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Pedigogical and Self Esteem Books 		Spanish pedagogical aids

Sue Fenton's Tools for Teachers


We are proud to include these reproducible and very helpful tools for all teachers of Spanish. Successfully integrated into beginning and intermediate classes since 1998,these award winning manuals will bring you high quality, exciting and motivational ideas, which emphasize speaking Spanish in an accurate cultural context.

MFP118 SPANISH CLASS POOCH PAL $12.95
Saddle-stitched, 40pp, ISBN:9780976290063
Let your students use their imaginations to create the character, personality, and various looks of the Pooch Pal as well as determine its Spanish heritage. This handbook includes an adoption contract, a list of 200 Spanish dog names, Spanish dog-related vocabulary, expressions, sayings, etc., 100+ fun ways the dog can participate in class to get you started: presenting grammar, vocabulary, review, skits, introduce culture, speaking, helping with classroom procedures and announcements, cheering on students, dressing it up to enhance themes or events from el Día de los Muertos to the Senior Prom.

MFP116 QUE DICE USTED? $18.95
Saddle Stitched, 40pp, Beginner-Advanced, ISBN:9780976290056
Meet Cora Bailadora, Silvestre de la Selva, Rico - hombre prehistórico, Marcos Maracas, Rosalía Mía Miaumiau, Pantaleón Pantalonescortos, a few among a total of 50 characters for whom students "talk" when doing these guided or proficiency-based "speaking" tasks for homework. This is a "Talking Homework" book based on speaking that gets students to think in Spanish sentences and "conversationally." It offers a change of pace from traditional homework in which students do exercises or answer questions. It also promotes fluency and allows students to express themselves and be creative. There are 50 activity pages, and 70 strategies for using the 50 activity pages.

MFP114 PROFESSOR MEL T. LINGUAL'S BOOK OF SIGNS $18.95
Saddle Stitched, 58pp, Beginner-Advanced, ISBN:9780976290025
This book has 58 serious, cute, and entertaining signs (8-1/2" x 11") with cartoons that promote important concepts: the personal and practical benefits of studying world languages, and appreciation of multiculturalism here in the U.S. You can use the signs to decorate a classroom, increase students' global awareness, inspire discussions, further research, projects, and contests, enhance multicultural awareness and related activities in your school, for rewards for younger students to color and put in their notebooks or on their walls in the rooms at home, inspire older students to create their own signs promoting these issues.

MFP101 OVER 1,000 CONVERSATION STARTERS FOR ANY LANGUAGE COURSE $29.95
Spiral bound, 156 pages, ISBN:9780966741810
Imagine a book you can keep on your desk that has over 1400 stimuli (serious, funny & wacky) you can use to get all students to communicate. Use them for warm-ups, review, special class activities, assignments, paired presentations, daily proficiency practice; and when your lesson goes faster than planned and you have extra time. Included are: paired conversations, roleplays, solo presentation ideas, and total class "social" simulations that get everyone speaking and listening. Includes 650 role play situations

MFP109 YOU PLAYED A SONG. NOW WHAT? $13.95
Saddle Stitched, 60pp, Beginner-Advanced ISBN:9780966741889
Full of multidimensional strategies , this book will teach you how to play songs differently each time, to manipulate song material,and to energize students. Before long, you will be looking at songs with much more confidence and insight, adding more songs to your curriculum, and creating your own ideas! Topics include: Uses for Songs, Starting a "Song File", Creating a "Play List" for your curriculum., Playing a song differently each time, Props, Mascots, Visuals & Murals, Movements, Paired Speaking, Imitative Writing, staging photos, Song Memories, and much more.

MFPSQ11 SPANISH Q-CARDS $14.95
These are question flash cards for paired speaking proficiency and fluency practice which keep recycling and reinforcing material learned. The set has 40 full sheets of card stock (8-1/2 x 11). Each one has six boxes on it which all contain one question asked in the usted form, the tu forms are also noted under the questions. These full-sized cards may be used as is, or they may also be cut into 240 small Q-cards. There are 750 possible questions, and up to 1200 with the tu option including: greetings, names, ages, seasons, months, days, dates, time, colors numbers, weather, nationalities, prices, adjectives, negative, interrogative



TD3369 Fun Day of the Dead Activity Book $31.95
A Gibbons, Softcover, 72 pps., Black & White illustrations ISBN:0756003369
Expose your beginning to intermediate students to an important Mexican tradition while learning the Spanish Language. This book includes thirty reproducible activities taking from 15 minutes to 3 class periods. It includes word searches, cross words, recipes, memory games and more.

