This is the first Arizona article for those who may not have read it. The second report from Michael Coxon will appear later. Hey Guys, I realize we all live in different states but hear me out on this one… I received this as a part of a mass email today from the state of […]
Q. Will there be any War Rooms at the summer conferences? A. Only at iFLT. Carol has registration set up so that teachers can choose one session to be coached in. There are 3-hour War Room blocks on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings, for EXPERIENCED teachers only. Each session will be 3 hours with a
Recent posts here have been about: 1. the use of L1 in our classrooms (Blurting) 2. the S/S discussion in Utah that Paul Seevinck is involved in (Quick Response Needed) 3. brain breaks 4. the college and career readiness standards discussion that Michael Coxon is involved in (Arizona) 5. the grinding drama of that Latin
The author continues: These last 3 years I have been beaten down pretty badly by these few kids. I have had to give up many other things to make my transition to CI. They have ruined much in their tenure with me. Now, I don’t even try to speak Latin with them too much. They
Here, in two parts, is an anonymous response to the story about that Latin teacher published here a few days ago. The responder is also a Latin teacher. This is part 1: I wanted to respond here to this post as it resonates so clearly with me. While I don’t know who this teacher is,
Andrew Snider sent this: Hi Ben, I was reading John Medina’s book Brain Rules and I had an idea to give students a brain break but stay in the target language. I call it ¿Vida o muerte? — Life or death? After a 10-15 minute stretch in the TL, I give the students a life
Note: I apologize but can’t remember who sent this in: I am testing an idea to see if I can use finger gestures to establish meaning of more than just the third person, and also to gesture verb tenses at the same time. We’ll see how it works out. I am trying to get a video
We discuss blurting out issues all the time. It’s been a major topic, like SLOW, for many years here. Do we control blurting in our classrooms? Up until now, I have thought that the posted Classroom Rules and jGR were enough to control blurting. I have a new take on it. Those two things are
I have a question for the group. Should brain breaks always be in the TL? That is, the kids may be batting a ball around the room but should they be allowed English during that time? I think the answer should be no, because if we do not establish a clear culture of only using
A teacher in our PLC has endured repeated attacks all year – her first year in the school – for doing CI in her Latin classes. I won’t mention the teacher’s name because it isn’t important. The story is important, because in my view it is unprecedented. The attacks have come from parents who want
Those aware of what Paul is going through out there in Utah may not have read this from last February. Just so we know it’s not just unreasonable class size and load that is hampering his professional life right now. Those who may remember this may want to reread it just out of respect: Hi
