Louisa reports from San Diego:
Hola Ben,
Glad to see the blog is going strong with great posts! I am writing to report on my first few weeks of classes. I have had 12 classes with my first year Spanish students and I am happy to report that we did our very first Read n’ Discuss on Friday. I typed up their stories that we had created from CWBs and “he/she wants” and they were amazed by how “easy it is to read Spanish”! They loved it!
Plus, an Assistant Principal was observing my last period class on Friday (usually a squirrely bunch anyway, but this group has two students with autism, one with ODD, and 3 others with IEPs identifying ADHD…) of 38 students who were ALL engaged in reading and listening actively to “their” story! It was AWESOME!
Thanks for all of your support on the blog and in reminding all of us that however CI gets done, it is better than any day the old way 🙂 Keep up the good work!