TD473X Get Them Back On-Task, Middle School $31.95
M Garzione, Softcover, 108pp., ISBN:075600473X
This book is divided into twenty reproducible units which cover different occasions that occur during the school year and can get students off task. The activities will allow the teacher to incorporate these special occasions into language training. Based on B&W illustrated handouts, the activities introduce vocabulary and encourage students to participate in oral and listening activities in Spanish. Teacher instructions and transcript for listening activities are included as well as a CD-Rom including all units.

TD2699 Toon Chatter - Speaking Activities for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish $31.95
T. Alsop, Softcover, 72 pp., Black & white Illustrations, ISBN:0756002699
Using these twenty-four fun stories about cartoon characters like Rugmice, Plunger Bob No Pants, Wild Blueberries and others, your Intermediate-Advanced students can practice their speaking, reading and writing skills and improve their grammar. On the first page of each story, students will read the La Historia section, review the grammar focus and answer comprehension questions. Working in pairs, students complete the oral exercises on the second page and on the third page students complete a short written quiz. A CD-Rom containing all exercises is included.

TD3083 Las Aventuras de los Monstruos $31.95
T. Alsop, Softcover, 88 pps., Black & Whtie Illustrations, ISBN:0756003083
The purpose of this workbook is to provide a variety of multiple intelligence activities including drawing, acting reading, writing, song and dance for the first year Spanish student. There are fourteen chapters of adventures with the monster family that cover a large variety of first year topics. Each chapter contains a vocabulary list and game, a dialogue and question/answer section, theater, grammar point and exercise, drawing and a song and dance section. The last two chapters provide crosswords, word searches and the solutions. Activities are designed for the entire class, small groups, pairs and individuals. All exercises are included on the CD-Rom that accompanies the book.

TD2702 Learn Spanish Grammar with a Dozen Over-Rated Celebrities $31.95
T. Alsop, Softcover, 52pp. Black & White Illustrations, ISBN:0756002702
Students assume the personalities of celebrities while they tutor each other in Spanish grammar. Twenty-six chapters cover all verb tenses in the indicative and subjunctive modes, commands, negative expressions, if clauses, comparisons, object pronouns and more, and are appropriate for intermediate to advanced students. Skit presentations of the grammar points can serve as a review for the class. An CD-Rom containing all exercises is included.

TD4381 Juegos de Skim y Scan $31.95
T. Alsop, Softcover/CD Rom, 96 pp., Black & White Illustrations, ISBN:0756004381
Using forty-five authentic articles from Hispanic newspapers, students will learn how to "skim and scan" to practice and improve their reading skills in Spanish, learn new vocabulary and answer questions. Activities take about 35 minutes and cover a variety of cultural topics. These reproducible, two page activities are appropriate for advanced students.

TD344 What The Spanish Teacher Cannot Afford To Forget $29.95
Spiralbound, 109pp. ISBN:1884473059
Comprehensive in scope, these books provide exercises which cover pronunciation, listening and reading comprehension, fun exercises, answers. and helpful guidelines for the Spanish teacher. This is an indispensable reference tool for every teacher,

TD1439 Reflexiones: 35 Guided Essays in Spanish $26.95
P.Twomey, Softcover/CD Rom, 35pp. Black & White Illustrations, ISBN:0756001439
Designed for levels II and III, this book contains 35 reproducible guided writing exercises on topics of interest to HS students. By answering a series of questions, students will write a quality essay in 30 to 60 minutes. A helpful glossary of relevant terms is included with each exercise.

TL342 Spanish Teacher's Treasure Book $29.95
Spiralbound, 186pp., ISBN:1884473687
Created for all language levels and including over 100 lessons per book, these are great tools for adding variety to your conversation, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary building exercises. Lessons includes such topics as social life, student portraits, emotions, debate topics and more! An answer key is provided.

