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          • 1.1 Vocabulary (pasatiempos)
          • 1.1: Gustar
          • 1.1: Ser
          • 1.2: Vocabulary (characteristics)
          • 1.2: Definite and Indefinite Articles
          • 1.2 Noun-Adjective Agreement
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          • 2.1: Vocabulary (school schedule)
          • 2.1: AR present tense conjugation- FREE
          • 2.1: Tener
          • 2.1: Telling Time
          • 2.2: Vocabulary (school supplies)
          • 2.2: Estar
          • 2:2: Ir
        • Unit 3 >
          • 3.1: Vocabulary (breakfast and lunch)
          • 3.1: Gustar With Nouns
          • 3.2: Vocabulary (family)
          • 3.1: Er, Ir Present Tense Conjugation
          • 3.2: Possessive Adjectives
          • 3.2: Comparisons
        • Unit 4 >
          • 4.1: Vocabulary (clothing)
          • 4.1: Direct Objects
          • 4.1: Querer
          • 4.1: E to IE stem-changers
          • 4.2: Vocabulary (restaurant and town)
          • 4.2: O to UE stem-changers
        • Unit 5 >
          • 5.1: Vocabulary (house)
          • 5.1: Ser vs. Estar
          • 5.2: Vocabulary (chores and feelings)
          • 5.2: Informal Tú Commands
        • Unit 6 >
          • 6.1: Vocabulary (sports)
          • 6.1: Saber vs Conocer
          • 6.1: Jugar
          • 6.2: Vocabulary (body parts)
          • 6.2: Preterite AR Conjugation
          • 6.2: Car Gar Zar
        • Unit 7 >
          • 7.1 Vocabulary
          • 7.1: Er and IR Preterite
          • 7.2: Vocabulary
          • 7.2: Ser and Ir Preterite
        • Unit 8 >
          • 8.1: Vocabulary
        • Exploratory Spanish Vocabulary Lesson
        • Exploratory Spanish: Clothing
        • Mid-term Exam Prep
        • Avancemos Final Exam Review
        • Remote Teaching During Covid >
          • Preliminary Unit >
            • Lesson 1
            • Lesson 2
            • Lesson 3
            • Lesson 4
            • Lesson 5
            • Lesson 6
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            • Lesson 9
            • Unit Quiz
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        • 1.1: Vocabulary (Travel)
        • 1.2 (Direct Object Pronouns)
        • 1.3 (Ar Preterite Tense)
        • 1.4 (Ser, Ir, Hacer, Ver, Dar, Preterite)
        • 1.5 (Interrogatives)
        • 2.1 Vocabulary (Sports and Exercise)
        • 2.2 Adverbs
        • 2.3 Er/IR Preterite
        • 2.4 Demonstrative Adjectives
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      • Navidad Extrana
      • Numbers 1-100 Lesson Plan
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        • Steph Curry Lesson 3
      • Spanish Interrogatives
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      • Colors and Shapes
      • Definite and Indefinite Articles
      • Direct Objects
      • Estar
      • Family Vocabulary
      • Food Vocabulary
      • Greetings
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      • House Vocabulary
      • Informal Commands
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      • Present Tense Conjugations
      • Preterite Conjugations
      • Possessve Adjectives
      • Reflexive Verbs
      • Saber vs. Conocer
      • School Supplies & Classroom Objects
      • Ser
      • Ser Vs Estar
      • Spanish Covers of Popular Songs
      • Stem Changing Verbs
      • Telling Time
      • Subject Pronouns
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My Mind is Blown

8/29/2024

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Several years ago I created this Spanish Number rap. One of my most popular songs for the classroom.  Check it out below! 
I've been experimenting  this past year with AI and just recently a colleague told me about a cool music creation AI software called "Suno".  I've been playing around with it most of the summer.  I made a song about my dog, and even a Happy Anniversary song for my wife! This past week I decided to use AI to remix my number rap.  I inputted the lyrics, added a chorus, and gave prompts about how to style the song.  There was trial and error, but I absolutely love the final product!What's most amazing is that these songs are created in literally about 30 seconds.   Check it out below! What do you think? 
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Not sure about you, but my mind is blown! 
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Tournament Of Champions/Battle Of the Week Preparation!

8/25/2024

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We hope you all join us this year for the tournament of champions! (formerly known as battle of the week) This will be a slow moving, year long bracket of the 24 most popular songs in our brackets from the past several years.  Check out the battle of the week headquarters here. The battle of the week does not run on weeks that our large tournaments (Locotubure and Locura De Marzo) are running.  This is what we will use to fill the gaps on the other weeks! 

What can you do to prepare your students for this competition?
1. Simply start playing these 24 songs regularly as background music in your classroom during work time, etc.  Here is a link to the song playlists

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2. Give your students 20-30 minutes to listen enter the $100 amazon first round song prediction contest.  Click here.  It is set up for students to listen to each song briefly and then make a guess as to which song they think will win.  Students with the best scores will be entered into a raffle to win $100 to amazon. 

3. When the first week arrives (9/9), you have the whole week to dive into those two songs if you'd like.  If you have a busy week, you can simply just listen to each song, or part of each song with the students and have students vote.  Or, check out our google drive on our tournament home page. 

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Classroom Motivation System- Raffle Tickets

8/22/2024

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A simple classroom motivation system is a weekly raffle.  It's pretty simple.  I have a bucket for each class, and raffle tickets.  Students can earn raffle tickets for almost anything.  Kahoot, Gimkit, turning in homework, volunteering in class, etc.  Every Friday I raffle off about 10-15 pieces of small candy and some sort of grand prize! A very simple way to reward classroom engagement and the students love it.  I usually stock up on candy after Halloween, Christmas, Easter, when everything is marked down! What do you do in your class? 
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    About Señor Ashby:

    I am a K-12 Spanish educator specializing in creativity. I am passionate about learning through technology, music, and innovation.  I have taught Spanish to K-12, and am a two time finalist for online teacher of the year.l live in West Michigan with my wife and our four energetic boys!

