by Megan Smith | Aug 28, 2012 | Learning Stations, Reading Resources
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss My favorite station to plan for and have in class is a reading station. There are so many authentic readings available thanks to the internet.... 
by Kara Parker | Jul 29, 2012 | Olympics, Reading Resources
The Olympics are giving us all kinds of fresh readings! Especially on Twitter. We have a unit about pastimes and hobbies and I will be adding these new tweets and websites they are leading me to. To find good tweets, search for key words in the target language. I also... 
by Kara Parker | Apr 29, 2012 | Apps, Food/Restaurants, Reading Resources
The level 1 class is learning about restaurants and food right now. I love this unit because I get to eat in class, I mean, share the culture with them! One goal is to talk about a restaurant, which means they need input before output. I found some restaurant reviews... 
by Kara Parker | Mar 1, 2012 | Doctor/Sick/Body, Reading Resources
Authentic readings are a great way to get students exposed to the language. I vary what they will do with them depending on their proficiency level. Usually I ask them to identify the new vocabulary words being used. I have found that when I ask them to do this task,... 
by Kara Parker | Feb 11, 2012 | Reading Resources, Valentine's Day
The ever-present question in my mind as a language teacher is “How are the students going to LEARN the needed vocabulary??” The answer I hear is “Let them acquire it naturally.” And what does that mean?! Honestly I’m still learning how to... 
by Kara Parker | Jan 30, 2012 | Apps, People/Descriptions, Reading Resources
Finding activities to keep the whole family entertained during the holidays can be difficult. Then I found the Akinator app. We played that game all night! Then I realized it can be set in Spanish and MANY other languages. Now I can entertain students… Basically...
