Category Archives: FVR

Me llamo Victor Graphic Novel

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

As you may know, the latest graphic novel from Señor Wooly is titled “Me llamo Víctor Parte 1” and is almost available. Hopefully you have pre-ordered it, as it is expected to ship in the coming weeks. When I found … Continue reading →

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FVR Reading Log

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

One new thing that I implemented this year with FVR was a reading log. On one side of the sheet of paper I have all the books listed and on the other side is a chart that students can use … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Novels for Spanish 1

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

One of my favorite things in my Spanish 1 class is implementing Free Voluntary Reading time (FVR) aka SSR. It is probably the most important thing we do in class. If you need convincing of that, then you need to … Continue reading →

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How to print a glossary for a book

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

  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 →

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Quien fue… series

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

One of my favorite books that I’ve added to my classroom library this year has actually been an authentic novel that is probably at the 3rd-5th grade reading level for native speakers, but has been a nice additional to my … Continue reading →

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FVR tutorials

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

Printing your own FVR Booklets See our other tutorials on Youtube including: Creating your own FVR Booklets Creating a glossary for texts Printing your own booklets FVR accountability and ratings FVR recommendations Using MovieTalks as FVR readers Using student created … Continue reading →

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FVR reading with audiobooks

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

If you are thinking to yourself, “Another post about FVR?!”, then I would suggest this book by the legend himself, Stephen Krashen, The Power of Reading. That book has focused my attention to reading as a way for students to … Continue reading →

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FVR Accountability

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

I recently came across a post on Grant Boulanger’s blog written by Mónica Romero where she shows how she has students share what books they are reading during FVR (Free Voluntary Reading). Go ahead and read that post… go on, … Continue reading →

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Spanish Graphic Novels

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

Thanks to everyone who recently entered our Spanish Graphic Novel raffle. The winners have been chosen. Check below to see if you are a winner. We will also tell you how you can add more graphic novels to your classroom … Continue reading →

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FVR Graphic Novel Giveaway

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

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 →

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