Let’s say “adiós” to conjugation charts
When I first began teaching, conjugation charts were part of what “I did” because I had learned Spanish grammar in a memorized way. I believed it was vital for students to copy down charts and change verbs from here to there, forward and backwards, practically in...2014: The year of “Why Not?”
2014 has begun and New Years Resolutions are all around us! However, have you taken a few minutes to reflect on your “educational” resolution? For this year, I plan to embrace the philosophy of “Why not?” and hope you will as well. Ultimately,...Tips on how to RECHARGE your September Classroom Batteries!
Today has served as a reflective day after recently finishing a wonderful book titled, Teach like a Pirate by David Burgess. Recommended to me by a fellow educator and after seeing the #tlap buzz on Twitter, I dove into this book and had trouble putting it down during...Meaningful Feedback is Critical for All
Feedback is essential to the learning process, whether we seek it or we receive it. Learning and teaching are incredibly dependent on feedback. What opportunities do you provide for your students to receive feedback and reflect? And, as an educator, how do you seek...Keep Students Practicing This Summer!
As the school year begins to come to a close, I pondered about how my own 8th grade students can keep their Spanish language abilities going in a time when I will not have them in class each day. I came up with a long list of “activities” that they may do...
