Videos – La Maestra Loca

Brain Breaks Part 26! Rollercoaster, Surfer, 7th grader!

At the beginning of the school year, Brent came into my life... He is a second-year Math teacher, and he is just SO much fun! I've spent the entire year trying to convince him to become a Chinese teacher (he minored in Mandarin in college) and totally knew he thought I was kidding but lately…

March 1, 2021Brain breaks, Videos

Lesson plans and resources Videos

Black History Black Futures Interviews!

YAYYYY!!!! As we wrap up Black History Black Futures month 2021, I wanted to make sure and continue to center Black JOY! The Abolitionist Teaching Network has done some GREAT webinars this month on centering Black Joy and Resilience this month and all year long :). All too often we highlight FAMOUS afro Latinos or…

February 25, 2021Lesson plans and resources, Videos

Teaching Strategies Teaching Virtually Videos

LEVEL UP! your Synchronous Teaching

Hello beautiful people! I made this video while at school this week (I'll be honest... it was during a class for two students who didn't show up... lol) but it has raised lots of questions from my Instagram peoples... I thought I would write a blog to address them so MORE people can benefit.... SOUND…

September 26, 2020Teaching Strategies, Teaching Virtually, Videos

Brain breaks Teaching Virtually Videos

Brain Breaks Part 23: Just Dance!

Soooooooo lately I've been feeling a little burned out on the Wii Fit Obstacle Course Brain Break but it continues to be one of the funniest and most enjoyable...and it is AWESOME because you can still do it virtually! Kids are used to just doing it once every couple of weeks with me so it…

September 10, 2020Brain breaks, Teaching Virtually, Videos

Classroom Culture and Community Classroom Managment Teaching Virtually Videos

Creating Classroom Community Virtually! Part 1: Let them SEE you!

I have been bombarded with emails and messages asking about my "plan" for building and creating community virtually, and decided it would be best to create a series of blogs to really break it down... I think that there are so many moving parts here and it seems an overwhelming task, but really, it boils…

August 19, 2020Classroom Culture and Community, Classroom Managment, Teaching Virtually, Videos

Brain breaks Classroom Culture and Community Videos

Brain Breaks Part 22: GIVE ME ONE!

Hello my dear friends! I was going through my pictures a couple of weeks ago to make a video compilation for my students for my usual end of the year "gift". This year, I used InShot instead of Splice because it is a free alternative and it is just as easy to use! While doing…

June 5, 2020Brain breaks, Classroom Culture and Community, Videos

Videos Workshops/Conferences/Teacher Training

TWO New VIRTUAL Workshops Added!

That's right! Yesterday I published TWO new courses to my Teachable site: Learning with La LOCA! It was my goal to get them up so y'all had a little time to purchase them with the coupon code LETSGETLOCA! for 40% off. That code will be good until 11:55PM TONIGHT, May 3rd! Don't worry! I am…

May 3, 2020Videos, Workshops/Conferences/Teacher Training

Lesson plans and resources Technoloty Videos

Adding NOVELTY and FUN to the VIDEOS you’re creating for kids!

HOLA HOLA! I am still doing lots of MOMENTOS con MAESTRA but the ones I made yesterday and today are DEFINITELY out of the box and new for my students! Check this one out!!! It has been SUPER fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxUv58CHhYM Today's is all about PERUVIAN FOOD! Which, I didn't even realize until half way through…

April 29, 2020Lesson plans and resources, Technoloty, Videos

Teacher Appreciation and Encouragement Videos

#Selfcarechallenge with ME!

HOLA! Bonjour! Hello! Ni hao! Shu'mai! I hope that you're having a wonderful Saturday! I wanted to first off, THANK ALL of you who read my blog about putting my mask on first, and commented or sent me texts, emails, positive thoughts, energy, prayers, and messages afterwards. I am doing SO much better. Paul and…

April 11, 2020Teacher Appreciation and Encouragement, Videos

Brain breaks Videos

Brain Breaks Part 21: Fast Fingers!

On March 13th, I was Vermont Foreign Language Association's Keynote speaker and workshop leader. I took three planes to get there and when I landed in New Hampshire and was in line to rent a car to drive the rest of the way I discovered that they made the decision to do it all virtually.…

April 7, 2020Brain breaks, Videos