Carrie Toth
About
Carrie Toth has been teaching high school Spanish since 1994 in rural southern Illinois and holds an MA in Spanish Education. A National Board-Certified Teacher in World Languages, Carrie has been Teacher of Year for both the state of Illinois and the Central States Region, and was a finalist for the 2015 ACTFL National Teacher of the Year.
Carrie is passionate about bringing the culture of Spanish-speaking countries into her classroom and instilling a lifelong love of language in her students. She presents at various local, state, regional, and national language conferences, helping teachers enhance cultural knowledge in the world languages classroom using acquisition-driven strategies and backward planning.
Other Comprehension-based™ readers by Carrie Toth include Bianca Nieves, Bananas, Papálotl, La Calaca Alegre, 48 horas, Sostenible, Vector, and La hija del sastre.
Carrie's Programs
Bianca Nieves
Bianca only wants to save the life of her pet bull Ferdinando, but soon finds that he is not the only one in danger.
La hija del sastre
Emilia's father must go into hiding during the Spanish Civil War and it is up to the whole family to keep him safe.
La Calaca Alegre
Chicano teenager Carlos must solve the mystery of his mother's disappearance in order to truly find peace in his own mind.
Vector
Panamanian teenager Antonio becomes ill after being bitten by a mosquito, and is transported back in time to join his grandfather on the construction of the Panama Canal.
Papálotl
As Teresa and her grandmother prepare the family’s altar to honor their Mazahua ancestors, Teresa discovers the incredible secret that is carried on the wings of the monarch butterflies.
Bananas
Mario realizes that the banana plantation where his mother works has a sinister side when people start becoming seriously ill.
S.O.S.tenible
Learn how ordinary people, young and old, have had a global impact, and find out what YOU can do to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals!
48 Horas
Sonia's trip to study the Galápagos tortoises turns into a life-or-death experience.