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2015 LangCamp Online!
I'm thrilled to announce our first topic for 2015 LangCamp online!That's right, folks! On July 1st, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time, we're talking Authentic Resources!How do you find good resources? How do you...
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Novice PBL Unit: Make a Change
Novices CAN make a change. [Image]High school sophomores might not be ready to change the world. And novices are really only qualified to talk about themselves.That's why, as the King of Pop said, I'm...
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How to Collect Evidence for the NC ASW Portfolio
The North Carolina Analysis of Student Work portfolio is a beast. The process is not too complicated until the Very. End. Of the YEAR. You know, when ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING must be wrapped up. Lucky me,...
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5 Tips on How to Write Narratives for the NC ASW
I never got my Analysis of Student Work results back from the pilot last year, but I think my National Boards experienceprepared me well for exactly this sort of thing. So while I can't tell you for...
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Interactive Infograph Proficiency Portfolio
When students leave my class, they should have a record of what they've accomplished, tangible evidence of their proficiency. I want them to have that evidence at their fingertips when they're applying...
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Alphabet Soup Units, part 2: Storytime (PBL + TPRS + IPA)
Storytime is the second step in my Alphabet Soup unit model, which combines Project-Based Learning (PBL), Target Language instruction (TL), Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS),...
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Spanish Teacher on Vacation: What to do with the cool stuff you find
I took my son to visit his abuelos in Mexico for the first time last June. Now every single time he gets an assignment to write about somewhere he went, it's Mexico. Well, really, it was that way all...
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Survival Spanish for Novice Conversation Abroad
I am officially unofficially a translator!But students shouldn't have to be to communicate abroad.Not everyone will need to describe the symbolism of an Incan king’s portrait in the Palacio del...
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300 Peru Pics + Lesson Ideas
My Peru collection is complete! I have 300 photos, and I now have 300 posts on PBL in the TL! To celebrate, I would like to share not only my photos, which I have collected in this gallery for your...
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What is TPaCK?
TPaCK: Three ingredients blend for masterful instruction.[image from Umpqua Dairy]Pinnacle Personalized my Learning yesterday! I took a quiz built with a few Google Sheets formulas and Google Add-Ons...
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Top 10: the pinnacle of Pinnacle
Ohhhh, I wanna dance with somebody...somebody who's in my district!Sandbox PD is the only way to go. Surround yourself with a few good brains, zero in on a few good goals, and play.And that's just what...
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Syllabus Extravaganza: Steal some great ideas!
Weird teachers have one thing on their mind right now: the perfect syllabus.I had hoped I wasn't the only one who made a hobby of syllabizing, and recent posts among my PLN amigos indicate I'm not!I'm...
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SAT Prep Goals: Teach beyond the test
SAT Prep doesn't have to be about the test.Especially with the new format, it comes down to what students need and why. If they need to parse scientific, literary, or historical texts, WHY do they need...
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Classcraft in Spanish: Character powers and team planning
"I honestly believe that if you incorporate Class Craft from the beginning and change the way portfolios work, Spanish will be everyone's favorite class."I generally take what the end-of-course surveys...
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Interactive Notebook Page: Performance & Proficiency
Teaching with interactive notebooks has made me very intentional about how and what I teach.It makes me consider what belongs in a reference resource for a class with no textbook. It makes me break...
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Sra. Spanglish Tech Tips: Nearpod
Like interactive notebooks, Nearpod has streamlined my thinking about what I present to my students.It's true that I was put off by Nearpod's simplicity at first, but the more I use it, the more useful...
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Interactive Notebook Page: Me gusta, te gusta, le gusta
This page is the first in my Essential Verbs series for the interactive notebooks. We start off with just the singular first, second, and third person combined with visuals, as well as some additional...
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Interactive Notebook Page: Student Interests
I would love to give you a template for my student interests vocabulary page, but you have to make your own.It really is the whole point of the page.Week 2 of Spanish I, students can generally figure...
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VoiceThread Spanish Skills Portfolio
I went and rearranged e-portfolios again.As if I didn't have enough portfolio templates already.My colleague talked me out of the interactive infograph portfolio. She's pretty much our tech whiz, so if...
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Sra. Spanglish Tech Tips: Common Curriculum
Common Curriculum is a website that lets me set up my plans in a way that works for me--and then rearrange my plans in a way that works for me too!After all, the best laid plans of mice and men are...
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