Classscraft Eventos de hoy can be a great way to set the tone for the class, but I’ve already got a starter that sets the tone–literally. I do, however, need the occasional brain break when the class gets too quiet, too lonely, busily working separately on their Genius Hour tasks for the Read more…
The daily chorus bellringer is hands down the most popular activity I have ever done. It’s the ideal way to get Spanish language stuck in kids’ heads and build skills. It’s also a little lame. Novices need to learn to follow along with something they read. They need to get a catchy chorus Read more…
Write your goals for the school year. Be as specific or abstract as you’d like to be! I want you to own the language On your iPod and ePortfolioOnline and in conversation When you want to know somethingWhen you need to say something Easy enough to attemptExciting enough to improve Read more…
You’ve probably heard of FANBOYS when talking about coordinating conjunctions, but where is the acronym for subordinating conjunctions? Of course there are, like, zillions of subordinating conjunctions, so one must pick and choose. I chose my 10 favorites, based on what my I’ve seen my Creative Writing class use or Read more…
Literacy expert Tim Rasinski gave me an idea for a bellringer that I think will improve students’ vocabulary, fluency, listening, reading, and speaking skills and get them hooked. Rasinski proposes an acronym for those wishing to improve students’ literacy skills, and although Rasinski’s research and strategies revolve around L1 literacy, I Read more…
My COMPASS Lab usually gets to choose what to blog about day to day, but today is not just any day. Up until now, we have primarily focused on getting used to reading challenging texts of the prose fiction, natural sciences, social sciences, and practical reading varieties.Today’s article would probably Read more…
The first day, I’ll give students a survey to let them rate the which Driving Questions capture their interest the most on a scale of “Now that I know this is an option, I cannot enjoy class without exploring this” to “I could get into this” to “Please, I think Read more…
Image from Shakespeare & the Players Just in time for National Poetry Month, we come to Touchstone‘s fabulous catalectic trochaic tetrameter: If a hart do lack a hind,Let him seek out Rosalind.If the cat will after kind,So, be sure, will Rosalind.Winter garments must be lined,So must slender Rosalind.Sweetest nut hath Read more…