by Megan Smith | Feb 7, 2016 | 2 Authentic Resources, Listening, Music, Reading, Valentine's Day
Starting with authentic resources is great for helping students find new vocab, ask questions about culture, and stay in the target language. I’ve also found that using authentic resources helped me plan better ways to assess learning. That’s step 3... 
by Kara Parker | Feb 6, 2016 | 1 Planning, Valentine's Day
Published 1/31/16 And now, the daily lesson planning part. I used to get very frustrated with authentic resources. It would take me at least 20 minutes to find a good one, then I only used it for 5 minutes in class, and then I still had to plan the rest of class. I... 
by Kara Parker | Feb 5, 2016 | 1 Planning, Valentine's Day
The number one way I increased student motivation was to replace the textbook worksheets with authentic resources. They are real, and my students connected to them. In our next few posts, we are going to explain how we have let AuthRes TAKE THE LEAD in all aspects of... 
by Kara Parker | Feb 1, 2016 | Valentine's Day
Original Publish Date: February 1, 2012 Valentine’s Day will be here soon! In the past, I usually bring in Corazones Dulces (Conversation Hearts in Spanish) and try to do an activity. This year I found a picture on Pinterest from an elementary teacher and... 
by Megan Smith | Feb 11, 2015 | Valentine's Day
As mi Tica friend Cati would say… “¡Qué cute!” Fun idea to let students share their “love story”! You can find a blank version here! I found these adorable tarjetas from Trini’s blog that you might like to use! Have any artistic or... by Megan Smith | Feb 10, 2015 | Valentine's Day
