It started with an L2 twist on a literacy activity for building fluency. It has become an addiction. My students are spontaneously bursting out singing and dancing in their seats while they work–and in the hall. They are making their parents listen to their new favorite Spanish songs they just Read more…
I’m not a big fan of quizzes to check assigned reading completion. I’ll use Kahoot to refresh and get an idea of who has fallen behind or misunderstood from time to time, but as long as I don’t assign points based on the quiz, they’ll generally tell me where they 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…
Just as Dra. Moser said: the student writer needs “organizational support”! The example that provided suggestions for segmenting chunks a writing assignment was just what I needed to get started! With the format that included a context/set-up scenario, followed by a description of the type of text to be produced, Read more…