FVR Library
Since FVR is not voluntary, Tina and I have espoused the term Free Choice Reading to describe how we start our classes. But that's not
Starla la Destructora
I’m not even sure who wrote this but here is a link to a little reader: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Starla-la-Destructora-3497772 Also Greg wrote one: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/El-chico-salvaje-A-short-story-FVR-SSR-e-book-for-CI-Spanish-teachers-3510365
New Reader from Greg
Good news from Greg: Hi Ben, I finally published my first FVR/SSR book: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/El-chico-salvaje-A-short-story-FVR-SSR-e-book-for-CI-Spanish-teachers-3510365 This is the direction I think I am going to go in
Generating Class Reading Materials at the Elementary Level
Here is Alisa's idea for generating class reading materials - instead of buying books - in order to, each year, expand the class library at
Literary E-Zine
Greg shares: Martina Bex is starting a new Literary E-Zine for students and is looking for contributions. https://martinabex.com/2017/10/09/revista-literal-free-e-zine-for-spanish-students/ Deadline for this issue is Friday 10/20/17 We should contribute our
This Is Your Grade Book Speaking
This is a repost from 2012. In my opinion, grading is one of the key areas we have to to rethink on the deepest level (because
Read and Tell – An Optional SSR Activity
I am reposting this for Udo who had questions about SSR: Here is a strategy that eats up minutes; I should say gobbles them up. I
FVR Survey
Jeff Easthon in IL gave a survey to his students on FVR. He explains: Hey Ben - I gave this survey to all of my Spanish
Novels
Q Do you read the novels with the Invisibles program? A. The novels are great additions to any CI program. My problem has been that many
Write and Discuss
This is by Tina: You have told a story to the class as in Story Listening, or created a story with the class, or you have