Scratching your head wondering whether or not your students really comprehended what you were saying…oh no! The best to know if students are “with us” and comprehending the message they are receiving is to ASSESS…frequently! Formative...
As we all plan to “go back” and meet our new group of young minds to transform into Spanish speaking geniuses, I have been working on a “Get-to-know-you” Google form for students to fill out during the first week back. The survey has been...
Traditionally, music has always been a source of inspiration for world language teachers. Cultural themes, customs and rich vocabulary are useful tools within the songs created by various musicians around the world. The trick becomes how we as educators utilize this...
“Picking up word meanings through reading is ten times faster than intensive vocabulary instruction.” – Stephen Krashen We all know and understand that READING is a fundamental practice to acquire vocabulary in context and understand how target structures function....
As the school year begins to wind down, an end of year project (not graded) was the “Time capsule letter”. It became a reflective “end of year” task that my students enjoyed working on, as they wrote to their “future” selves in 4...