47 in french, holiday, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french valentine bingo, french valentine games, french valentine tic tac toe, french valentine worksheet

    Okay, I should be writing a paper for my graduate class, but instead I keep making fun, little French Valentine’s activities.  Very cute, though, and I know I’ll be using these on the day before winter break with my own students.  Ch...

• Spanish Lessons for the Inauguration of Barack Obama

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 15:08 in Spanish, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, inauguration obama spanish, spanish inauguration lessons

  Foreign Language House is pleased to announce a special download to teach novice-level Spanish learners about the historic inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20.   In the U.S.:  Spanish Inauguration Unit for Spanish I & II Levels for All A...

• Teach About Barack Obama’s Inauguration in French Class

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 09:05 in french, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, french lesson inauguration, inauguration french

  Foreign Language House has just published a new download to teach novice-level French learners to talk about the historic inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20.  Here are some of the vocabulary words students will use as they describe the event...

• A French King’s Day Celebration: J’aime la galette . . . la galette des rois

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 21:16 in cooking, french, holiday, songs, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, j'aime la galette, king's day france, king's day french class, la fete des rois, une galette des rois

  January 6 is Epiphany, or Kings’ Day.  The French call it la Fête des Rois.  I’ll be celebrating with my French class with une galette des rois, or a King Cake. Recipes abound online, but here’s my simple shortcut: Purchase frozen pu...

• Wintertime Activities in Spanish and French

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 22:04 in Spanish, french, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french winter activities, spanish winter activities

  My family and I headed south for a vacation.  An entire week with no snow.  I know, I know . . . life’s rough!  But I think I missed it.  It was actually rather nice to pull into my driveway today and see the good ‘ol white stuff agai...

• Free Peace on Earth Nativity Coloring Page in English, French, Spanish, and Italian

  Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 07:18 in Spanish, french, holiday, italian, coloring pages, foreign language fun, foreign language house, english esl efl, teachers pay teachers, french christmas reading, french christmas coloring, nativity printable

  Foreign Language House has another free holiday gift for you–a nativity scene printable in four languages.  Kids will love coloring the adorable picture of Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus as they discover different ways to say Peace on Earth: Fre...

• Printable Holiday Mini-Books in French, Spanish, and ESL

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 20:45 in Spanish, french, holiday, foreign language fun, foreign language house, english esl efl, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, christmas mini book, esl mini book, french christmas printable, french mini book

  I love making mini-books with my students.  Today, my high schoolers were completely engaged as they wrote original mini-books about “A Letter to Santa.”  It’s really a bit deceiving.  To an outside observer, my teenagers were ha...

• Holiday Sale: French and Spanish Teaching Materials for Christmas and Hanukkah

  Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 19:00 in Spanish, french, holiday, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, teacherspayteachers, french christmas activities, french hanukkah activities, hanukkah printables, spanish christmas activities, spanish hanukkah activities

  For a limited time, holiday downloads from Foreign Language House are drastically reduced.  It’s our little gracias and merci to the other language-loving teachers and parents who work so hard to encourage children and teens to become bilingua...

• Le Premier Noel: Christmas Nativity Story in French

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 19:41 in french, holiday, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french bible story, french christmas activities, french christmas reading, french for kids, french nativity

  Like most kids, my little guys can’t wait for Santa Claus to come down the chimney with lots of presents.  That’s all fine and good, but I want my children to understand what Christmas is really all about.  One year, Santa brought a Fis...

• Christmas Coloring Pages in French and Spanish

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 20:06 in Spanish, french, holiday, coloring pages, spanish for children, foreign language fun, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french christmas coloring, french for children, preschool french activities, preschool spanish activities

  I teach French to over 20 preschoolers twice a week at about 4:00 p.m.  If you have young children, I’m sure you understand that little ones begin to get tired and lose focus at that late afternoon hour.  Did I mention there are over 20 of th...

• Free Spanish Hanukkah Materials

  Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 17:44 in Spanish, holiday, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, free spanish, hanukkah spanish, januca

  Hola amigos Just a quick note to let the Spanish teachers out there know that we’ve just posted another FREE holiday download at TeachersPayTeachers.com Free Spanish Hanukkah Materials You get a one-page, novice level reading about Raquel, wh...

• Free French Hanukkah Reading

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 21:36 in french, holiday, foreign language house, teachers pay teachers, french hanukkah, hanoukah, teacherspayteachers

  I  just discovered an extremely cool site for teachers just like me.  TeachersPayTeachers is a place for educators to publish and sell their original teaching units, worksheets, songs, flash cards, Power Point presentations and more.   You’l...