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Chapter Recaps with Images
This year I hit the gates running with a class read of the Fluency Matters novel “Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro”, a super easy and fun reader. I usually like to act the chapter out before having the students read … Continue reading
Posted in reading, TPRS
Tagged Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro, FluencyMatters, novels, reading strategies, Storyboardthat, TPRS
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Timed Writing Prompts
If you purchased our World Language SLO product earlier this summer, make sure you have redownloaded the updated product, as we added a second picture prompt in late August. The characters in the first prompt are designed to be ambigious. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Picture prompt, picture sequence, SGO, SLO, Timed Writing
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4 million
During last week’s first days of school, our blog passed the 4 million total views mark. Wow, what an honor to know that thousands of Spanish teachers around the world have visited our blog. We are truly amazed to see … Continue reading
Papel Picado Bulletin Board
Most teachers will use paper from the butcher paper roll to use as a background for their to their room, we have some classy alternatives in mind:bulletin boards. I don’t blame them: it’s available and it’s easy. Most schools provide … Continue reading
Posted in Bulletin Boards
Tagged bulletin, bulletin board, bulletin boards, classroom decoration, decoration, papel picado
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Vocabulary in Context
As we looked at the last data collection of student vocabulary, we were a bit surprised that some words had lower correct responses than we expected. So we decided to do a little educational research and what we discovered really … Continue reading
Posted in Vocabulary
Tagged context, educational research, SLO, vocabulario, vocabulary, vocabulary lists
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SLO and Vocabulary
SLO 2: Vocabulary Growth See our preview post about using Timed Writing to track student growth as part of our our teacher evaluation. (Referred to as SLO or SGO in some states). Our second SLO (Student Learning Objective) was to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vocabulary
Tagged assessment, Data, Growth, SGO, SLO, Tracking, vocabulary
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World Language SLO with Timed Writing
Many states now require teachers to show evidence of student growth as part of their teacher evaluation. One such example is the Student Learning Objective (SLO). This collection of data can be laboring, but it can also be useful as … Continue reading
How to print a glossary for a book
In the past, we showed you how to take an entire text and put ALL of the words into a glossary. This is especiallu useful when you’ve written a class story and want to print a small booklet for … Continue reading
Posted in FVR, Uncategorized
Tagged authentic resources, authres, FVR, Glossary, Malala, novel, quien es, Quien fue, Tutorial, youtube
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Pre Amnesia Story
During Wooly Week 2017 Sr. Wooly released one of my now-favorite videos, Amnesia. In the video, a man mysteriously wakes up in the middle of the street and can’t remember who he is. The song is a great set of … Continue reading
Posted in Lesson Plans, Resources, Storytelling, TPRS
Tagged acting, mystery, reflexives, scenes, senor wooly, verbos reflexivos
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Summer PD reading
Many of you are either already out for summer or are approaching summer. But we all know that teachers are busy during the summer with summer school, planning for next year, taking classes or attending training among other things. Today … Continue reading
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