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Hi Megan, There are a ton of ideas here and I look forward to reading more!
Thanks for checking things out! I’m excited for a chance to share ideas with new people and get some new inspiration too! Please feel free to share!
Your website made my snow day even better. I am new on the TCI world so I am on the trial and error stage. Some ideas that I used and worked surprisingly awesome are the NEVER EVER game as a way of checking for understanding and the already famous RUN-DICTATION in which students work in pairs and one goes out and reads a text and come backs in and the other partner has to write it. At the end, they need to sit together and figure out what the text is about, answer questions or translate.
Write you around!
Alberto,
Can you provide details about the two games you mentioned? OR what is your website (mentioned in Kara’s reply)?
Gracious
Alberto, i just saw your site. Thanks for the ideas. Have you tried toondoo.com yet?? It’s fun!
Your site is amazing! I’m a brand new Middle School Spanish teacher (and by brand new I mean as of a week ago). I’m desperately looking for ideas online as I’m the only Spanish Teacher in the school and you’ve got some really creative ideas! I will be checking often and hopefully I’ll be successfully using lots of your ideas soon 🙂 thank you!
How exciting! It’s a lot of work at the beginning (ha it always is!) but teaching Spanish can be so much fun! Hope you can use lots of ideas! I’ll be posting more video resources soon. Good luck Brooke!
Hi, I went to Flenj 2017. How can I get the certificate for your workshop
Have a wonderful weekend
Thank you
Hi Yolanda! I believe FLENJ said that would be emailed to you after you completed a short survey. Did you receive that email from FLENJ? If not, send them an email: https://flenj.org/contact-us/ Contact us at creativelanguageclass@gmail.com if they can’t help you.
Fantastic website! It’s so great to see all of the clever things you are up to in the classroom! I take my hat off to you! 🙂 Congratulations!
Thanks, Pam!
Thanx so much for this website! so many clever ideas that I look forward to using in my English class! Well done and keep up the good work!
This website is so awesome, and you are so creative! I was wondering where you all studied / went to college?
I split my undergrad between Indiana Wesleyan University and Grand Valley State University, but I graduated with a International Business/Spanish degree. Now, I’m getting my master’s in education at Northern Kentucky University. I have had some great professors there that really know how to teach languages.
I went to Indiana University for my undergrad and University of Louisville for my Master’s. Honestly, the ideas come from working with other teachers in my school and district. We have a great cohort that developed our curriculum and we still meet almost monthly to lesson plan together. Our district gives us Professional Development credit when we meet. the collaborative nature of our group is amazing. Megan and I talk almost daily even now that I’m at a different school.
Wow, I’m so glad I found your website. You are the teacher I want to be! I’m a first year teacher after 10 years off and oh my, have things changed! My quick question to you is this: do you use a book? I sort of feel that I need to use a book (the vocab and grammar, at least) so that the classes taught by different teachers are equal. Or do you think that doesn’t matter?
Great question. We don’t use a book, but we have a curriculum to follow. https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=28f7c805d5a3213d&sc=documents&wa=wsignin1.0&sa=343767067&id=28F7C805D5A3213D%21154
I agree that it’s important to have a curriculum and set of topics to follow especially when there are multiple teachers. I think it keeps the class fresh and exciting. Also it is important to be a team player.
Just to give you something to think about: I teach at an alternative school where I get new students frequently from different schools. When they come to me, they each have a different background knowledge. At first this drove me crazy. Now that I focus on their proficiency level instead of grammar and vocabulary, I have peace and they are so relieved that they can be successful. So the question becomes what can you do with the language? Not, what do you know?
Even if two teachers teach the same topics, the students will get something different. My level 2s are so happy when they get to build on previous knowledge (and take it to a new proficiency level) instead of starting at nothing.
I hate to bother you, but I’m fascinated by your classrooms and curriculum!! Do you have the students take written exams or just complete the performance assessments? Next year I will be teaching all of the level 3 and 4s, but only 3 out of 5 of the Spanish I classes, so I feel this “use the book” pressure, which I’d rather not.
