Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program - TEESP
World Language Program
Introductory Course for Grades 1 – 6
2007 – 2010
Artwork for lessons created by Evelyn Schluckebier 2008, 2009.
All drawings are copyrighted 2008 with Creative Commons License. Drawings may be
shared but not sold, as long as any derivative works are also shared under a similar
license.
Project evaluation: Lisa Knoche, UNL Research Center

Project funded by Foreign Language Assistance Grant, 2007 - 2010
Program Information
The Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program (TEESP) was a three-year
collaborative effort by ESU #16, ESU #15 and area schools. The program is funded by a
FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program) grant.
Project Information

The project design was developed by a team of high school Spanish teachers. Known
as the WLLC team (World Language Learning Community) team these teachers have
worked together for several years to improve the teaching strategies in language
education for area schools. They have all participated in various professional
development opportunities, including Teaching Proficiency through Reading and
Storytelling (TPRS) with Susan Gross and Karen Rowan, Comprehensible Input Reading
Strategies with Jason Fritze and Literacy Strategies delivered by staff from Nebraska
Department of Education, World Languages Department.

Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program - TEESP
World Language Program
Introductory Course for Grades 1 – 6
2007 – 2010
Artwork for lessons created by Evelyn Schluckebier 2008, 2009.
All drawings are copyrighted 2008 with Creative Commons License. Drawings may be
shared but not sold, as long as any derivative works are also shared under a similar
license.
Project evaluation: Lisa Knoche, UNL Research Center

Project funded by Foreign Language Assistance Grant, 2007 - 2010
Program Information
The Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program (TEESP) was a three-year
collaborative effort by ESU #16, ESU #15 and area schools. The program is funded by a
FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program) grant.
Project Information

The project design was developed by a team of high school Spanish teachers. Known
as the WLLC team (World Language Learning Community) team these teachers have
worked together for several years to improve the teaching strategies in language
education for area schools. They have all participated in various professional
development opportunities, including Teaching Proficiency through Reading and
Storytelling (TPRS) with Susan Gross and Karen Rowan, Comprehensible Input Reading
Strategies with Jason Fritze and Literacy Strategies delivered by staff from Nebraska
Department of Education, World Languages Department.

Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program - TEESP
World Language Program
Introductory Course for Grades 1 – 6
2007 – 2010
Artwork for lessons created by Evelyn Schluckebier 2008, 2009.
All drawings are copyrighted 2008 with Creative Commons License. Drawings may be
shared but not sold, as long as any derivative works are also shared under a similar
license.
Project evaluation: Lisa Knoche, UNL Research Center

Project funded by Foreign Language Assistance Grant, 2007 - 2010
Program Information
The Technology Enhanced Elementary Spanish Program (TEESP) was a three-year
collaborative effort by ESU #16, ESU #15 and area schools. The program is funded by a
FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program) grant.
Project Information

The project design was developed by a team of high school Spanish teachers. Known
as the WLLC team (World Language Learning Community) team these teachers have
worked together for several years to improve the teaching strategies in language
education for area schools. They have all participated in various professional
development opportunities, including Teaching Proficiency through Reading and
Storytelling (TPRS) with Susan Gross and Karen Rowan, Comprehensible Input Reading
Strategies with Jason Fritze and Literacy Strategies delivered by staff from Nebraska
Department of Education, World Languages Department.

This OER clas activity was created by Joseba Moreno as part of the 2023 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with NDE staff to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached resource is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for student learning of basic Learners of Spanish. The attachment contains a document with a template to play a game of Tic, Tac, Toe, using personal questions. The game follows the traditional rules of tic, tac, toe, with the variation that in order to make a move, the student has to ask the question written in the spot they want to his classmate by using the Spanish learnt in the first unit of a novice World Language class. 

What types of rooms do you find in a house or apartment?  A kitchen? A bathroom? Bedrooms?  Some of these rooms are common from one place to another but may vary in quantity.  Some houses or apartments may have dining rooms while others do not.  In this seminar you will learn the vocabulary for different rooms in a house and learn about various Spanish-speaking homes.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive CommunicationCommunities: School and Global CommunitiesLearning TargetI can understand very basic information from a real estate adHabits of MindApplying past knowledge to new situationsCritical Thinking SkillClassifying

This is a task-based, open-access Spanish language curriculum that centers Blackness in Latin America and Black language learners. It is a free resource for Teachers to use in their Spanish language classrooms. This curriculum was designed based off of a needs analysis study that we conducted with over 100 Spanish language learners at Florida Memorial University (South Florida’s only HBCU) and Florida International University (the largest HSI to graduate Hispanic students in the nation). It is thus based on students’ real-world needs.Teachers will find units with accompanying lesson plans and tasks. Every lesson plan is designed following a task-based methodology. Assessment is also task-based and criterion-referenced. For each unit, we have created a Community Leader video that features a Black scholar and/or community leader who uses Spanish in their life.

