Some new resources from Leslie Grahn!  Thanks!
With many school systems going back to masking and socially distancing in the new school year, here are some resources for you: authentic resources for “A New Way to Do School – https://www.pinterest.com/grahnforlang/a-new-way-to-do-school/?fbclid=IwAR0Zv_aucLrGWhxzxGCgBVZY6XbJhlUljalcerQJ_hvkEK00yjrPrRP0vN0

Here is a Compilation of Resources for Remote Learning from Colorado!

Here is a link to some great resources from CT COLT on Remote Language Teaching

Here is  the ZoomIntoDistanceLearningChat-March20 from the March 20, 2020 Zoom Into Distance Learning Presentation.

It has been a while since I have updated and I apologize.  I just retired after 46 years in the classroom and believe me cleaning out and organizing 46 years of collected materials is an overwhelming task.  Now, I finally have some time to update.  Enjoy!

Do you use Quizlet Live?  Do your students love Quizlet Live?  Then check out this blogpost by Señora Chase about Using Quizlet Live as a comprehensive input reading game.  This is an interesting new twist on this classroom favorite!

Do you like to begin the week with a Weekend Chat.  Then check out this blogpost at Aventuras Nuevas.  It’s called Weekend Chat Update (Structures to support student learning and teacher sanity, part 4).  Be sure the check out the Weekend Chat Placements.   I just love the idea of these supporting conversation placements!

Mundo de Pepita shares this great blogpost about How to Use a Picture Book in WL Class When the Text is Too Difficult for the Students. 

Do you have a Spanish Club at your school?  Do you need some fun ideas for your club.  Visit Secondary Spanish Space to read the blogpost What to do with Spanish Club – 20 Fun Ideas

The Comprehensible Classroom invites you to play Cataplún this week.  Read more about this Small Group Game – Cataplún/Kaboom here.

Spanish teachers, have you check out the Spanish Town website yet? It has lots of interactive activities for learning Spanish  Some of the feature are listening activities, vocabulary practice, PDF handouts and charts and more.  Let us know what you think!

I loved to incorporate music into my class.  If you do also then you need to read this blogpot by Spanish Mama – How to Teach Spanish with Authentic Songs.  Be sure to check out her songs by theme and category.  Very helpful!

 

Let’s start 2019 with some new resources.  Sorry I have not kept up but we all get busy at times!

Have you ever wished you could go and see what other teachers are doing in their classrooms?  Well then you should definitely visit  Spanish Teaching Videos – a Library of over 50 Demos.  Here there is a collection showing different techniques teachers use for teaching Spanish.  You will find TPRS, MovieTalk, Conversation and lots more.  Spanish Mama suggests that you do some PD in your pajamas from your own home.  Thanks Spanish Mama for collecting these great resources!’

Are you looking for a new resource.  Well Srta Spanish says Gimkit!  You have to check it out.  In this blogpost she shares what Maris Hawkins has to say about Gimkit.  HINT – It is an online review game like Kahoot, Quizlet, or Quizizz but better.

Are you tired of the same old Brain Breaks?  Check out Best Brain Breaks from The Comprehensible Classroom.  You will find a lot of new ideas to add to your repertoire!\

Want to incorporate some Spanish children’s stories into our classes.  Then definitely check out Spanish Children’s Stories from The Spanish Experiment.

Write and Discuss:  How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways – has great information about a technique called ” Write and Discuss”  a great tool for your Comprehensible Input Toolbox.  Check it out!

Love technology?  Then you should definitely spend some time at Spanish Games to Learn Spanish, a free online resource for beginners learning Spanish.  It has fun interactive lessons, activities and games. Thanks Tech for World Language Teachers on FB for recommending this site.

 

 

Core Practices Hacks: But, For R.E.A.L. from Kentucky Teacher. Follow this link to read the fourth of a series of articles that highlight to Core Practices.  In each you will find ideas, examples and reflections on these practices.  You can find the links to the other articles on this page.

Want to incorporate Google Geo Tools in your classroom?  Then be sure to visit Google Geo Tools:  Virtual Reality in the Language Classroom by Heidi Trude.

Want to consider (reconsider) your gradebook categories.  You will find some ideas in this blogpost Grade for Proficiency from The Comprehensible Classroom.

Do you like to use games in your classroom.  Then check out this article GimKit – You HAVE to check it out!  from Srta. Spanish.  The blogpost states that it is better than Kahoot, Quizlet and Quizizz!  Let us know if you try it!

Many MaFLA colleagues incorporate Brain Breaks into their classes. Want some new ideas?  Check out BEST BRAIN BREAKS – from the Comprehensible Classroom!

I am trying to incorporate more topics about Social Justice into my classes. This website – Spanish for Social Justice  – is a gem.  The Spanish for Social Justice Teacher Network was form in 2010 by a group of high school Spanish teacher in Vancouver, BC who wanted to move beyond their textsbooks, and provide students with engaging content that promotes mindful global citizenship. Be sure to browse the various themes and resources available!

Want to check out the 2018 OFLA Conference and the various presentations?  Then visit this Pinterest Page – OFLA Conference 2018 – Contextualize This! – to see the various resources from the sessions.  Thanks OFLA for sharing!

