Become a more confident language teacher.
WordPress auto-corrected my title to “Change, change, champagne”–I wish! You might be freaking out a little because my site looks totally different this morning. I got annoyed at about 11:00pm last night with the font on the other site and did a total overhaul. Maybe it’s the changing leaves, or maybe it’s my unhealthy obsession…
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This week, I am inviting YOU to celebrate my recent Milestone Achievement on Teachers Pay Teachers with me! Thank you so much for purchasing products from The Comprehensible Classroom since it opened in late 2012. It has made it possible for me to justify all of the time that I spend feeding my lesson planning and…
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Today only–Wednesday, August 19–save 28 percent on any and all products in my TpT store! The 20 percent discount that I am offering is combined with an 8 percent discount from TpT Corporate! Yessss! Enter the code “MORE15” at checkout to receive the discount, and be sure to complete your transaction before midnight EST! If you have…
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Yesss! A chance to redeem myself after completely missing the last TpT back to school sale! This Wednesday–August 19–you have yet another chance to save 20 percent on any and all products in my TpT store! If you have never used my lesson plans or activities, you can get a taste for how I use…
Read MoreWhether you are still unsure what the acronyms TPRS® and CI stand for or you have self-identified as a TPRS®/CI teacher for years, iFLT and NTPRS are two conferences that you don’t want to miss. Both take place in July: NTPRS is in Washington, D.C., and iFLT is in St. Paul, MN. As promised, I am giving away…
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I was painting with my 3yo this morning, and he asked, “Mom, what are you painting?” “A box” “What’s in the box?” “What do you think is in the box?” “A toy” “What kind of a toy?” “A toy MONSTER!” “A toy monster! That sounds scary!” “No, it’s not scary. It’s nice.” This short exchange reminded me why…
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Laura Masci, who teaches Spanish at the elementary level, emailed me to share a few of the ways that she has adapted the ‘Dice’ unit, and specifically the teaching of the song “Los pollitos dicen” for her young students. Laura just began her TCI journey, and she wrote, “These elementary students are more engaged in the…
Read MoreStock up now on lesson plans for the spring semester! Shop on Monday and Tuesday, December 1-2 and save 20 percent on everything in my TpT store. If you’re on a professional budget, you can stick to the 60 free products on TpT and browse my blog archives to find hundreds more 🙂 Fill your cart with lesson plans…
Read MoreI asked my Facebook followers what I blog about on this, my 500th blog post since switching to WordPress in March of 2011. The consensus was to do something reflective…so here it is! When I dove head-first into TPRS® in early 2010, the only materials that I had to work with were those that I…
Read MoreWarner Allen Bex made his grand debut on September 10, 2014 at 12:54pm. His name means “Defender of Innocence”, and he is named after my grandfather and my husband’s dad. We pray that his life would embody the pure and faultless religion of James 1:27: to look after orphans and widows and to keep himself from…
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