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Despereaux, El Pequeño Gran Héroe Post #3
Reblogged from Embedded Reading: The class then watched the most significant parts of the movie (with other activities that can be found later next week). They re-read their choice of the versions...
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Despereaux, El Pequeño Gran Héroe Post #2
Reblogged from Embedded Reading: Following the Embedded Reading the class watched the "trailer" for the film: The clip was shown, without sound, using a "Movie Talk" format to narrate and discuss the...
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Despereaux, Un Pequeño Gran Heroe Post #1
Reblogged from Embedded Reading: Here is a way to combine a non-fiction reading with fiction!! This post contains ideas and materials that are being used in a unit on Heroes. The unit began with...
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Embedded Reading, Video and Activities: The Vampire and the Dentist
Reblogged from Embedded Reading: Here is the link to a wonderful SERIES of activities involving a movie clip and embedded reading. Cynthia has an excellent blog with tons of ideas for teachers. Hope...
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5 reasons I choose Aquisition
Reblogged from Somewhere to Share: There aren't enough characters on Twitter to tell you why I choose Aquisition, I need a whole blog post! So I, Carrie Toth, former grammarian, will share the 5...
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Chac Mool Embedded Reading
I am creating a unit on the supernatural for my level 3s, and I decided I really wanted to teach them the short story Chac Mool by Carlos Fuentes, which is one of my favorite short stories and super...
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Unidad: Lo sobrenatural (Spanish 3)
image courtesy of I’m Fantastic I needed something light, fun, and engaging to take us through the last 8 weeks of school. This is what I came up with! A unit on the supernatural! Kids love it, and I...
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Authentic resources versus TPRS? Or a happy marriage of the two?
This week’s #langchat was a particularly lively discussion. The topic was about choosing texts that best promote proficiency. However, it seemed that there was a debate forming about the value of...
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The Unconference Unyelp Review #edcampdetroit
So, this blog post has been running through my head for a few weeks now, ever since I attended my very first EdCamp in Detroit. I tweeted a little bit about it, but I felt I needed to put my thoughts...
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In defense of worksheets and packets
Photo by Seiichi Kusunoki I wanted to leave a comment here: http://mrschultsocialstudies.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/worksheets-on-worksheets-on-worksheets/ but it turned into a blog post of its own!...
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Teaching, Pirates, and Blackberries
Photo by Thomas Pix This week I read the book Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess. So, I know it was a great book because it got me thinking and has KEPT me thinking! Today, as I was following one of...
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Comprehensible Input Chat at iFLT San Diego #CIchat
Please join @senoraCMT and me for a special #CIchat LIVE from the #iflt13 conference in San Diego! 11:30am – Noon July 12 PACIFIC time! We will be spending an hour with iFLT conference participants...
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Why Merit Pay Doesn’t Work
by Betsy Ording and Kristy Placido At first glance, merit pay for teachers and “performance-based layoffs” sound good. Usually the general public and lawmakers are drawn to these ideas. Why not reward...
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Stations
Today I tried stations in my class for the first time! It was great! I had 7 stations (since my largest class is 34!). Station 1: Waka Waka (the “song of the week” this week) Waka Waka Station I cut...
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Stations – What I’ll do next time
I had a great time doing stations the past two days. The absolute best part for me was the station where I sat with each group and just conversed. It was really fun and I definitely got a feel for who...
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Future ideas for stations
Stations are a fun alternative to traditional whole-class activities! I am going to use this post to compile ideas for future stations, general or specific! Feel free to comment if you’d like to add...
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¡La música!
I LOVE using music in my classroom every day! It is motivating, cultural, popular, fun, and if you ask my students years later what they loved most about my class they will most likely tell you it was...
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La Navidad…es muy comerciál!
We all know Christmas is very commercialized! So, why not take this opportunity to give our students a little bit of exposure to some authentic language via commercials! Here are the commercials I am...
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Kiva! Video contest!
Spanish 4 and 5 students created videos to promote specific borrowers from Kiva. The top 3 vote-getters will be able to choose a borrower for a $25, $75 and $100 loan from Señora Placido and will also...
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Beginning with inquiry – La Guerra Sucia
Guerra Sucia stations are going great! Kids asking good questions! So glad I started this unit with #inquiry! #langchat— Kristy Placido (@placido) March 14, 2014 Spanish 4 and 5 have certainly studied...
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