Teach in Spanglish is founded on a simple idea: while just a small fraction of today’s college students will progress to the high-level, all-in-Spanish courses offered by language departments, more than two-thirds enter college with the ability to understand Spanish when given context in English, support from their instructor, and time.

Over nearly a decade in the classroom, our team has shown that students who took Spanish for at least two years in high school, at least one year in college, and/or who were raised in a bilingual environment (Spanish as a Heritage Language speakers, or SHL) can, with proper support, engage in high-level analysis of Spanish and Spanglish primary sources and original texts, utilizing insights from linguistics to both structure the classroom experience and guide students in their engagement.

The teach in Spanglish website links to a form that allows instructors to request access to a free Canvas site that contains instructor facing videos, quizzes, and other modules to help get started teaching in Spanglish.

This video shows how to tell time in Spanish using "menos" for times between :31 minutes and :59 minutes past the hour.

The purpose of this lesson is to model for students critical thinking strategies necessary to effectively translate seemingly simple, but surprisingly complex phrases from Englsih to Spanish.  Students will use online resources such as Google Translate, Linguee, and WordReference Forums to find and evaluate usages of the phrasal verb “is on” with regards to television and movies “being on”.  While “is on” is only one example of a phrasal verb, the hope of this lesson is that students will begin to think more critically about what they are trying to translate from English to Spanish. It is also hoped that they know what tools to use (and how to use them) in order to assure that they are saying what they want to say accurately with regard to not only grammatical conventions of Spanish, but also with regard to how Spanish is actually spoken by native speakers of different countries and regions.

This OER Tiempo (¿qué hora es?) was created by Christopher Guadarrama and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE LA 12.1.6b, NE LA 12.1.6l, and NE LA 12.1.6oIt is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete.

This tiered task involves interpretive reading of an authentic school schedule and presentational writing to compare the schedule to students’ own schedules. This task is tiered by complexity of product (how students show what they know).

 This tiered task involves interpretive reading of an authentic school schedule and presentational writing to compare the schedule to students’ own schedules. This task is tiered by complexity of product (how students show what they know).Suggested Extension or Follow-Up ActivitiesIf students worked with different schedules, they could compare the results.Speaking activity – Students ask each other questions about the schedules.Students design their ideal schedule.Students give a “tour” of their schedules (Walk around school or use a map to describe schedule. En la primera hora, tengo la clase de español con la Señora Sherrow…)Image source:  "Child" by picjumbo_com on Pixabay.com

This patient education program explains what a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is, including its benefits and risks. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.

Tá Falado includes 46 podcast lessons on the pronunciation and grammar of Portuguese, specifically designed to help those who already speak Spanish. The lessons are built around Portuguese dialogs that are repeated in Spanish, providing a direct comparison of the two languages. All lessons include downloadable PDF files with the transcripts and notes, mp3 audio files, and blog discussions. Additionally all of the dialogs present cultural scenarios that illustrate differences between North American and Brazilian culture.

This is.a listening (audio and visual) task utilizing both individual and group work to construct meaning in the target language (Spanish) and to be able to communicate that meaning withing small and large group contexts.  Students will watch a video in Spanish, then talk about what they understood, first in pairs and then as a class.  Included in the lesson are the necessary resources as well as an assessment rubric, should the teacher choose to use one.  

A video in Spanish introducing the family of a little girl who moved to Kentucky, describing her grandmother's home in Colombia as well as the things the grandmother does as an artist.

Overview:  This OER: Understanding Fairytales with a Graphic Organizer was created by Stephanie Werner and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan and Graphic Organizer is designed for 7-12 World Language Teachers of Low to Mid level Intermediate Spanish, French or German language learners. It is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 60 minutes.

In this unit, students investigate the history of the environmental justice (EJ) movement in the United States, situating it within the context of the US civil rights and environmental movements. Students also make connections to issues of environmental equity on a global scale. The unit serves as a foundation for exploring the scientific background of environmental justice issues in subsequent units, particularly the interrelatedness of hydrology and hydrologic concepts.

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In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of a natural cycle. They are first asked to identify the different components of the hydrologic cycle in Spanish. Students will be able to recognize the delicate balance between the individual elements of a large and complex system. Students will also be able to identify the interactions among parts of a natural system.

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In this unit students will explore surface water and its relationship to the water cycle via watersheds and drainage divides. These topics will inform their analysis of the social and environmental impacts of the planned increase of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. Case studies include the Ene River and the MaraÃÃn River in Peru.

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