As the end of Quarter 1 is around the corner, I wanted to post this webinar that I did for Teacher’s Discovery last month on Facebook Live. For this webinar I wanted to focus on Simple CI in the classroom. I always have to remind myself how challenging it might be for students to focus …
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On Thursday, Sept. 12 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, I will do a free webinar on the Teacher’s Discovery and Voces Digital Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/VocesDigital/ . If you are interested in the topic, please consider checking it out. If you cannot make it, it says that it will be archived on the Teacher’s Discovery Youtube …
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Let this be a little source of inspiration as we all head back to the classroom. This is the NTPRS 2019 Coaching Team reminding us that WE ARE A CI FAMILY. All of the Coaching Team Members from NTPRS, IFLT, AGEN, and any other conferences or PLCs using our Coaching pod model want you to …
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In this post I will highlight two authors who have each written Spanish comprehension-based readers that present the lives of LGBTQ adolescents. Not only do Jennifer Degenhardt’s Secretos and Adriana Ramirez’s Julio provide great sources of comprehensible input for students, but they also present protagonists who are living their whole selves with regard to their …
I wanted to share this new post I wrote as a guest writer on the Teacher’s Discovery World Language Blog. I had the chance to reflect on a question that I am often asked about Teaching with Comprehensible Input and the AP World Language and Culture exam or class. So check out my thoughts about …
Well this will be a first for me: my shortest blog post. I just wanted to share that I found these awesome jumbo-stacking baskets at my local Home Depot to organize my props and costumes. I am always thrilled to find a new stuffed animal, costume, or prop and add it to my collection, but …
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As in any school year, I have tried many new ideas, techniques, and changes in my classroom environment. In fact, I am currently attending the wonderful Central States Conference to continue to learn more. In this post, I want to highlight 3 changes that I have done For Good! I am not saying that I …
Short and sweet is the goal of this post. If you have followed me in the past, you know that brevity is not my strongest suit but today let’s hope. I wanted to share an easy and effective way to test listening comprehension using a simple Quizlet derived “Test.” This means there is very little …
I cannot believe that the semester is already complete, and of course my blog has not had much attention. I certainly know how I operate, and I need the personal challenge of setting goals with deadlines because without them too many other goals and priorities must happen first. This year I did not set the …
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Happy 2018-19 school year! I wanted to take the time and share a strategy, or better yet, a framework for learning and assessment that I use as one of the tenants in my Spanish IV classes and at the end of Spanish III. This framework is preparing students for a Socratic Circle or Socratic Seminar, …
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