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Some Awesome Best of Opportunities this Year and the Nightmare that Reminds Me Why I Need Them! 

On By GaryDibiancaIn Beginning of the Year, Classroom Routines, Coaching, Conferences and Training, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Happy Back-to-School! I know some folks have been in school for well over a month and others will just start this week. We have now been in school for 2.5 weeks and so far, so good! But it is around this time that I, as a teacher, have to continue to be consistent and continue …

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Interactive Presentations in Spanish IV/4 and a “Short” Reflection 

On By GaryDibiancaIn Assessments, Semester Reflection, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Teaching Strategies1 Comment

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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Food, Glorious Food – Food Days?!? and a Fun New Food Truck Project

On By GaryDibiancaIn Assessments, Culture, Curriculum, Semester Reflection, Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IVLeave a comment

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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New Year’s Post 2026 (It’s Going to Be a Happy New Year)  

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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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How Do You Measure, Measure a Year? – Part 1: Spanish I & II and the new from the CI SUMMIT 

On By GaryDibiancaIn Beginning of the Year, Classroom Routines, Conferences and Training, Semester Reflection, Spanish I, Spanish II, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized2 Comments

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.