10 Songs for Spanish Class 2017
Sra. Birch inspired me to post a top 10 list for songs I’m using in Spanish class these days. While I’m not doing coros as I have in the past, we will be doing some musical starters along the way. (Plus I plan to play these on an endless loop so their brains will be hostage to the Spanish FOREVER! MWAHAHAHAH! PS did you know that you can right click on the video and make one video loop over and over? DOUBLE MWAHAHAHAHA!)
Also, I had a little bit of success posting Instagram challenges where the kiddos could get Classcraft points for posting videos of themselves doing something with the week’s song and tagging me. I slacked off a little after the first few though, so I have planned three different types of challenges I will offer depending on the song:
- Dance moves – post a video of yourself singing or lip syncing with the song and doing the moves.
- Lyrics collage – post a collage or Snapchat story of you and a friend acting out each line with the lyrics on each photo.
- Theme Spark– post an Adobe Spark video with inspiring your own photos or stock photos that convey the overall message of the song with the chorus lyrics.
~Top 10 for 2017~
THE hit of the summer, but I’m opting for he lyrics video because A) it looks pretty cool and B) I like being employed (underwear scenes can be skipped in class though). Again, more high frequency vocabulary, impossible to get out of your head, and, you know, ENRIQUE.
They always complain about everything being about love and breakups, so why not something uplifting and unifying? Also super simple lyrics with some plurals practice. So I downloaded the song so the young ones could add their own visual interpretation.
Instagram Challenge: Theme Spark
I mean, how could I not? This song is almost too easy, but after the variety in “Sofía” lyrics, I think this’ll be a nice break. Plus: THE MESSAGE!
Instagram Challenge: Theme Spark
“Hasta el amanacer” by Nicky Jam (2016)
Starting Spanish I with this song as a call and response was THE best choice I made last semester. EVERYONE was hooked (including YouTube!). I am eternally indebted to Sra. Whisenhunt for asking me if it was too risqué–which, kind of, yeah. In fact I had a reporter in the room when one kiddo decided to REALLY interpret–no one seemed to mind but me, though. I’m saving this in Spanish II due to lower-frequency vocabulary, also a late treat.
Instagram Challenge: Lyrics collage
So that’s my Top 10 going into 2017! Also, I’m sharing my playlist here too in case you also have evil plans to get super-catchy songs stuck in your kids, plus it has a few more bonus videos that we’ve enjoyed this school year.
12 Comments
spanishplans.org · January 9, 2017 at 3:21 am
Thanks for this post! Some of these songs are new to me and are excellent! Great recommendations!
Anonymous · January 8, 2017 at 11:21 pm
Thanks for this post! Some of these songs are new to me and are excellent! Great recommendations!
Nelly Leonard · January 12, 2017 at 11:41 pm
They are great but a bit hard for beginners and overall…7th graders…
I think i will take ChocQuib Town
Thanks a lot!!!!
Nelly Leonard · January 12, 2017 at 7:41 pm
They are great but a bit hard for beginners and overall…7th graders…
I think i will take ChocQuib Town
Thanks a lot!!!!
Laura Sexton · February 7, 2017 at 10:43 am
I agree that the whole songs are tough for beginners, but I think whole songs generally are! That's why I only focus on the chorus at any level–gets it stuck in their head to get them to go find more if they want to!
Laura Sexton · February 7, 2017 at 6:43 am
I agree that the whole songs are tough for beginners, but I think whole songs generally are! That's why I only focus on the chorus at any level–gets it stuck in their head to get them to go find more if they want to!
Tana Luptak · February 25, 2017 at 4:54 pm
What was your call and response for the Nicky Jam song?
Laura Sexton · February 26, 2017 at 4:41 am
I say “Cómo tú te llamas,” they say “yo no sé”. I say “de dónde llegaste,” they say, “ni pregunté”. Me: “Lo único que sé es que quiero” them: “con usted” me: “quedarme contigo hasta el” them “amanecer”.
Tana Luptak · February 26, 2017 at 12:38 am
What was your call and response for the Nicky Jam song?
Laura Sexton · February 26, 2017 at 12:41 am
I say "Cómo tú te llamas," they say "yo no sé". I say "de dónde llegaste," they say, "ni pregunté". Me: "Lo único que sé es que quiero" them: "con usted" me: "quedarme contigo hasta el" them "amanecer".
Regina · March 24, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Thank you so much for including your playlist! Nice way to play as background music. The kids love to say, “I know this song.” or “I like this song!”
Regina · March 25, 2017 at 9:51 pm
Thank you so much for including your playlist! Nice way to play as background music. The kids love to say, "I know this song." or "I like this song!"
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