This post is for Magister. The Verb Slam Activity, a TPR based activity, brings into the students’ deeper minds instant or nearly instant identification of many high frequency verbs found in the target language. Like TPR, it is a necessary precursor to stories, vPQA and anything else that requires instant auditory identification of verbs later […]
As we think about how we want to introduce what we do to parents next year, Michael Coxon found this from Laurie Clarcq. We’d be crazy not to use it at parents night or in a parent letter home at the beginning of the year. You will want to modify it to reflect the specifics
This post from 2011 also relates to the topic of Parents Night: Hi Ben, I teach French, grades 4-6. Wednesday night is our parent open house – students walk around the school with their parents to show them their classrooms, and take them to the “specials” as well (art, music, French, etc.). I have often
Just to be clear, strong language is allowed here; we’re entitled. But not swear words. I think that in the past I have dropped a few offensive bombs but we just shouldn’t do it. I understand why we might want to drop an occasional f-bomb, given the incredibly frustrating situation most of us are in
I apologize but we have a very bad queue jam right now so if your articles, stuff you send me, aren’t up on the blog soon they will gradually get there, probably once school is out next month. We are all so busy tracking, identifying and sharing all the changes we are going through as
Something to think about for the fall and the CWB cards: Once you are done with the cards, or rather have exhausted their use since some of us use them all year round with the kids, there are mountains of options. The cards are only there to make sure that the trust is there, and
