OK I can tell how you guys might play this. The template is so poorly written that you might ignore it. So I’m making it sticky so that it never scrolls out until our young teacher has all the answers she wants. Have a heart. How would you like to be the one to deal […]
I got this question from a colleague who is not in the PLC and so I offered to run it by the group. It’s a big deal with a major yuck – as in unpleasant – factor. Here is the sequence of private email exchanges we have had over the past few days, with permission
Many of us have to go to work this month, most of us. To get ready, I wish to address here in the PLC the following things: Posters, wall arrangements – though this may seem minor, it is a a crucial thing in directing our kids’ attention to what we want done in our classes,
Don’t forget to send some books to people in our FVR library building program as per: https://benslavic.com/blog/2012/03/10/fvr-instant-library-program/ German books to: Brigitte Kahn 10 Suburban Lane Nesconset, NY 11767 French books to: Jen Schongalla Sant Bani School 19 Ashram Rd Sanbornton NH 03269 Spanish books to: Grant Boulanger 1829 Jefferson Ave St. Paul, MN 55105
Since students of ESOL And EFL teachers don’t share the same native tongue, that general discussion may be a bit tangential to the general discussion here. And yet, there is agreement that CI can provide good things in this area for those in the group who are not World Language teachers. So, I am making a
There are now 3,016 articles in this PLC venue with 13,097 comments dating back to 2007. That’s a lot of reading. So even though there is a lot in the queue, a few articles on Latin by John and some thoughts by Chris and also some focused stuff on how to start the year (yes, it’s
Don’t read this article. It’s just ramblings from a tired old teacher whose imagination is running away with him: Last week I felt the kinship of my colleagues as they all struggle, like me, trying hard on this ship of happy tomfoolery, laughing, falling, slipping, sliding, clutching, fearing, trusting, releasing, bringing in something new to schools, all
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We are meeting on Wednesday night – not Tuesday as originally planned – in Las Vegas for the coaching session with me and Sabrina Janczak as the coaches. So 6:00 Wednesday and we’ll announce the room on Wednesday morning.
Mateo and his brother Manny were at the iFLT conference. Mateo wanted to take French but is only in fourth grade and so was too young for the only French offerings by me which were for older kids. But we got him in anyway. So there was Mateo on Tuesday morning sitting in class with sixth through tenth graders.
If you are going to be in one of my sessions at iFLT, please read the plans below: At the iFLT conference we demonstrate comprehension based instruction by using classes of actual students. So the lesson plans offered below are intended to allow me to model the technical aspects of comprehension based instruction for about
Five bios in one week. This is fantastic. But there are still some out there who have not sent them in! Thank you Michele! I have been teaching for about 15 years of “solid” experience in Oklahoma, Ohio (adult ed), Virginia, Maryland, Vermont, and now back in Ohio again. I have taught K-12. Most of
A fourth bio! When it rains it pours. Welcome, Kristen! We want more. Send your bios in! Hi all, My name is Kristen Anglemyer and I teach middle and high school Spanish in a very small rural school in Wisconsin. I’ve been teaching for 9 years and always tried to follow the Wisconsin based thematic