Stephanie Carboneau, a French teacher in Maine, recently published a blogpost in which she share several of her go-tos to keep her students using the language.  Check out this blogpost at Footprints in the Language Sandbox.

So what are your Go-tos?  Here is a great list of Go-Tos from the blogpost March Sanity#3:  Savor Your Go-Tos shared by  MaFLA’s Rebecca Blouwoulff.  Gracias  and Merci!

Do you sometimes have issues keeping students in the target language? Then be sure to check out this blogpost – Motivating Students to Stay in the Target Language – from the Confidence Classroom.

 

Are you trying to teach for Social Justice?  We Teach Languages @weteachlang has posted this on twitter.
In episode 44, Stacey, the organizer and host of We Teach Languages, shares an interview with Terry Osborn that she conducted as part of the 2018 issue of Dimension, the peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) . This special issue, which Stacey co-edited with Paula Garrett-Rucks, contains seven chapters all focused on how critical pedagogy and social justice play out in the language classroom. Listeners will get to hear a portion of the interview with Dr. Terry A. Osborn that comprises the first chapter of this special issue.  Click here to listen!

German Teachers!  Look what we found for you.  Let us know what you think of 10 modern German musicians you need to listen to before you die.

A must read blogpost from Musicuentos – NCSSFL & ACTFL gave us new Can Dos:  Your 15 minute(ish) guide!

Check out this game Piensa rápido which is available for free at Teachers Pay Teachers.  I have already downloaded it and it is a fun fast game.  Thanks Comprendes Mendez SpanishShop!

Be sure to check out this compilation of Central States Conference 2018 Presentations on Pinterest.  Thanks CSCTFL for sharing!

Also don’t miss the SCOLT 2018 Presenter Files on Google Drive.  Thanks SCOLT for sharing!!

Be sure to look at The Savvy Language Learner infographic at INDWELLING LANGUAGE. This is something great to share with students!

French Teachers – Here is a Disney cartoon in French – Croissant de Triomphe – Mickey Mouse!

There are some fun ideas in this blogpost by Señora Chase – Last 5 minutes of class.

This site – Dollar Street –  has come highly recommended as a great resource for cultural comparisons – homes and families etc.

Our colleague Kristy Placido of Placido Language Resources has created a playlist of Cantantes Mujeres.

Looking for an idea for Valentine’s Day?  How about Spanish Valentine’s Day Cards:  Free Printables for El Día del Amor?   Thanks Spanish Mama!

Here is a great PBL in the TL post about AAPPL Writing Topics.  There are some great ideas here.  Don’t miss this one!

More ideas for Valentine’s Day from Spanish Mama!  Spanish Valentine’s Day Inspiration:  Bulletin Boards and More!

Are you looking for some ideas for Valentine’s Day?  Check out this post Spanish Activities for Día del Amor y Amistad by Spanish Mama.

La Belleza de la Cultura Colombiana is a great post at Comprehensifying and Extending Authentic Resources.

This post Motivating Speaking Activities for Lower Levels has some great ideas.  It is from Anna Blackmore at Teaching English but many of the ideas can be used for teaching world languages.

Here is a link to an interesting blogpost SBG Levels for WL Input Assessments by Elizabeth Dentlinger.  Some interesting ideas here!

This blog by SrtaSpanish has some great ideas.  Check out Scaffolding “Heads Up”with Quizlet.  I definitely plan to try some of these activities!

Helping students improve writing!  I just have to share this link to Language Sensei where she talks about supporting students advancement in writing.  Her post Adding Detail in Writing . . . Learning to Accesorize to Add Flare really hit home with me – a passionate fashionista.  Check it out!

 

 

This just popped up on my FB feed.  2017 Navidad Commercial Madness at Williamson CI and TPRS.  Do not miss this!  It is a treasure.  I am going to try this with my classes.

This is a great article about What Makes Guernica Picasso’s Most Influential Painting plus there is a Sound Cloud Podcast of the entire article at the bottom.  I plan to use this in my Spanish IV Honors class.

Do you have issues with students using translators?  Check our Getting our Students to Write in the Target Language without the Temptation of those Dreaded Translator Sites at Teaching in the Target Language!

Are you interested in including Social Justice topics in your classroom?  Then be sure to visit FLANC 2016 and BEACH FLANC 2017:  Social Justice in the Intermediate Classroom.  There are resources, links and ideas at this site.

Here is something on Small Group Speaking Assessment at PBL in the Target Language.  Lots of “how to” ideas and it even includes some ideas on classroom arrangement!

Looking for some attention getters?  Check out Brain breaks, and passwords and chants oh my! by Madame Litten at CI Can Teach!

I love to use music in the classroom.  If you do too, then don’t miss What to do with a song in Spanish class by Allison at Mis Clases Locas!  Although they are for Spanish class many of the ideas could be used in my language class.

More music for your classroom?  This is a great list of Cantantes Mujeres by Kristy Placido of Placido Language Resources!

Do you want to find a better way to give timely formative feedback.  You might find some techniques and/or ideas at Language Sensei – blogpost on November 1, 2017 entitled Pop Check-In . . . Pop Coaching:  Improving My Formative Feedback.