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The Deskless Classroom: Easy Story activity: Secret input!

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Sunday, November 20, 2016. Easy Story activity: Secret input! I thought I would share the #1 go-to activity that I use if I have a little bit of time to prep. I love this activity because. 1) It is a "secret input" activity. Students think they are doing a writing (or speaking) activity- but secretly they are reading! Plus, if they are writing they are copying directly from the text, therefore are writing accurately! 3) It's easy and totally flexible and adaptable. Reading a novel? Also works for that.

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Todally Comprehensible Latin: CI Goals for 2015-2016

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A recovering grammar-translation Latin teacher's journey into Comprehensible Input. Views on Classical Literature. Sunday, August 9, 2015. CI Goals for 2015-2016. Students return back to school tomorrow, so as I am doing some lesson planning, I figure that this would be a good time to list my CI goals for this upcoming school year. This year's list is much shorter than last year's list. Associate vocabulary with gestures and get in TONS of repetitions using those gestures. I have done Movie Talk probably...

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The Deskless Classroom: Interactive (ish) notebooks

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Monday, October 19, 2015. When I started teaching middle school, I knew that using binders would really frustrate me. I had used interactive notebooks effectively as a grad student in math, and somewhat effectively as a teacher for writing. I knew I wanted to use notebooks in Spanish, but I had no idea how. Luckily, the internet exists. I found so much information that I was completely overwhelmed. Eventually, I put some ideas together and started to use the notebooks. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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The Deskless Classroom: September 2016

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Saturday, September 24, 2016. Back to school nights. BTS nights are pretty challenging, I think. This year, when I was at the school for 14 hours, certainly was! The way we do it at our school is very challenging too: each teacher has five minutes to present, in one group space, to parents of each grade. Then you run to another grade level, and do it again. You do it twice for families that have kids in various grades. This was my first time trying this and I am sure I will keep it. My goals were this:.

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The Deskless Classroom: Sustained Silent Reading / Free Voluntary Reading: it begins!

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Sunday, November 20, 2016. Sustained Silent Reading / Free Voluntary Reading: it begins! I started a FVR/SSR program with my Spanish 2 (8th grade) class this year. I am SO EXCITED to report that it is a smashing success. Kids ask for more, say thank you, and have a palpable sense of excitement when I announce it and a sense of disappointment when I ring my chime to indicate that it is over. If you haven't read everything that Bryce Hedstrom has written about FVR and reading, stop reading now, click here.

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The Deskless Classroom: Starters (Bell Ringers) and Objectives

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Starters (Bell Ringers) and Objectives. I recently posted on the tprs listerv (moretprs.yahoo.com) about my Bell ringers (I call them Para Empezars: PEs) and was startled by how many people wanted to see what I use. I thought I'd take a moment to explain. They are a great way for you to assess the previous day’s topic. Except when I don't. The example shown is from the La Universidad. Please remember to share, attribute, and not profit! For an editable version of the objectives.

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The Deskless Classroom: February 2016

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Monday, February 15, 2016. The evolution of an assessment. Scroll to number 5) without losing your mind and spending too much time planning. It's a great unit.) I spent a lot of time on the assessment rubric, ran it by the trainer of the workshop for a second pair of eyes, and taught it. So this time around, I decided to take the main idea- writing from different perspectives using target vocabulary, and change it up. I then led a discussion, reading their answers out loud with extreme drama and student ...

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The Deskless Classroom: April 2016

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016. When they scream for a story. Quick post between meetings because something REALLY COOL just happened:. Several of my Spanish 2 kids had to leave for a cross country meet. Instead of introducing new subject matter to only half the class, I decided to do a review. Of something. Um, what? I had nothing planned. I'm new at this! But what I could do was take a story from another class that I know really, really well. And quickly put it in the past tense. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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The Deskless Classroom: March 2016

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Sunday, March 20, 2016. When accuracy counts: Using a simple text, oral input, and student choice to improve output. At some point with intermediate level students, output becomes a little bit more important. Not a lot. Just a little. I decided to create a series of 10 activities using resources from the Comprehensible Classroom's products, specifically the Independent Textivities. Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro. The Menu of Activities:. For the last trimester, I have about 9 weeks and 10 chapters of Nuev...

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The Deskless Classroom: August 2016

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016. More sub plans: Brilliant No Prep Sub Plan. Brilliant No Prep Sub Plan. This amazing sub plan is from Scott Benedict. If you haven't yet explored Teach for June, I highly recommend that you do so. His workshop on grading freewrites this year at NTPRS was a revelation for me. This single page and a master class list is all I am going to leave in my emergency plans this year. He has graciously given me permission to repost, so here. Is the Brilliant No Prep Sub Plan (my title).