Here is a “short” reflection about the year in my Spanish IV/4 Honors class, and probably of more importance to you, the details about Interactive Presentations. Of course the year was not “perfect” and every decision I made for student learning and my teaching was not flawless - but it was a pretty fantastic year. …
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To continue my deep dive into what went well (or not so well) this year in Spanish 2, I want to talk about food days. I just started doing these food days for the past few years and I really wonder is it worth it? Having 24 students in a class prepare recipes and bring …
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Honestly, I woke up on July 1 with a flood of ideas going through my head about the school year and I thought I was going to write about it - well alas, it is now August 11, and I still have yet to write about anything from last school year. It must be something …
Continue reading Spanish 2 Reflection School Year 25-26 ~ Let’s Go 26-27
As I always say, you certainly will not get inundated with posts from my Blog during the school year because for me it is crazy busy. I live deadline to deadline, and although I'm not always proud of that I certainly do get all of my work done. This all being said, I made this …
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It is now time to reflect a bit on my Spanish IV Honors course and a few more take away moments from this year’s CI SUMMIT, which was hosted and sponsored by http://www.vocesdigital.com and http://www.teachersdiscovery.com and AnneMarie Chase’s three hour Assessment Spotlight Session. As my last post mentioned, the 24-25 school year was “pretty great” in terms of Spanish classes.
So How Do You Measure, Measure a Year? In this post, I will reflect on last year’s Spanish I and II classes and incorporate my newest learning and connections taken from the CI SUMMIT as I prepare for next year. I will follow up with a second post with more details about my Spanish IV class and again some take aways from the CI SUMMIT.
I must thank Mike Peto for the amazing experience this summer learning another language. As I posted in my first post about this class, I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for quite some time. This was a perfect summer experience for me and I am going back to the classroom re-energized and recharged for a great school year. Thanks again Mike for being such a wonderful teacher and inspiration. Now for One Post More!
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During this reflection series, I am noting an “AHA” moment from each day of Mike Peto’s 2024 Brazilian Portuguese Classes, which are available on his CI Master Class Site. “AHA” Moment ~ Day 6: The Weekend Review in the Past Tense Today’s class started in a terrific way reviewing what was discussed from Friday’s “What …
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