The only tests I give are the performance assessments, that includes writing, reading, listening, or speaking. I don’t give all every unit. Normally I pick the two that fit the unit the best. My growth goal this year was to add a reading assessment to each unit to support our school’s growth plan. Then I choose a speaking or writing. This will be an upcoming post, but I only give 3 grades to each student each unit. About the “pressure”, I suggest that you do a combo: book-less but follow similar topics. The goal for level 3 is Intermediate Mid and that’s a tough one to get them too. Is this a goal for your department? Also I’ve found that level 3s want some grammar “sprinkles.” Just keep all this as an open conversation with your department. If they refuse, talk to your admins. *Do what is best for your students.*
Thank you so much for sharing your curriculum on here. My district is just getting ready to revamp everything and this is super helpful. I love that it seems, at least at a glance, that you keep consistency throughout languages and levels! Amazing 🙂
Thank you so much for helping me! I can’t stop thinking about how much I want to change everything around! I don’t think that the other teachers will care too much about not following the book as long as I follow similar topics. I *do* think they will care if there are no exams. I think I’ll have to figure out how to turn performance assessments into “exams” with grades, because my kids are definitely not speaking enough Spanish the way things are right now!
Wow, your site is amazing! Felicidades! And thanks for sharing all your great ideas! I also teach Spanish (university level), and I love the idea of an online community of Spanish teachers sharing materials! I just started my own website in that spirit. I’m just starting out, but I have a lot of ideas! My site is http://www.estudiafeliz.wordpress.com if you’d like to check it out.
Kara and Megan–Hello! I really would like to email you both personally with some questions! I am not seeing your contact information? Maybe I am just so overwhelmed with the awesome job of your site! 😉
We share creativelanguageclass@gmail.com.
Megan and Kara,
I have been exploring your blog for the past hour and I have found so many wonderful new ideas for my Spanish classroom! I can’t wait to use them next year! Our school year is about to wrap up, but I want to explore more and get more awesome ideas from you both! Great job and I am so excited! My kids will be very rejuvinated from the mundane lessons and homework assignments!
Karyn
Thanks Karyn!
Hola! Veo que utilizan ipads para enseñar. Sus estudiantes los tienen también o solo los profes? Me interesa saber que apps usan porque pronto mi departamento tendrá unos ipads que podemos usar (los profes nada más). Tienes unos apps favoritos??
SÃ! En general:
Tourwrist, Scrappad, piccollage, Salsa Spanish, Pages/keynote, sock puppets, voice thread, WordPress, edmodo, Skype, y Yelp. You will love them!!
Eres una bendición!!! Me encantan tus ideas… y voy a planificar para el otro año usando casi todas! Hace falta maestros que de verdad dan oportunidades en la clase para adquirir el idioma de una manera más natural… me da pena que hay muchos que no entiended que uno no aprende por simplemente el maestro hablando 99% del tiempo, sin juegos que trabajan la mente, sin todo tipo de actividades y que la diverción no es pecado en el mundo de educación!! Gracias otra vez!
¡Mil gracias por el comentario, Gabby! ¡Tienes razón! La parte me gusta más es “la diversión no es pecado en el mundo de educación!” 🙂 ¡Estoy completamente de acuerdo!
I get that Indianapolis built a new dome, or something, but I think the tradition of having the Super Bowl in warm climates is a good tradition. I mean, what is Phred and his merry band going to do if there is a blizzard? Not to mention the thought of 20 or 40,000 drunk football fans trying to drive in snow, boggles the mind.Why aren't all the conservatives decrying the downfall yet another American tradition?
You have done a great job of creating a helpful and very creative blog! I am teaching English in Korea and I find your blog to be very useful! I am nominating this blog for a Versatile Blogger Award! Keep it up!
Love love love this website! Im a 5th year Spanish teacher that teaches k-12! Thanks for all of the great ideas!
Found your blog today and am SO thankful! I am starting my 4th year of teaching high school Spanish in 2 weeks and am looking forward to a new school year. Can’t wait to put some of your great ideas to work!
Hi girls
I’m teaching french in a difficult co-ed school in Sydney australia, 3:1 ratio boys to girls and if i don’t make my class interesting the boys send me bonkers!….You have saved me from hours of trying to find “actively engaged” stuff for boys education! I am so grateful…!
Can i offer you a great site i stumbled on for teaching house/family? – Urbanbarn.com…I spent 3 lessons on this with my kids and i never heard a peep! Got them to use prepositions in it but can do anything you like…Helen
Chicas!
