Have you ever noticed that in the short period after SSR ends and the class begins there is a subtle feeling coming from some of the kids that they really don’t want to be there, or only kinda want to be there? Of course, this is with the exception of the happy outgoing ones, but […]
This site has long been a test lab for various ideas in all areas of CI instruction, jGR being one of the more noticeable ones that has impacted no small amount of people. The Classroom Rules furnish another example, as the PLC has been involved in creating them, testing them, and then recommending whether they
I’ve been getting into Facebook lately but everything scrolls out so quickly and the group is so large there it’s kind of a blur. I see it as a shallow and wide thing over there and a narrow and deep thing here. Both groups, of course, strictly avoid any discussion resembling arguments about which pedagogy
I don’t use the L2 left side translations of the question words any more. I only put up the English. I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner. The reason is glaring. When we do that, when we walk over and put our hand on the question word chart, they have to process the sound
This is just too good. Chicago – Greg and Alisa – is certainly in the house on this PLC! This is from Alisa: As compelling and intriguing as Conspiracy Corner is, I think the ACTFL situation is worse – it’s not that there’s a conscious effort to repress the ‘real’ way students acquire; rather it’s
This is a shared doc for PLC members only from our Greg Schwab. Don’t mention Greg’s name on any document you create from this. Just cut and paste it: https://docs.google.com/a/carmelhs.org/document/d/1rndkaAJmyl7UroUi36JIouQ-cWQFbaILUhHWX-4aRS8/edit?usp=sharing I really like what Greg said about the curriculum tar baby: “Honestly an administrator will probably skim the document and check off a box.” We
Please respond if you have something for Greg on this: Does anyone have a Curriculum Unit (UBD format) written about how you document the One Word Image and Invisibles process on a required document for admin? I know that Tina had that one Non-Targeted lesson plan, but that is more for lesson planning than “unit
Russ reports in from Oregon: Hey Ben, You said that we should send you our successes and failures. I should start by saying I have great kids. I’m really lucky for that. This year is going to be my best yet! But my 5th period is at the same time! disinterested, chatty, apathetic, and high energy
I am going to suggest to Tina that we possibly start a new FB site devoted ONLY to classroom management. There is no doubt in my own mind that the CI community has missed, at the summer conferences and all over the place, the area that most requires our attention. How can we use CI,
For those new to the group, Dana replaced me in my position in 2016 as the middle school French teacher at the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India and is now teaching the same kids who were the ones who actually started the Invisibles. She is one of few experts out there who have
SUPER LONG RANT FOR A SUNDAY: A teacher in Kazakhstan asked a question this morning that prompted this rant. Sorry about that. I think, however, that it is important to look at the history of what is happening in our field right now. Sorry about any typos – I have to watch the Broncos game
