Less than perfect
It seemed like a good idea at the time. However, it soon became clear that my seventh grade Spanish 1 students were having difficulty with cutting out the peace sign symbols for the peace necklaces I...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Flipping for The Flip
I’ve spent A LOT of time reflecting upon the title of this post. So, here are my musings. It is Full Disclosure and Transparency. It is what it is. So…Re: The Flip One of the most fundamental issues...
View ArticleFinding Ways to Meaningfully Engage
We are in the last days of the Fall Trimester. The end-of-chapter assessments have been administered, which means that there isn’t much point to beginning a new chapter at this point. So, I decided...
View ArticleAdding Engagement to the Crossword Puzzle
I like crossword puzzles. My students like crossword puzzles. The aspect I don’t like is that many of them list the word in English, and all the student has to do is write said word in Spanish. Not...
View ArticlePiñatas and Culturally Responsive Teaching
In a previous blog post, I mentioned the need to purchase piñatas. I wanted to do something fun and cultural for my students to end the school year. Several weeks prior, at the beginning of the third...
View ArticleLanguage Learning Doesn’t Go On Holiday…
at least, not in the classroom. Even the Friday on a half-day before a two-week Christmas vacation. Some of my Twosies (Spanish 2 students for infrequent readers of this blog) whined when they learned...
View ArticleTarget Practice
One probably would not think that a 20 year veteran of the teaching profession would still be struggling with lesson planning. But, I am. Not so much the actual construction and delivery of the plan...
View ArticleBy the way, I teach Spanish
Based on my Twitter feed, one may not catch on to the fact that I am a Spanish teacher. In fact, I have been teaching Spanish consecutively since 1996. Prior to that, I taught Spanish from 1987 to...
View ArticleWhen We’re Ready to Hear, Reflect, and Act
Recently, I assigned my Twosies an end-of-term project. The project requires them to apply their learning and understanding of verbs, grammar structures and vocabulary related to sports. They have a...
View ArticleRising from the Ashes: Coming Back From Burnout
This past winter was a very difficult one for me. Besides the weather being dreadful in New England where I reside, I endured a great deal of inner turmoil. So much so, I considered leaving the...
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