TL346 180 Practice Tests For Spanish $29.95
G. Giannetti, Softcover, 154 pp., Beginning to Advanced Levels
Improve skills, and increase proficiency, when you use these tests as inventory tools to help students discover their weaknesses. Truly a practical hands-on style of testing . Each test will take 3 to 15 minutes to complete depending on the length and complexity. Will relieve some of the teacher's workload because they require zero preparation

TL340 Spanish Teacher's Book Of Lists $29.95
This versatile book contains 150 reproducible creative activities, exercises, and references for students, & dozens of techniquesfor teachers Student handouts include classroom expressions, models for dialogues and chain drills, cognates, content and function words, background material on Spanish language and culture, and other valuable information.

TD3741 !Siga, Siga! 15 Thematic Units & Hands-On Activities $31.95
P. Twomey, Softcover, 98 pp., Black & White Illustrations ISBN:0756003741
Each of the 15 progressively more difficult units contains a communicative and hands -on activity as well as a crossword puzzle. These reproducible activities incorporate the present, past and future tenses.

TD1943 Speaking Activities for the Week $31.95
T. Alsop, Softcover/CD Rom, 96 pp., ISBN:0756001943
The 24 chapters in this book focus on the grammar and vocabulary covered in first year Spanish. Students will listen to a short story, practice the vocabulary aloud, answer questions, retell the story and act it out to improve their communication skills. An answer key as well as all activities on CD-Rom are also provided.


TD1 ULTIMATE TIPS BOOK FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS $29.95
Spiral Bound.
More than 150 pages of tested tips that will help novice, veteran, and even substitute teachers of French, Spanish, and German! This generous compilation of tips includes resources, in-class activities, and extracurricular projects that will enrich any language learning classroom.

TD29 59 IDEAS FOR CREATIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE $31.95
Teachers Spiral-bound, 86pp.,
In this book teacherswill explore new ideasincluding: improving instruction, promoting foreign language study, ameliorating rapport with administrators and parents, and suggestions to implement a creative action plan. Topics include use of learning centers, TPR, multiple intelligences, teaching communicatively, cooperative learning, & more!

MGH2953 AT HOME ABROAD SPANISH $13.95
A. & N. Harrison, Softcover, 384 pp.,ISBN:9780658002953
This guide offers useful words and phrases covering a wide range of situations you might find yourself in while traveling or living in a Spanish speaking country, or while studying the language. Topics offered include accommodations, movies and theater, parties and clubs, sightseeing, hiking, sports, family and friends, medical care, banks, and more. Perfect for student exchange programs and group tours.

BA9532 SPANISH FOR EDUCATORS Bk & CDs $24.99
W. C. Harvey, MS, Softcover, 320 pp., 2 CDs, ISBN:9780764172724
Created to help instructors, nurses, administrators and counselors to learn enough Spanish to deal effectively with their Hispanic students. Classroom instructions, discipline, health care, educational administration, special needs assessment and extracurricular activities are only some of the areas covered. The cassettes will help you learn to pronounce and to understand the spoken word. Easy and practical, this set fills an important need in the educational community.

MGH986 HOLA! COMMUNICATING WITH SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS. $11.99
Britt, Softcover, 64 pp., & disk, ISBN:9781564178985
Filled with 36 bilingual reproducible letters and a disk allowing the teacher to tailor the letters to his/her needs, this package enables communication between the English-speaking teacher and the Spanish-speaking parent. The selection of forms include permission slips, conferenced notices, grade reports, school schedules, class supply lists, positive comments, behavior problems, and more. This is a long awaited and indispensable resource.

MGH0535 BIENVENIDOS $21.95
C. Downs, Softcover, 312 pp., Grades 1-6, ISBN:9780513020535
Designed for teachers, this resource, broken down by months, offers ideas for integrating Mexican culture into the curriculum. Introducing each month is a list of Spanish vocabulary words pertinenet to the activities, followed by legends, historical information, arts and crafts activities, recipes for simple dishes, poems, and songs. The ideas in this book will enable any teacher to share the culture, holidays, and language of Mexico with their students.

