Differentiation by content: World Language Classroom

It has been a joy to work with the GWATFL mentoring program, and it has also been helpful to hear concerns and questions that teachers have. We plan on having a variety of sessions to respond to these questions- and the first theme is differentiation which will happen tonight. I realize that I haven’t written

Super Bowl Lesson Plans: 2024

Since I am a big fan of the Super Bowl as are many of my students- I always love to do a little lesson about the Super Bowl the Thursday or Friday before the big day! I updated my resources that I blogged about last year: the presentation and the Google Forms. I use the forms to

September Favorites and Lesson Plans for articles

I hope that you have had a good start to the school year and are starting to fall into a routine. I still cannot believe that I have only been teaching for one full week! But I am appreciating the rhythms of the school year. This fall, I am still preparing for two keynotes: GWATFL

Black out poetry with article, poem or song

This past Black History Month, my 8th grade class studied Afro Peruvians and specifically the poem Me gritaron negra by Victoria Santa Cruz. My goals for this unit included not only exposing students to this important poem, but for them to demonstrate their understanding of the poem with their own interpretation. Our school wide theme

Activities and horoscopes for 2023

Happy almost New Year! I hope that everyone has taken time to enjoy their winter break! I had the opportunity to swing by the newest exhibit at the American History Museum- and I was so excited to see Walter Mercado featured in it! He was who initially inspired me to start summarizing horoscopes for my

Low to no prep ideas to use for reading/listening

Ever since I helped lead the PEARLL summer workshop on input to output, I have wanted to write this blog post- but it is always so hard to find the time! As teachers are transitioning to a more proficiency based teaching, it can be overwhelming. Or they may have to use a textbook and want

March favorites: Infographics, field trips, and more!

This year continues to challenge; however, I feel much more motivated. Part of this involved going to NECTFL. I have to say- despite the pictures, NECTFL wasn’t all roses. Almost my WHOLE family got some stomach bug. I actually had to take off the day before I was leaving because I felt so bad. My

Post story activity for novices

Thank goodness for Facebook groups! Many are so wonderful! For example, before I start teaching any Señor Wooly song, I go through all posts about them on the Woology group. I have found some amazing games to play. Most recently, I found an activity to create conversations after the song Adónde vas from Lisa Tassone

El Mundo en Tus Manos: What to do with previous articles?

I have discussed the idea of what to do with these news articles extensively in the past. While each edition comes with many activities and we try to keep them fresh, some days you just want to try something different. First, I encourage you to go back to previous online or reading activities. We recycle

Señor Wooly: Billy y las botas online book activities

I taught Billy y las botas to my Spanish II students in person many moons ago! This year, I decided to teach it to my fourth graders since the website now has the graphic novel in a variety of proficiency levels!! (This is one of the reasons that it is so amazing!). I came back