In a nutshell, after a semester using SEESAW (for FREE!!) with my K-4th grade... I LOVE IT!! Now let me tell you why... What I use SEESAW for... My students can draw pictures, take pictures of their work and capture video with Seesaw. Then they can write a caption or record over a drawing/photo explaining … Continue reading SEESAW app in FL classroom review – Communicating student work
El Monstruo en el Armario
** I heard a story very similar to this at iFLT 2016 from the AMAZING Jason Fritz. He kinda came up with it on the spot. (cuz he can do that.) El Monstruo en el Armario PRESENT TENSE - Version 1 (JPEG below & PDF file HERE) PRESENT TENSE - Version 2 (JPEG below & PDF file … Continue reading El Monstruo en el Armario
How to tell a story… let me count the ways
Way back in 2007, I was looking for a better way to teach a language. I, myself, had 6 years of language study with very little language ability to show for it. There had to be a better way. I won't go through my entire journey as a teacher but let me suggest a large … Continue reading How to tell a story… let me count the ways
SALE & new(ish) stories!!
¡¡HOLA!! Happy Valentine's Day!!! If you teach little ones then enjoy the sugar rush. If you teach middle schoolers then... I'm sorry. (Love my middle schoolers but Valentine's is a middle school teachers Kryptonite) What is NEW? well...newish I have 4 stories for you. It is actually 2 stories that with 2 different versions. They follow … Continue reading SALE & new(ish) stories!!
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NEW! Unit 2 – ¿Quieres pizza?
It is here! Unit 2 - ¿Quieres pizza? This is the unit AFTER Unit 1 - Me gusta. It uses the song and activities that I have posted before in ¿Te gusta la pizza?. I have used this unit in my own Kindergarten class for at least the last 5 years. It is one of my … Continue reading NEW! Unit 2 – ¿Quieres pizza?
The case AGAINST BELLRINGERS and CALENDAR TIME
OK don't start your email or comments...yet. Hear me out. I am proposing not insisting. For years I stared my younger classes with the days of the week, date, weather etc. My older classes started with a few questions reviewing what we did the class time before (translate the sentences, fill in the blank, answer these basic … Continue reading The case AGAINST BELLRINGERS and CALENDAR TIME
