Wow, two months have flown by and teaching three preps, certainly keeps me on my toes. There are few moments of my life that I am not thinking about my classes and what I could possibly do to help students or better engage them in class. For me, this has been even more important during …
New Year’s Reflection #5 – Plans for 2nd Semester
One day more! It has been a great ride reflecting over this last week of my winter break, and with this fifth post, I have reached my New Year’s goal. For the remainder of the semester I will stick to my once a month goal that I set in September (but perhaps I can manage …
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New Year’s Reflection #4 – The Human Side
New Year's Reflection #4: the human side of teaching with a little help from a few musicals
New Year’s Reflection #3: Spanish IV
Moving my Intermediate students along, here is my New Year's Reflection for Spanish IV.
New Year’s Reflection #2 – Spanish III
Here in my second New Year's Blog for 2018 - my Semester Reflection of Spanish III.
New Year’s Reflection #1 – Spanish II
Here is Post 1 of 5 of 2018 New Year's Blog. This one is all about my high school Spanish II classes this semester. Happy Reflecting and New Year!
Some Positives as We All See Growth
It is amazing how much we as teachers do in a short amount of time and in any one day – I mean think about how much planning goes into setting up a classroom environment and just one day’s lesson. In trying to meet my goal of a monthly blog post, I had to let …
My First Two Weeks: Respect, Routines, Plus Language
What a couple of weeks! It is incredible how much goes into the first full two weeks of school. This year I am teaching Spanish II, III and IV (the past two years I have only had Spanish II and IV). So in addition to a third prep, figuring out my routine and new class …
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“I’m Ready” and Certainly in Great Company
To Blog, or Not to Blog?-that is the question. Yes, this has been my question for many years. I certainly did not join this train early in the blogosphere world but now “I’m ready” to join the great “company” of all of the world language bloggers from whom I have learned so much. This new professional goal is going to challenge me to allow myself the time to sit down and write.
