From PLC member Bobbi Roblido: Hi Ben, Got your book The Easy Way yesterday and am devouring it as quickly as possible! I want to plant some Invisibles on my back wall to start including some indirectly in our stories, subtly as you suggest. I know I have seen a gallery of them somewhere but […]
Hi Ben, I wanted to update you on a report. Most of my TPRS classes have been going great. We have been doing OWIs to kick start stories and it’s been a blast! I am starting the Invisibles with individual characters in my stinker class who the majority are completely disengaged or have turned into
Nathaniel addresses those in our buildings who may think that what we do is too teacher centered. I pulled it from the Primers because it fits in with the current thread: Nathaniel shares: 1. We know that when the teacher is the center of the class, CI is less effective. The student interests, the student
Robert Harrell has an excellent nine part series on textbook adoption. Find those links on the Primers page.
Apparently Tina’s boss didn’t get the message. And why doesn’t that surprise me? Hi Tina, After Debbie’s email this morning I went on a scavenger hunt for our language textbooks and resources. Just wanted to let you know that they are in room 160. If you would like to have us move those over to
First Reading Day! In Spanish One and French One, we spent the first quarter of the school year happily creating characters with One Word Images, telling their stories, and telling stories of Invisibles created by members of the class. The characters and their stories were much-loved by the kids, and by me. The students soaked
For anyone interested, Tina has a FB page that I personally want to be a part of. Lots of reasons for that, the main one being that it is a site that is very positive in nature. I want to keep this PLC for general discussion and (maybe Tina will comment on this point) I
I got a question: Ben, how is your new concept of the Invisibles different from other TPRS techniques? My response: Nothing is never new and I am not making that claim with the Invisibles. I feel that the Invisibles express in a wonderful way the word serendipity, where (1) the images we create and (2)
Jen puts us in touch with these words by Sant Kirpal Singh (1894-1975). They point to the future of this work: “The tender heart of a child calls for very delicate handling. In fact, education begins even before birth and therefore better care must be bestowed upon every pregnant mother. It is a constant association
Hi Ben, I just read the updates and other posts about Tina’s situation. I’m really glad that the ending is more positive than the beginning, even though I think the struggle is far from over. As a bit of counterpoint, I would like to share some good news from my neck of the woods. In
Mike Peto wrote on his blog yesterday: https://mrpeto.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/where-will-the-ci-community-be-in-100-years/
I am in year three of teaching, and year three of trying to teach with TPRS. This year, I moved to a new school because I got married and moved across the state over the summer. I am the only Spanish teacher in the high school (which will hopefully change next year), and am doing
