We have never in all these years here discussed the deleterious nature of grading on our work. We just accepted it. I suggest that we rethink that position of acceptance. Knowing the nature of how people acquire languages – because we have actually studied the research – we should have fought for its implementation in
I first offered the idea of quick quizzes to the TPRS community in or around 2002. They have proven themselves a winner in many ways. In this next series of six posts on quick quizzes, taken from my latest book on the Invisibles, I expand on earlier writings about this important assessment tool in order
Ben Lev this post might interest you since you are just getting to know a new class tomorrow. Also Craig your classes may enjoy this. This is information that builds bridges with students: Sometimes, right about this time of year, kids start to think that you don’t like them. But it’s never that simple. Consider:
OK I can’t find the old inventory I used. I liked it so much. If anyone who does this in their classrooms this week can find one with numbers around 30 for each category, please share it. Or share any simple inventory that you find. And also maybe test this one I just found online:
This second post is from 2015: Today since it is October – and I do this activity for a few days every October – I didn’t teach and broke out a learning styles inventory. The inventory is simple and thus perfect for a group of kids. When I try to guess their three numbers (I
In past years I wrote two posts on on the topic of using a Learning Styles Inventory. This first repost is from 2011. It could be very useful for some of us right now in October, when we have to haul out the heavy artillery with certain students. What better way to manage a classroom
We have a mental health initiative here in this learning community. We need it because in our professional lives it seems as if we are besieged by fools and in our private lives just being in this insane country right now is no easy thing. The CI movement is in shambles. The former focus on
You must accept that you are never going to come close to teaching your students anything more than a fraction of the language, in spite of what the College Board would have you believe in order for rapidly-burning out teachers all over the country to keep contributing to their coffers in the form of the
If we sense that the class is willing to continue and engagement is still high, we can also add some of the details listed below to truly personalize the character even more. Of course, we need not worry too much if we don’t get to these additional questions when building the One Word Image. This
I paraphrased a comment Alisa made today on SEL: There is a national educational ‘trend’ right now – lots of public schools are talking about SEL (Social Emotional Learning) this year. It’s their initiative du jour. SEL means creating a positive, trusting, low-anxiety learning and playing environment. I will intentionally seek hope with this new
Elena Overvold, a high school teacher in Portland who uses the Invisibles, has said this: …just add a few characteristics at a time—maybe 1 or 2 or 3. No need to get a ton of details. I saw a one-word demo in Korean. We added very few details but the presenter went slowly and… it
I got this from Jake. It’s a fairly tense situation. Below I suggest one option for him. I had sent him this reminder about his right as a teacher (see the article here from about a week ago about A Teacher’s Bill of Rights) that he has the “right not to be responsible for others’ behavior, actions,
