Got this from skip on the lesson plan thing: Hey Ben, I remember during the second part of the school year you wrote a lot about lesson plans.  You provided a template. I can only find this: https://benslavic.com/blog/2012/03/03/when-being-observed-3/ but I can’t find what you wrote….   I REALLY liked it and thought it might help with […]

I had asked Michele to address grouping kids in this lesson plan thing we are discussing now. Here is her response to add to Laurie’s and thank you both so much for your wisdom – it will really help this new teacher: Dear Ben, I got an error when I went to submit this comment.

For those new to the group, whenver we get a comment that is really valuable, we turn it into an article so that it can be found more easily via the search process and since then we can file it under a category, in this case under Lesson Plans. Here is an email on the topic

I have taught at UPrep, Redding, CA for seven years (French) and five years (Russian). I have always taught with TPRS/CI, originally using the LICT series and sticking fairly closely to the stories, but gradually over the years realizing that PQA could take up more and more time and that just talking with students, using

OK I can tell how you guys might play this. The template is so poorly written that you might ignore it. So I’m making it sticky so that it never scrolls out until our young teacher has all the answers she wants. Have a heart. How would you like to be the one to deal

I got this question from a colleague who is not in the PLC and so I offered to run it by the group. It’s a big deal with a major yuck – as in unpleasant – factor. Here is the sequence of private email exchanges we have had over the past few days, with permission

Many of us have to go to work this month, most of us. To get ready, I wish to address here in the PLC the following things: Posters, wall arrangements – though this may seem minor, it is a a crucial thing in directing our kids’ attention to what we want done in our classes,

Don’t forget to send some books to people in our FVR library building program as per: https://benslavic.com/blog/2012/03/10/fvr-instant-library-program/ German books to: Brigitte Kahn 10 Suburban Lane Nesconset, NY 11767 French books to: Jen Schongalla Sant Bani School 19 Ashram Rd Sanbornton NH 03269 Spanish books to: Grant Boulanger 1829 Jefferson Ave St. Paul, MN 55105

Since students of ESOL And EFL teachers don’t share the same native tongue, that general discussion may be a bit tangential to the general discussion here. And yet, there is agreement that CI can provide good things in this area for those in the group who are not World Language teachers. So, I am making a

There are now 3,016 articles in this PLC venue with 13,097 comments dating back to 2007. That’s a lot of reading. So even though there is a lot in the queue, a few articles on Latin by John and some thoughts by Chris and also some focused stuff on how to start the year (yes, it’s

Don’t read this article. It’s just ramblings from a tired old teacher whose imagination is running away with him: Last week I felt the kinship of my colleagues as they all struggle, like me, trying hard on this ship of happy tomfoolery, laughing, falling, slipping, sliding, clutching, fearing, trusting, releasing, bringing in something new to schools, all

We are meeting on Wednesday night – not Tuesday as originally planned – in Las Vegas for the coaching session with me and Sabrina Janczak as the coaches. So 6:00 Wednesday and we’ll announce the room on Wednesday morning.