Top tips to make sub plans easier
Writing sub plans can be a difficult and time consuming process when all you want to do is rest. We’re bringing you some of our top tips to make writing sub plans easier and faster and get you back to bed sooner.
Organizing Across Classrooms: Tips for Keeping Materials Organized When Teaching in Multiple Spaces
When teaching in multiple classrooms and multiple schools it can be a challenge to stay organized. In this post I discuss how I am keeping my students’ materials organized in my different classrooms.
Simplify your grading with these four tips
Grading student work is one of those tasks that always seems to pile up, doesn't it? I often find myself putting it off, only to end up with a mountain of assignments to tackle. I'd much rather spend my time creating new materials and activities for my students. Over the years, I've found some strategies that have helped me simplify and speed up the grading process. Here are five tips that might help you streamline your grading too.
Five NO PREP formative assessment activities
Streamline Your World Language Classroom with Five NO PREP Formative Assessment Activities
Assessment in a CI Classroom
“But, I don’t know French!”
I used to hear this from students ALL. THE. TIME. especially during a test. I felt so frustrated because that was what all of the flashcards and worksheets were supposed to be adding up to - actually getting to use the language. This is where Acquisition-Driven Instruction, Comprehensible Input, and aligning my assessments to my goals for students came into the picture. Today, my assessments are task-based and reflect how I teach and how I want my students to be able to use the language.
How to: Tech! Making a class survey graph (video)
A how to video on using Class Surveys in a World Language classroom.
Cultivating a Love for Reading: Introducing Free Reading to Middle School Students
In this blog post, we’ll explore a twist on introducing Free Reading through book “speed dating” with middle school students. Learn how to guide students through a process of book selection, assessment, and reflection, and help to cultivate essential reading habits while igniting a passion for literature. From building reading stamina to fostering autonomy in book selection, this method offers a dynamic way to nurture lifelong readers in the classroom.
How to: 3 Reading Strategies for Novices
I always struggle with how to get my novice learners reading with texts they can comprehend. Here are my top three reading strategies that I use with my Novice Elementary and Middle School students.
Creating Community with Class Names
Learn how you can create class community and build connections to the target culture by giving your classes class names
How to : Use gestures to support comprehension
How to use gestures to support comprehension in a CI classroom. See many of the gestures I use in my classroom to support student learning.
How to: Class survey (video)
A how to video on using Class Surveys in a World Language classroom.
A simple strategy for planning curriculum
This simple strategy can be used for planning a unit, a curriculum or an entire program and you only need two supplies : paper & a pen!
The EASIEST & FASTEST Sub Plans
Need fast and easy sub plans? Here is how I simplified my sub plans to save myself hours of early morning prep. Get a PDF freebie with plans you could use tomorrow!
Infusing fun and culture by creating Bûches de Noël
Sharing French food with my students is one of my favorite ways to have them connect with the culture. Learn how my students made SUPER EASY Bûches de Noël for Christmas.
How to engage them with grammar during the holidays in a CI Classroom
Is your class crazy during the holiday season? Does teaching verb conjugations make you want to pull your hair out? Here is how you can teach conjugation in an engaging and and fun way, pain free, while enjoying the holiday energy! Make grammar fun this holiday season a free ER verb lesson download that you can use in your class today!
How to teach history & culture while remaining in the Target Language
Do you want to be able to teach your students about history and culture without sacrificing use of the Target Language? Here is how I was able to do that in my Level 1 8th grade class. Students were able to learn about and compare three historical events IN FRENCH.
Need a Thanksgiving lesson? Here’s my #1 tip for teaching a WL during the holidays
My number one tip for teaching a WL during the holidays to save your sanity and go with the energy of your students.
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