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FVR Graphic Novel Giveaway
This Thanksgiving we are thankful for such a supporting PLN and the amount that we have professionally grown thanks to all the ideas that you all share through blogs, conferences, and twitter. With the new release of Wooly’s La Dentista … Continue reading
Language Acquisition Quote
If you are a teacher who teaches with comprehensible input (TCI) and accepts the research of language acquisition, I find it helpful to explain the reasons for doing what we do in class to students. This helps them understand the … Continue reading
Creating your own FVR Booklets
If you’ve been following our posts this year, you know we have been focusing a lot lately on FVR (free voluntary reading) as a tool for acquisition in the language learning classroom. Today we are going to show you how … Continue reading
Spooky Stories
Some Halloween tales for this week: Authenic Reading of Haunted Hollywood Stars This product features an authentic text from a Colombian Magazine regarding 6 stories of famous celebrities and their encounters with ghosts. Makes a great engaging lectura for students. … Continue reading
CI Midwest Takeaways 2
It’s been about a busy month since CI Midwest took place but we finally have some time to post a few more of our thoughts and takeaways. Notes from Justin Slocum Bailey’s (@indwellinglang) session:
Posted in Discussion/Methodology, Lesson Plans
Tagged challenges, CIMW17, games, input, Minute to win it, talents
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Comprehensible Midwest Takeaway 1
This past weekend, I spent my Saturday with nearly 200 like-minded teachers at an amazing conference in Ripon, Wisconsin during the second annual Comprehensible Midwest Conference. It was such an amazing experience and I congratulate the small group that worked … Continue reading
Helping Mexico and Puerto Rico
After the earthquake in Mexico and the hurricane in Puerto Rico, these two places have been devastated by destruction and in need of serious aide. Many funds have been established to send relief and help rebuild and provide aide to … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, Fundraiser, Mexico Earthquake, Puerto Rico Hurricane
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FVR Classroom Library Labels
Sometimes my OCD takes over and my organization monster takes over. So I thought I would share the fruits of my labor with other teachers who want to organize their Spanish classroom library. We’ve got labels of 2 sizes and … Continue reading
Making children’s books more comprehensible
As we talked about in our previous post, children’s book are usually not the best type of book for a second language classroom, although there is one that we do like. Most of the words are not comprehensible enough to … Continue reading
Posted in FVR, reading, TPRS
Tagged childrens book, FVR, lectura libre, reading, SSR
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