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My post for today’s #projectHHM is #EsperanzaRising. I actually have my students read this book in English outside of class. Highly recommend this book! Perfect for #HispanicHeritageMonth #hhm #spanishteacher #middleschool For more 📚 recommendations for HHM check out link in profile for list of over 100 books. I’ll be highlighting one per day during HHM.Young adult books from settings all over America. Perfect for #HispanicHeritageMonth #hhm link in profile: includes a list of over 100 books. #iread #iteach #middleschool #teachersofinstagram #schoollibrary #librarians #schoollibrarian #culture #empathy #perspectives #reading #middleschoolela#projectHHM #hispanicheritagemonth for today is #comida. I loooooooove all foods, here are some favorites, mostly from Colombia. #empanadas #ajiacoJust finished reading this #YAbook about #Frida. #Fiction but includes a lot of information about the famed artist. #hispanicheritagemonth read! 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, tells the story of eleven-year-old Paloma Marquez, who accompanies her mom on a trip to Mexico, Paloma's deceased father's birth country. On her first night in Mexico, Paloma is quickly entangled in a mystery involving an artifact once owned by the artist Frida Kahlo.📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚. #iread #iteach #middleschoolNew blog post up on SpanishPlans.org #spanishteacher #brandonbrownquiereunperro #fluencymatters #storytelling #literacy #readingstrategies #spanishplansGo could I pass this huge dog mask up at #5below! Especially as we are currently reading #BrandonBrownQuiereUnPerro ! Can’t wait to use it Monday in #spanishclass. #spanishteacherWorld Language SLO
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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
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:
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Tagged games, input, CIMW17, challenges, 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
Redefing Boot Verbs with CI
We’ve all heard of “boot verbs” to teach the conjugations forms of stem-changing verbs. Take the i–>ie stem changing verb querer: Cute, right? Well, sure….If you want your students to only be able to memorize verb forms without actually acquiring … Continue reading
Get a scoop of Proficiency
It was last year that I blogged about Promoting Performance, and I adopted Shelby County School’s ice cream metaphor throughout the year to talk about performance and proficiency with my students. My phrase to students on assessments or just to encourage them … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTFL proficiency levels, performance, proficiency
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What’s the Acronym for Acquisition?
We’ve all heard them. Most of us have probably even used them at one point or another. I’m talking about those cute little songs and acronyms to memorize grammar rules, irregular forms, verbs, and more. Example: Your students are learning … Continue reading
React in Spanish
Something I wish I would have done at the beginning of the year: Put a sheet of common Spanish expression on the students’ desks. Having them on each students desk or table, as opposed to a poster, makes it very handy … Continue reading
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Tagged common verbs, expressions, posters, reactions, storytelling, verbs
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Promoting Performance
In a performance and proficiency based classroom, students coming from traditional classroom needs some guidance. Musicuento uses an example of a “Talking about a taco” to show the different proficiency levels. Can you use singular words to talk about a … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, performance, proficiency, taco talk
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Top 5 Reasons for and against Spanish names
One of our more popular posts is about an issue that most Spanish teachers are divided on. I recently asked a Spanish teacher group on facebook if they give their students Spanish names and to give their reasons and the … Continue reading
Most Talked About
We thought we’d take the time to share some of our most provoking posts; ones that lead to some good discussions. We’d love for you to continue the discussions. We all learn when we share our perspectives. Click on each … Continue reading
