Do you Differentiate in your Spanish classes? Lesson ideas for Spanish teachers!

Differentiated Instruction has been a hot topic at teacher workshops and conferences for several years because it´s a great solution to teach the multiple levels of understanding that take place within each mix of students you have throughout the day.

One way to add Differentiated Instruction to your Spanish lessons is to set up “Stations” for a particular topic or unit and allow students to work through the activities at their own pace.

In an effort to add student options and help them learn responsibility for their own learning, I’ve created several units that can be used as Differentiated Instruction Stations.

Stations are physical learning locations set up in your classroom.  Each location focuses on a specific area (or modality) of learning.

Classroom Set up:

Students are given a checklist of activities that they are required to do and move from station to station to complete each task.  Why does this work so well??  Because students can take charge of their own learning!

Here’s what one teacher had to say about these stations:

“This was PERFECTO while I had a sub for 2 days!
I walked the students through it the day prior so they knew exactly what to do with the Substitute! He said all my classes were on-task and great!”

The Stations for La Familia en Espanol are divided into 4 stations:

1.  Vocabulario – students learn the new vocabulary and do a variety of practice activities to familiarize themselves with their new family words and to help them memorize the new vocabulary.

2.  Speaking & Listening  – students practice using their new vocabulary aloud as they participate in Communicative Activities with a partner (or partners).