Category: Spanish IV

The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection

On By GaryDibiancaIn Diversity in Education, Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection, Inclusive Curriculum, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Uncategorized2 Comments

The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection  THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT:  The goal of The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection is to create an open-source website for teachers with short-video responses by native Spanish-speakers responding to prompts that align closely to the 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Intercultural Can-do Statements as they appear in the Expectations for Learning section of …

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Socratic Circles as Assessment ~ the Why and How

On By GaryDibiancaIn AP World Language, Assessments, Curriculum, My Philosophy, Socratic Circles, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Uncategorized3 Comments

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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