by Kara Parker | Oct 30, 2013 | 4 Assessments, Class Routines
I really need to improve my ways of assessing their learning at the end of a lesson instead of waiting until they take an assessment. I have revamped my exit slip procedure by adding this poster to my old bag of tricks. (To read about other ideas, click here: Exit... 
by Kara Parker | Oct 22, 2012 | Class Routines, Teacher Problems
The last ACTFL newsletter had a great article about staying in the target language in class. This is always a big challenge for me. Enjoy this reading and please share your thoughts! http://www.actfl.org Click on this link to sign up for the free http://www.actfl.org... 
by Kara Parker | Sep 25, 2012 | Class Routines, Organization
Megan posted before about giving students a Hispanic name and country that they are “from” to get students more interested. I wanted to add a little more culture based on some ideas from the comments, so I created passports with the flag as the background.... 
by Megan Smith | Aug 26, 2012 | Class Routines, Learning Stations, Most Popular, Teacher Problems
Published on: Aug 26, 2012 During my first two years of teaching a language, I noticed some patterns. 1.) Although I had big classes (around 30), about 5-10 students did the majority of speaking in class in the TL. 2.) Students got bored easily. I needed to change the... 
by Kara Parker | Aug 14, 2012 | Class Routines, First Days
One of our first week lesson plans is how to escape, I mean, how to leave the classroom. I do this lesson for these reasons: * New students get to see the faces and names of people they may need to visit. * They can do it in the target language. * It teaches them an... 
by Kara Parker | Jul 11, 2012 | Carnaval/Mardi Gras, Class Routines, ELL/ESL
Megan’s post inspired me to take a stroll through my local dollar store yesterday. Or maybe I was avoiding my homework… Anyways I have been learning a lot about collaborative groups in my ESL methods class. During my observations, I noticed that the...
