Download all handouts from my 2013 session here. It’s 8:30pm on Saturday night, the boys are asleep (for now, anyway), and I am on the computer putting finishing touches on my presentation for ACTFL. That’s right…I am actually going to a conference, and I am hoping that I will be able to meet many of you…
Read MoreAlright, here we go again! Instead of Realidades, this time around I have been working on a document that lists TPRS/CI friendly ideas for teachers using the Avancemos textbook series. AND I made it a Google Doc so that you can contribute! Just follow the instructions at the top of the document linked here: TPRS…
Read MoreEarlier this week, I was catching up on some blog reading and noticed a pattern…MovieTalk, MovieTalk, MovieTalk! Laurie Clarcq wrote about using MovieTalk with Despereaux on her Embedded Reading blog. Kristin Duncan wrote about using MovieTalk with The Paperman on TPRS Teacher. Bryan Kandel wrote about trying out MovieTalk for the first time with a…
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QUESTION: Do you teach a native language or support teachers that do?? Our state language association is looking for ways to better support our Alaska Native language teachers and would love to hear what you are doing that has been successful and what challenges you have faced/are facing! Please leave your thoughts in the comments! Thanks!! –Martina, 01/2016 This past…
Read MoreConfused about how to use a story script to ASK a story? Or what “asking” a story even means?? What is a story script? All of the scripts that I write are modeled after the format developed by Anne Matava. Some portions of the story are required, and some portions are variables. The variables are…
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