Are you in search of a new way to use a reading in class? Sometimes it feels like our activities are getting stale and you just need a new way to approach things, or maybe you just need a new a low-energy idea for delivering some input to your students. Whatever the case, this is… Read More Word Cloud Story Activities
It’s that time of year and graduation is coming! Depending on your school, you may have several seniors you have taught for a few years, or even whole classes! Prepare yourself – the flood of announcements and graduation parties are coming! If you would like to give your seniors a meaningful yet affordable gift, check… Read More Affordable and Practical Gifts for High School Grads from their Teachers
Welcome to March everyone. It’s the time of year where we are all anxious for spring, and students are getting antsy. Hopefully I’m not alone in this, but around this time of year some of our classroom expectations need a bit of a reset. Sometimes it’s just MY energy and that I just don’t have… Read More Plan B for Story Telling
Join the Spanish Teacher Success Academy for limited time FREE access to presentations and resources from 24+ Spanish teachers, including Srta Spanish! This March 10th, my friend Jared Romey is hosting an online event packed full of incredible strategies to help you to get your students motivated, engaged and absolutely loving their Spanish classes and learning… Read More Spanish Teacher Success Academy – Free Online Professional Development for Spanish Teachers
Finding new ways to include reading in my classroom has been the biggest part of my lesson plans this year. Whether it’s getting them to interact with the reading in some way via True and False Statements or the Most Important Sentence activity, or just getting them to re-read the story, having a variety of… Read More Reading Activity: Speed Date Translate
In the journey of switching over to more comprehensible input based activities and resources, I’ve discovered one really key thing: 95% of my activities are geared towards reading or re-reading. (no, that’s not a scientifically measured number, but I’m pretty sure it’s 100% true). We know that reading is important. Getting students to read meaningful… Read More Two Ways to Read Out Loud