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All articles filed in elementary

Classroom Management Professional DevelopmentJuly 25, 2016July 26, 2016

Elementary Spanish with Annabelle Allen

On the last morning of iFLT16, I decided to visit the language labs one last time. There were many great sessions that I would have liked to attend, but I figured that I could read about the content of most of them online or interrogate a friend that was able to attend. I wanted to…

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Classroom ManagementMarch 30, 2015August 11, 2019

Call and Response signals for World Language classes

We lose many minutes of precious class time to inefficient, drawn-out transitions. This is especially true when we want our students to transition out of an activity that has gotten them talking with classmates! Use signals to help students transition from one activity to the next Here are three strategies that I used to get…

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Just for fun Lesson Plans SongsJanuary 31, 2015July 23, 2021

Elementary adaptations: Crafts!

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…

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