EMC0515 IDEAS PRÁCTICAS PARA LA CLASE DE ESPAÑOL $34.95
Softcover, 123 pp., ISBN:9780821910511
This time-saving database for teachers contains 123 templates that can be used to make handouts and transparencies. Illustrated activity ideas include vocabulary games, grammar review sheets, conjugation tables, maps, and more. Themes cover food, clothing, home, school, transportation, money, weather, certificates, and recipes.

TD954 SPANISH ORAL COMMUNICATION Activities Book $31.95
Softcover, 119 pp., Reproducible, All levels.
Fifty unique activities that have students work in pairs, in small groups, with the teacher, and in front of the class to give them the widest range of practice with their oral skills. Exercises include: giving a weather forecast, bargaining at a fl ea market, visiting a post offi ce, ordering from a menu and much more! Included are mini-rubrics.

EDI5931 ACTIVIDADES INTERACTIVAS $36.50
N. Salido Garcia, Softcover, 63 pp., ISBN:9788477115939
A fully reproducible collection of interactive, educational, and entertaining games to keep your Spanish classes dynamic. Each game is accompanied by an instruction sheet, educational focus, and all the materials necessary for optimum usage.

BA3240 OUTREACH SPANISH $11.95
W.C.Harvey, Softcover, 380 pp., ISBN:9780764113246
This comprehensive and practical method focuses on English speakers who have no knowledge of the Spanish language and need to learn basic conversational Spanish for their work as family counselors, clergymen, welfare and public benefits workers. It contains commonly used vocabulary and sentences and each word is phonetically spelled out to develop the right pronunciation. You will learn the basics to understand questions and comments and to converse with Spanish-speaking clients.
BA3405 OUTREACH SPANISH Book & Cass Set $22.95 ISBN:9780764173400



Self Esteem

COLECCION SOPA DE POLLO PARA EL ALMA $13.95 Each
Edited by M. Victor Hansen and J. Canfield. The Spanish-language version of the best selling highly recommended Chicken Soup Collection. These books will inspire the reader and help them remember the most important things in life: love, communication and gratitude.



COLECCION DESCRUBRE Y EXPERIMENTA $14.95 Each
Titles by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sanchez, 190 pp.,
All of Mr. Sanchez's books have become internationally acclaimed best sellers. Each one of these works provides you with a tremendous dosage of energy and solutions to confront your problems. Available in Spanish or translated in English, these inspirational novels will help you feel more productive and emotionally stronger.


  • ESD7011 Juventud en Extasis
    Youth in Ecstasy ISBN:9789687277110

  • ESD7004 Un Grito Desesperado
    A Desperate cry ISBN:9789687277004

  • ESD7004 La Ultima Oportunidad
    No Second Chance ISBN:9789687277028

    • CEL4658 YO ESTOY BIEN, TU ESTAS BIEN $21.95
    Thomas Harris, Softcover, 402 pp.,ISBN:9788439704652
    This is an excellent translation of the famous title "I'm OK, You're OK" which has gained the respect of people around the world. A practical guide to conciliatory analysis, where answers are provided for people who want to change their environment.

    NOR934 ESTÁS BIEN COMO ERES $16.95
    Claire Patterson, et al., ISBN:9789580424932
    The most difficult conflicts of adolescence are due to the physical and emotional changes that teenagers must go through. Color illustrations and varied examples in this easy-to-understand book explain what is happening inside the teenagers' body and how the ensuing changes make them feel so different and so confused.

    SAN0141 PAPÁ, ¿QUÉ ES EL RACISMO? $8.95
    Ben Jelloun T, Softcover, Racism Explained to My Daughter, ISBN:9789681910143
    Prize-winning author, Ben Jelloun meets the challenge of explaining racism to his daughter. Presented as a dialogue, the book is aimed at guiding parents, teachers to continue the discussion with young people ages 8 and up, and apply it to the American scene. The book is easy to read and provocative, touching on discrimination, religion, genetics, stereotyping, immigration, xenophobia, and more... All libraries, schools, and homes should own this book.



    Electronic Resources


    TD94 INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT: Games for Spanish Class $21.95
    84 pp., ISBN:9781884473159
    Bring the benefits of technology into your classroom with 40 searches which challenge your students linguistic and cultural knowledge. Each game is presented twice, in English and Spanish, so that all levels of Spanish students can participate in the puzzles. A fun addition to any Spanish class.

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