Dear Ben,
I have a question that maybe you or some others on the blog might be able to answer. I am required to give 10 daily grades and three test grades per six weeks. We have been in school two weeks, and I’ve given a few end of class quizzes. But, when doing circling with balls for the first six weeks or so, I am wondering how I am going to cobble together a test. Should I just keep track of the structures we have been using and give a vocabulary test, and maybe ask the kids to write a few sentences using that vocab? I am really at a loss as to what to do here. I am hoping, at least the first six weeks, I can just give two tests and count their best one for two test grades. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Also, by the way, even my level 3 kids, who know almost nothing anyway, are all really responding to this comprehensible input teaching. The principal, although he has not been in my class yet, has told me the kids have really been talking up Spanish class during their lunch period. So glad I have found this blog. Thanks for everything!
Irene
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
