Claudia Alonso Education: What I Wish for 2025…

What I love the most about Claudia Alonso Education is creating teaching resources. Sometimes, when I’m teaching in my class, I think to myself, “I should create this or that.” It happens often.

I take out my phone and I add my idea to a list I have on my Notes. My list is long.

The first thing I’m tackling in 2025 are my already-started product lines. Here is a list of those:

1. Spanish Research Books and Comprehension and Fact/Opinion Activities: These are decodable books that give information about a plant or animal. The book has a lot of non-fiction text features because I’m always looking for books with text features and most of the time the easy readers only have photographs—maybe a few have labels, if I’m lucky. For them to have a table of contents, diagrams, maps, captions, etc, I have to create my own. I finished 2024 with 4 books. I plan to create at least 13 more in 2025.
2. Spanish Missing Word Sentences: This resource includes 10 passages that have 3 sentences each. They tell a simple story that has a beginning, middle, and end. Each sentence is missing a word that students have to choose from a list. The resource has two types of sentences, one with the word missing and three words to cut and glue, and one with a choice of two words students need to circle to complete the sentence correctly. I have used these in my classroom and it teaches students to read and understand the meaning of each sentence before choosing a word. It also prepares them for the MAP test. I plan to create 5 more in 2025.
3. Drawing and Writing Fiction Stories in Spanish: I use directed drawing instructions to draw the title character or object. Then I add a few characters, settings, and problems. I use this activity as a writing station during the spring in my Kindergarten classroom. I plan to at least add a Spring and Summer resource. Maybe I’ll add a few more.
4. Subitizing Slideshows: I have a lot of subitizing clip art. I’ve only used sixteen sets. I still have 30 more sets that I could use to create more subitizing slideshows. After I finish them, I’d like to convert them into YouTube videos, too.
5. Big Flashcards with Pictures: I have grown my flashcard collection quite a bit. I would still like to create a Spanish Words with a Diphthong set and a Prefix and Suffix set. 
6. Biography Books: These are books in two levels that give information about several historical figures. I created the first three to use in my classroom. I use the lowest level with my Kindergartners (a level E), and they loved reading them last year out of their book boxes. It was great because they also continued to review the lives of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King. At the time, I did purchase a lot of other historical figure clip art that I now own. In 2025, I hope to at least create five more of those biography books. The biography books I create can be found in English, Spanish, or Bilingual.
7. Spanish Fairy Tale and Folktale Retell Activities: I’m all about student comprehension. I spend the first semester of Kindergarten teaching students how to read and write, and then I spend the second semester teaching them to understand what they read and to transform their thoughts and opinions into writing. One of the best ways to teach comprehension is by doing retelling activities. Students sequence story events in different ways, act out the story and identify story elements for each fairy tale or folktale. At the end of 2024, I created five of these activities. I plan to create many more in 2025.

Are there any other resources you would like to see out there in 2025? Email me at claudia@claudia-alonso.com with your requests.