I’d like to share with you my thoughts about my Comprehensible Input experience teaching in inner city schools in Chicago. I have taught Spanish Heritage classes for levels 2, 3, and 4, as well as AP Spanish Language and Culture....
Wowie Zowie! (Or in Latin, Papae!) Justin Slocum-Bailey is absolutely amazing! I enjoyed every minute of his session!...
Who does not love new exciting technology tools to engage and excite your students? Kristy Placido had some great tips and tricks to spice up your tech toolkit. She reviewed several tech tools with us and showed us how she uses them....
As teachers, we want students to use the target language as much as possible, and in the beginning level courses that can be a challenge because they simply don’t have enough language yet. Both Grant Boulanger and Bryce Hedstrom’s sessions at iFLT were great resources...
Are you tied to a textbook? Or do you have a thematic unit that does not seem to have any engaging resources your students are connecting with? Well, Carrie Toth’s session had the answers to solve these common problems for teachers. Carrie is extremely knowledgeable...
Today I spent the day learning about the OPI test with our informative presenter, Ryan Rockaitis. We learned about the test and what we can do to push our students to achieve to higher proficiency....
The end goal for all of our efforts as teachers is for our students to be able to understand authentic resources. The problem is that most of the authentic resources that are available just aren’t accessible to our students. We don’t want to make them...
It is impossible to reflect on IFLT 2019 without going back to IFLT 2018. I clearly remember the biggest takeaways from that first IFLT experience in Cincinnati just one year after I decided to ditch the textbook in my classroom (after 4 years of traditional...
Assessments have not always been equated with the most joyous of occasions. However, Jason Fritze said during the ACTFL panel that assessments should be moments of celebration for all students as they show not only us, their teachers, but themselves what they are capable of! ...
Due to the gentle encouragement from an amazing colleague, I was able to attend my first ever iFLT conference in St. Petersburg, Florida from July 15-18, 2019. Although I have attended mini workshops and professional development sessions in my school district related to Comprehensible Input, iFLT...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Today I had the privilege to spend the afternoon with very the super talented Sr. Wooly. Every time I attend his workshops, he has new compelling content and strategies that are 100% successful with my students! The best part of everything Wooly is that even...
Today, I had the opportunity to listen to Michelle Kindt explain the background of coaching in her session “Coaching Your Colleagues to Success”. First and foremost, I’ll be the first to admit that getting up in front of your students is most times way easier...
Many of us are now enjoying a much-deserved summer break and the rest of us are in that home stretch! Summer can bring on a wide range of feelings and emotions for teachers, from relief, to anxiety, to pure joy, to dread. We also have...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Cathryn's Confession: Dear Colleagues,I am struggling. I love my students. I love my classroom. I love what we accomplish every day. I love that every day is different, too. But there’s one struggle I can’t avoid and it is the bane of my existence and sometimes...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
A few years into my TCI (teaching with comprehensible input) journey, I read Stephen Krashen’s book, The Power of Reading, and was sold. The insights from this book made me realize how important it was to get my students to read. I knew that they needed longer...
Are you a member of the Facebook community Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers? I love seeing what teachers are doing with our readers in the classroom and am always inspired by the ideas they share. This idea is no different! A couple of weeks ago, Todd Hanlon-Alle...
“I love that! Can we do more activities like that?” Those are expressions every teacher loves to hear. Yet, the struggle can be real. Being the sole Spanish educator in my district, students see my face and hear my voice year after year. While Spanish...
It’s hard to believe that Makenna Parker first debuted a decade ago! Since then, Robo en la noche has become a classroom favorite, and has even “hatched” a sequel, Noche de oro....