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    • Online Lessons >
      • Spanish 1 >
        • Blended Learning FAQS
        • Top Ways to Use Blended Lessons
        • Preliminares- Numbers 0-30
        • Preliminares: General Review
        • Country and Capital Lesson
        • Unit 1 >
          • 1.1 Vocabulary (pasatiempos)
          • 1.1: Gustar
          • 1.1: Ser
          • 1.2: Vocabulary (characteristics)
          • 1.2: Definite and Indefinite Articles
          • 1.2 Noun-Adjective Agreement
        • Unit 2 >
          • 2.1: Vocabulary (school schedule)
          • 2.1: AR present tense conjugation- FREE
          • 2.1: Tener
          • 2.1: Telling Time
          • 2.2: Vocabulary (school supplies)
          • 2.2: Estar
          • 2:2: Ir
        • Unit 3 >
          • 3.1: Vocabulary (breakfast and lunch)
          • 3.1: Gustar With Nouns
          • 3.2: Vocabulary (family)
          • 3.1: Er, Ir Present Tense Conjugation
          • 3.2: Possessive Adjectives
          • 3.2: Comparisons
        • Unit 4 >
          • 4.1: Vocabulary (clothing)
          • 4.1: Direct Objects
          • 4.1: Querer
          • 4.1: E to IE stem-changers
          • 4.2: Vocabulary (restaurant and town)
          • 4.2: O to UE stem-changers
        • Unit 5 >
          • 5.1: Vocabulary (house)
          • 5.1: Ser vs. Estar
          • 5.2: Vocabulary (chores and feelings)
          • 5.2: Informal Tú Commands
        • Unit 6 >
          • 6.1: Vocabulary (sports)
          • 6.1: Saber vs Conocer
          • 6.1: Jugar
          • 6.2: Vocabulary (body parts)
          • 6.2: Preterite AR Conjugation
          • 6.2: Car Gar Zar
        • Unit 7 >
          • 7.1 Vocabulary
          • 7.1: Er and IR Preterite
          • 7.2: Vocabulary
          • 7.2: Ser and Ir Preterite
        • Unit 8 >
          • 8.1: Vocabulary
        • Exploratory Spanish Vocabulary Lesson
        • Exploratory Spanish: Clothing
        • Mid-term Exam Prep
        • Avancemos Final Exam Review
        • Remote Teaching During Covid >
          • Preliminary Unit >
            • Lesson 1
            • Lesson 2
            • Lesson 3
            • Lesson 4
            • Lesson 5
            • Lesson 6
            • Lesson 7
            • Lesson 8
            • Lesson 9
            • Unit Quiz
      • Spanish 2 >
        • 1.1: Vocabulary (Travel)
        • 1.2 (Direct Object Pronouns)
        • 1.3 (Ar Preterite Tense)
        • 1.4 (Ser, Ir, Hacer, Ver, Dar, Preterite)
        • 1.5 (Interrogatives)
        • 2.1 Vocabulary (Sports and Exercise)
        • 2.2 Adverbs
        • 2.3 Er/IR Preterite
        • 2.4 Demonstrative Adjectives
    • Face To Face Lessons >
      • Activity Videos
      • Creating A Classroom Culture >
        • Classroom Management
        • First Day of School
        • Team-Building Activities
      • Classroom Commands Lesson
      • Family/Simpsons Resources
      • Gustar
      • Harry Potter Resources (Avancemos 2 Vocab)
      • Los Verbos Lesson
      • Mr. Bean Restaurant
      • Navidad Extrana
      • Numbers 1-100 Lesson Plan
      • Pobrecito Lesson
      • Steph Curry Lessons (Avancemos 1.2 vocabulary) >
        • Steph Curry Video Resources
        • Steph Curry Lesson 1
        • Steph Curry Lesson 2
        • Steph Curry Lesson 3
      • Spanish Interrogatives
      • Sentimientos Unit >
        • Sentimientos Lesson 1
        • Sentimientos Lesson 2
        • Sentimientos Lesson 3
      • Top Ten Vocabulary Activities
  • Orignal Music
    • Grammar Based Music Videos
    • Vocabulary And CI Based Videos
    • Audio Songs
  • Music Competitions
  • Other Resources
    • Topics A-L >
      • Adjectives, Articles, and Agreement- FREE
      • Alphabet
      • Authentic Songs for the Classroom- FREE
      • Body Vocabulary
      • Calendar
      • Clothing Vocabulary
      • Colors and Shapes
      • Definite and Indefinite Articles
      • Direct Objects
      • Estar
      • Family Vocabulary
      • Food Vocabulary
      • Greetings
      • Gustar
      • House Vocabulary
      • Informal Commands
      • IR
      • Irregular Yo Verbs
      • Locura De Marzo
      • Los Quehaceres
    • Topics M-Z >
      • Numbers
      • Other Videos
      • Prepositions and Movement Vocab
      • Present Tense Conjugations
      • Preterite Conjugations
      • Possessve Adjectives
      • Reflexive Verbs
      • Saber vs. Conocer
      • School Supplies & Classroom Objects
      • Ser
      • Ser Vs Estar
      • Spanish Covers of Popular Songs
      • Stem Changing Verbs
      • Telling Time
      • Subject Pronouns
      • Weather
      • Tener
  • Merch