Category: Student voice and choice

Comprehensible Input, Novels, Spanish CI Readers, Student voice and choice, Teaching Strategies, World Language Activities

Chronicles from the Trenches E1: Authentic Resources, Teaching “Bianca Nieves”, & Self-Reflection AI-Integrated Activity for Students!

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Chronicles from the Trenches E1: Authentic Resources, Teaching "Bianca Nieves", & Self-Reflection AI-Integrated Activity for Students!

Comprehensible Input, Novels, Student voice and choice, Teaching Strategies, Thematic Units

Well-Read: Making Free Voluntary Reading Work in WL Class (Podcast Episode)

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I had the pleasure of collaborating with Claudia Ellliot from Growing in Profiency Podcast  to discuss my absolute favorite topic: Reading with Purpose in the World Language classroom. As an author of Comprehensible Input novels, I deeply grasp the significance of reading in the classroom. However, with 19 years of experience teaching in public schools,… Continue reading Well-Read: Making Free Voluntary Reading Work in WL Class (Podcast Episode)

Student voice and choice, World Language Activities

Adding Student Voice and Choice To An Already Set Curriculum: ¡Sí se puede!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur5AX25CkiQ&t=3s It’s undeniable that student voice, choice and interest must be the bread and butter of the curriculum. Just think, if your administrators or superintendent polled teachers before rolling out new systems and/or protocols… the education system would be debugged, optimized, and a potential maximizer! Student success would be at an all-time high. Okay, that… Continue reading Adding Student Voice and Choice To An Already Set Curriculum: ¡Sí se puede!