Lori has a good question for the group:
Hi Ben!
First of all, thanks again for helping me connect with Diana in Denver last April. It was incredibly helpful to observe master teachers including (but not limited) Julie Soldner and Mark Mallaney.
After seeing the vast amount of great books that these teachers had at their finger tips I was determined to get some more books into my small private school classroom. My principal agreed to let me sell our Realidades resources and use the money to buy novels and picture books. Our wonderful secretary just sold the textbooks last week and I now have $K to spend on books!!!
So, I’m wondering if you would be willing to post my question on your PLC:
What novels do you recommend (and why) for each level of Spanish; beginning, intermediate and advanced?
Which picture books for SSR?
I already have Pobre Ana (from Blaine Ray workshops) and Los Baker Van a Peru. I purchased these on my own, in desperation to have something for my students to read last year.
This is my second year of CI and I’m excited to continue getting better at this FANTASTIC way of teaching! I was a little lost last year in knowing which structures and in what order to teach. I’m hoping to do choose a couple of novels for each class level and do some backward planning around those novels. Hopefully that will give me a bit of a map through this vast forest of language aquisition facilitating!
Also, I’m wondering if there is anyone in the Portland (OR) area (or within a couple of hours) who is more experienced with CI and willing for me to observe their classes some time this year. I put this question on the Forum (which I usually forget to check, after the first few days) and was encouraged to check the moretprs list serve. I couldn’t figure out how to join the listserve without a yahoo account, and I’m not sure I even want to anymore. Any other ideas?
Thanks Ben!
Lori Swan