First Fridays: February 4, 2022

Happy Friday! Whew- for me January was ROUGH with various quarantines and snow, but it calmed down toward the end, and I am feeling much better by this Friday. Although I definitely didn’t finish as many other things that I had planned. One thing was what to do with Olympic Games! Luckily, some other people

First Fridays: January 7, 2022

This has been quite a start back to school. The stress can only be understood if you are also teaching- but WHEW. I hope that you have managed to figure your way if you are back in school or if your school is virtual. Meanwhile, we also had a HUGE snowstorm for us. We ended

First Fridays: December 3, 2021

Happy Friday! This month flew by- and I have been busy! I was so excited to have my session about motivating students to speak during interpersonal tasks to be the Best of GWATFL! I will be presenting at NECTFL with this session and Comprehensible Pop Culture. I am excited to be back to in person

First Fridays: November 5, 2021

Happy Friday! This weekend, I will be presenting at GWATFL. I am excited to share some of my favorite interpersonal activities in addition to some more excerpts from the upcoming book. Want more details? Florencia has also shared some of the excerpts on her YouTube videos– especially the unpacking activities series. Check out some of

First Fridays: October 1, 2021

Happy Friday! It seems like the first month of school has flown by. But as I posted earlier this week, there have been some great moments (and some not so great moments!). I hope that you are finding moments in success as we adapt back to fully in person for many of us in the

First Fridays: September 3, 2021

Happy Friday! For years, I wrote Brillante Viernes posts- and loved it! Round-up posts were my favorite posts from some of my favorite non language bloggers. But then with the pandemic, I didn’t have the time and energy to continue to dedicate to it. However, that is the case with many blogs! There weren’t as

Brillante Viernes: October 16, 2020

Long time, no talk! This year, I have felt busier than ever. I am sure many of us can relate. Unfortunately, I have had to put this blog on the back burner. I did want to pop over to share a few things and some recent posts that have motivated me! First, I am expecting

Brillante Viernes: September 11, 2020

Congratulations to all of the teachers (and parents!) that made it through another week! My parents were up here to help my son, and it was still exhausting juggling my own classes and helping my son. Also, over the summer, I forgot how long it takes to prep for online classes. It took longer to

Brillante Viernes: September 4, 2020

Happy Friday! Whew! What a week! I am still balancing child care with being back at school (with the help of my husband) although we are all pretty much at home. Next week, my son starts school, so that will help tremendously. Even with everything going on, I am really excited for him to start

Brillante Viernes: August 28, 2020

Happy Friday! I am “back” in school for meetings- but all virtually yesterday and today. I will say that I am optimistic about this year based on posts that I have seen from others. Hybrid and virtual both seem to be going much better than expected. I will say that I have not always been