Tri-State CI

This from Chill: Anny Ewing and Lori Belinsky hosted a group of CI teachers at Lori’s school. Great to see so many like-minded professionals with a bunch of Mandarin teachers who are on fire to learn the method. Lori and Anny are planning to move the meeting around the tri-state area – Philly, So Jersey, […]

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Question

Hi Ben! Today is the last day of my 2 week Spring Break and I dread going back. The Thursday before I left I discovered the promise the principal had made to me about being able to grow my program was a complete lie. I had a student come to me upset because the counselor

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Variation on Dictée

Here’s a very simple thing – kind of a bail out move – to do after you’ve taught a story and done the (Step 3) reading. (I recommend using ROA – Reading Option A – as an excellent strategy for processing readings based on stories with your students.) This suggested strategy is not an advocacy

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How to Respond?

Diane in Chicago shares a troubling situation. We need to have a “form letter” response for situations like this: Hi Ben, Looking mostly for sympathy from the group. I need to reply to this email about one of my graduating 8th graders. She’s a great student and a quiet girl in general; she is right

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Question from Melissa

Here is a question from the forum that we all need to read and provide thoughts about for Melissa: I’ve been reading through the articles on assessment and grading in an attempt to absorb as much as I can about how to assess and grade students in a CI classroom. I just switched over to

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Question from Ben Lev

Here’s a question from Ben: Hi Ben – Here’s a question for the PLC: I have to write official year-long course descriptions for new classes at my high school that we want to get approved by the University of California. Has anyone else done this, especially in California, and can anyone help me figure out

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