Today I chat about my goal of staying in the target language and why I am LOVING it. Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN Curriculum Club today: https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/?affcode=95140_nhucyzek and get your copy o

Interview with Curriculum Club Coach Kimberly Clela Davis

Aug 21st, 2021 22m 3s

Get to know Kimberly Clela Davis with me! Be sure to check out her blog and Roadmap to Reflection https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/p/roadmap-to-reflection and https://madamechat.com/ Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN

Together we are a Wolfpack!

Aug 18th, 2021 18m 22s

Check out “Wolfpack” by Abby Wambach here: http://abbywambach.com/books/wolfpack/ Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN Curriculum Club today: https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/?affcode=95140_nhucyzek and get your copy of “

Interview with Curriculum Club Coach Angie Williams

Aug 14th, 2021 12m 20s

Get to know Angie Williams with me! Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN Curriculum Club today: https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/?affcode=95140_nhucyzek and get your copy of “Foundations” here: https://stepping-stones-fou

Interview with Curriculum Club Coach Jennifer Bilby

Aug 13th, 2021 13m 1s

Get to know Jennifer Bilby with me! Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN Curriculum Club today: https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/?affcode=95140_nhucyzek and get your copy of “Foundations” here: https://stepping-stones-fou

Anti-bias & anti-racist reading

Aug 12th, 2021 20m 26s

Today we chat about the ways in which we should be educating ourselves and providing materials to help diversify our minds and libraries. Check out the Stepping Stones curriculum here: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 Get your copy of “Fou

Instructional session 1: Small talk

Aug 11th, 2021 16m 39s

Small talk in class 1! How to do this with success, setting you up for future classes. Free curriculum: https://ci-liftoff.ck.page/7b073b8f10 JOIN Curriculum Club today: https://ci-liftoff.teachable.com/?affcode=95140_nhucyzek and get your copy

Interview with Curriculum club coach, JoyceAnna D’Alessandro (Italian Island podcast)

Aug 11th, 2021 14m 14s

JoyceAnna is a wealth of knowledge! I loved chatting with her about how she became a French and Italian teacher, Curriculum Club and her amazing podcast. Check it out here: https://anchor.fm/italianisland Free curricu

Language Acquisition Research (Krashen) and the Stepping Stones curriculum

Aug 8th, 2021 22m 9s

Today I share my thoughts on Krashen’s research and how the Stepping Stones curriculum could have helped me as a language learner back in the day. Be sure to get your copy of “Foundations” here : https://stepping-stones-foundations.myshopify.co

Classroom management and going SLOW in the TL

Aug 6th, 2021 21m 21s

Today I share some of my thoughts on the beginning of Chapter 4 of Foundations by Tina Hargaden. Classroom management is much easier when we speak slowly and clearly! Trust me…. Iisten to find out why. Be sure to get your copy of Foundations to

Setting up your classroom

Aug 5th, 2021 23m 25s

In this episode we are diving into two critical elements of classroom management and set up: the walls and the rules!

Thoughts on COVID & teaching

May 19th, 2020 21m 54s

How this lucky teacher is managing teaching online and “homeschooling” her kids in Bozeman, MT.

Books in the world language classroom

Jan 26th, 2020 16m 33s

Today we will chat about how to introduce books to your students and how to guide them to texts that will engage, interest and challenge them!

Summative Portfolio assessments (SPA)

Dec 17th, 2019 28m 52s

Why I love SPA from curriculum club by Tina Hargaden

LOVE

Nov 27th, 2019 15m 7s

Self love and gratitude this thanksgiving holiday!!

Grading the graphic organizers

Nov 4th, 2019 10m 57s

This episode is all about how we can grade the graphic organizers to support each individual in our world language classes!

Graphic organizers within GOI

Oct 31st, 2019 16m 53s

Challenging and supporting your students with graphic organizers during the guided oral input

Resetting your tricky classes!

Oct 30th, 2019 35m 56s

How I like to reset my most difficult classes

Guided oral input - Language Generation

Oct 27th, 2019 15m 29s

In this episode we chat about GOI and the power of its language generation for students and the teacher, as part of the daily framework

Supporting focus during Guided Oral Input

Oct 22nd, 2019 18m 27s

Intro to chapter 10 of Stepping Stones

Empowering students with special needs

Oct 21st, 2019 22m 23s

In this episode I give some tips on how to help your students daily to acquire your language with ease! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UENooZBpLWAalAE9F0EPSw9ht4Cp8VH1v-06IyiO2Ow/edit?usp=sharing_eil&ts=5dacfe26

Hand clapping games!!

Oct 17th, 2019 26m 59s

Listen as Elin and I try to explain these hand clapping games without visuals! It’s a bit complicated but soo worth it. ;) https://youtu.be/_CXvpOjGAgA https://youtu.be/KaS_YblwnFo https://youtu.be/O_rXSrcBE7Q