Get your copy of this page for $1 on TeachersPayTeachers! Novices are expected to be able to introduce themselves and provide basic information like their age and who’s in their family. It’s also useful if you as their teacher can stay in the target language when making sure they’re prepared for Read more…
I would love to give you a template for my student interests vocabulary page, but you have to make your own. It really is the whole point of the page. Week 2 of Spanish I, students can generally figure out (with enough gesturing, of course) how to interpret questions like Read more…
This page is the first in my Essential Verbs series for the interactive notebooks. We start off with just the singular first, second, and third person combined with visuals, as well as some additional novice-appropriate fundamentals to actually build a conversation. And THEN we can get into what they REALLY Read more…
Sign up at http://bit.ly/1fve224 and type Promo Code B25FD3! Like interactive notebooks, Nearpod has streamlined my thinking about what I present to my students. It’s true that I was put off by Nearpod’s simplicity at first, but the more I use it, the more useful I find the simplicity. It’s kind of like Read more…
Teaching with interactive notebooks has made me very intentional about how and what I teach. It makes me consider what belongs in a reference resource for a class with no textbook. It makes me break down information into one-page bites and figure out the most direct ways to represent that information. Read more…
“I honestly believe that if you incorporate Class Craft from the beginning and change the way portfolios work, Spanish will be everyone’s favorite class.” I generally take what the end-of-course surveys with a grain of salt, but even if Spanish won’t be EVERYONE’S favorite class, that’s still a pretty Read more…
Weird teachers have one thing on their mind right now: the perfect syllabus. I had hoped I wasn’t the only one who made a hobby of syllabizing, and recent posts among my PLN amigos indicate I’m not! I’m pretty tickled that the infograph syllabus is catching on: Wendy Farabaugh’s French Read more…
Storytime is the second step in my Alphabet Soup unit model, which combines Project-Based Learning (PBL), Target Language instruction (TL), Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS), Integrated Performance Asessments (IPA), ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL), and Teaching Like a Pirate (TLAP).This process gives my units a clearer Read more…
Complete Verbos Esenciales poster setavailable on TeachersPayTeachers.com Ten essential verbs have made all the difference in my students’ confidence and target language communication. My students use these verbs to get their point across in questions for me, collaborations with peers, and reflections for themselves. With these verbs and whatever vocabulary they Read more…
I like graphic organizers, especially those that students can always have on hand. Now I haven’t taught a traditional conjugation chart in a few years, but, as Garnet Hillman once told me, the brain craves organization. I’ve also noticed my students feel more confident if they have memory devices they Read more…