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Interactive Notebook Page: Tengo, tienes, tiene
Get your copy of this page FREE on TeachersPayTeachers!Novices are expected to be able to introduce themselves and provide basic information like their age and who's in their family. It's also useful...
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Compras para kinder: a PBL/TCI story
I needed a school supply story to provide some context for vocabulary we'll need as we collect school supplies to ship to a rural school in Colombia through Ayudando Ando, and so I thought I'd walk you...
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Actividades - México y Aquí: Novice IPA
This time I am certain I've got a novice-appropriate Integrated Performance Assessment. And I've worked in a little cultural comparison.I might be getting the hang of this!I opted to find an authentic...
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New Classroom Features: Co-teachers & Questions
Google Classroom, how do I love thee?Not only has Classroom helped me all but wipe out late work, but now it also lets me ahead and make and save drafts of assignments until I'm ready to release them...
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Misiones Musicales: 15 challenges for Classcraft
Classscraft Eventos de hoy can be a great way to set the tone for the class, but I've already got a starter that sets the tone--literally.I do, however, need the occasional brain break when the class...
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Estudiantes de Perú: Novice IPA
Remember those playground interviews I conducted while I was in Perú this summer? I decided the second IPA of the year--the first with listening--was the perfect time to debut them.Now I can't share...
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Sra. Spanglish Tech Tips: Vibby
So you want to know how much students can interpret from a video, but you don't have all day. EDPuzzle is cool because it lets students add voice or typed comments, but you know good and well they're...
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Interactive Notebook Page: School Supplies
Ayudando Ando sent me a list of over 50 things that the rural mountain school they sponsored needs:Of course we couldn't get all 50+ things on the list (much less ship them). But we could use that list...
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School Comparisons: a novice Spanish IPA
The goal for this IPA is not just to measure performance, but also to find the right resource to inspire my students to inspire others.Here's how.Finding the right infographI can find SO MANY AUTHENTIC...
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Fall Conference Frenzy! #KWLA15, #edcampWL, #IWLA15
Don't you wish you could go to ALL of them? I mean, you'd miss your kids after a couple, but you'd get a rare chance to be around your #langchat tweeps--people who really get you! In the flesh! But...
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Connector Words Chant to Get to Novice High
So my students were getting stuck at Novice Mid. Their writing has been so simple and repetitive, plus they're getting a lot of simple little words confused when they're interpreting.Of course they've...
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Sra. Spanglish Tech Tips: Seesaw
Goodness knows I've done some experimenting with portfolioplatforms. I'm pretty satisfied with the VoiceThread option at the moment, but when my Pinnacle amigo, @jkylewood demonstrated Seesaw (that's...
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#FLANC2015 Power up and Engage!
FLANC POWER UP & ENGAGE!Designed by Nanami MiyazakiI'm pretty sure I attended at least 4.5 of the Top 10 presentations at FLANC this weekend. Not to brag, but 3.5 were presented by my own personal...
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Help a School: a novice/intermediate IPA
My goal with the second IPA of a unit is to help students reflect on their final product and how they want it to turn out. Drawing inspiration from Sra. Toth and Sra. Placido's Kiva videos, I've...
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Fall Conference Frenzy! (part 2) #TFLA15 #FLAM15 #STARTALK15 #ICTFL15
I got to enjoy my own state conference, but that's it for me this semester. Fortunately, the conferency goodness did not end with KWLA, IWLA, and EdcampWL, and I can keep learning from my tweecher...
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Portfolio Days: 10 Steps to Successful Reflection
You really need a whole class period--and a pack of fun stickers--to update e-portfolios. You could maybe squeeze two updates into one class period, but you're basically just handing them excuses not...
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#Authres in PBL Groups: Market Research Jigsaw
The goal is not interpretation. The goal is not writing or speaking or interpersonal communication.The goal is to convince a Spanish-speaking audience that they need this new invention.Each group of...
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IPA: Marketing to Latinos in the US
I feel a little bad about this IPA.My kiddos just spent DAYS breaking down a report in Spanish from the Nielsen Company (and frankly they're still not done).But everything they need? It's pretty much...
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Why Spanish? A personal journey to connection
HistoryI believed myself an English teacher when I started.I mean, I am an English teacher. I've got the degree, the certification, the occasional Creative Writing, Film and Lit, or SAT Prep class. I...
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Top 5 of 2015
I resolved to do less in 2015, and I achieved that, partially through Google Classroom, partially through more careful vocabulary and language selection, partially through a carefully designed focus on...
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