Thank you so much for creating this blog and for updating often. I was a high school Spanish teacher for 10 years and last year my district shipped me to the Middle School (kicking and screaming!) My principal wanted me to “create a dynamic and communicative environment for them”. Did I mention I also didn’t have any planning time??? I had a miserable year. I have the same teaching assignment this year (also without the planning time), but I stumbled on your blog via Pinterest and I am actually feeling a little excited about this school year now that I have some tools in my arsenal. I love that your ideas are easy to do (nothing require oodles of time) and I believe that they will really have an impact on my students! Muchisimas gracias! –Christine
Hi!
Do you have any ideas for what to do when many students in your class are missing? Many 8th graders in my school participate in a peer leadership program and are pulled out of class for the day every month or so. It leaves me with only half of my class (or less). I don’t like moving on or covering new material when so many students are out, but I also don’t want to just let them sit there and watch a Spanish DVD. Any suggestions?
This is a great question that I’m still learning. This is my reality daily in an alternative school. I’ll post about this in depth later. Short answer: I keep teaching new material even if there’s only one student. It can be a day to read, find YouTube videos, practice speaking (fewer students makes this way easier) or work, play games, redo assessments, get feedback from you, on their real world homework.
I just found your blog, and can you say GOLD MINE!? I’ve been teaching Spanish for 5-1/2 years now and this is so great for me to start shaking things up. Looking forward to reading more and trying new ideas!
Hi again,
I like to let my students listen to music when they work on different projects. Any suggestions for good Spanish tunes that students would like? I figure I’ll wear out Danza Kuduro really soon 😉 and I know my students are kind of bored by the more ‘traditional’ Latin music.
Thanks! Your site is awesome.
Vanessa
My favorite question to answer… Check out “TuneIn radio.” it’s a great app that lets you hook on to radio stations from around the world. I love to hear the DJs and commercials in the TL too. I usually let them pick what country they want to hear from and they love it!
I use Pandora
Hi,
Wondering if you can give any advice on pre-assessments. We have to pre-assess our students now in order to show their progress and qualify ourselves as effective teachers. I’m not sure how to go about pre-assessing students on vocabulray and grammar that I have never taught them before. Do you do this? Any advice you can share would be great 🙂
Vanessa
I would just give the end of unit assessment at the beginning. The JCPS site has 2 versions of each assessment. Give a proficiency grade for both, and then compare the level. They probably will get “No measurable progress” or “Novice low” on the first one because they can’t do it.
I’m starting a unit on homes this week. Do you know where to find real estate listings in Spanish? I thought it would be helpful for the students to look at some authentic material like that in Spanish and see what they can understand. Thanks!
Try this…
http://www.century21enlinea.com/CENTURY21CentralAmerica/tabid/38/language/es-ES/Default.aspx
Let me know if you find a great deal! I’d love a vacation home:)
Have you ever or could you write a blog or posts about becoming National Board certified? It’s something I’m considering but am having a hard time finding stories and experiences from world language teachers. Thanks!
Hey girls – Do you have any good websites for my students to visit to help construct a vocabulary list for descriptions (hair type, eye color, and body type ….pelo rizado, gordo, flaco, ect.)? I have our chromebooks checked out for my classes tomorrow and want the kids to do their own searching to find the description vocabulary in context. Is there a shampoo company website in spanish or something? Thanks!!
-Kyle
Hi Ladies,
Really love following your blog all the way from Ireland. I am a Spanish and Irish teacher here in Northern Ireland and get such inspiration from your blogs. I am currently thinking of ways i can embed an iPad into my lessons, any advice would be much appreciated! 🙂
A few apps that I use a lot are…
Akinator, Pic Collage, Haiku Deck, Pow Strip Design, Animoto = I love having them create with the IPADS. It’s more challenging than a worksheet, they can’t copy, and it teaches them to USE the language! Good luck!
Check this video out! I think you’ll really like it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXynrsrTKbI
You’re right! I loved that video! It made me see my own situation in a new way! “When the world gives us trash, we turn it into music!” – Love that!
I even showed it to a band class!
Gracias Desea!
buenas acabo de enterarme de tu blog y la verdad es que me parece excelente no sabia de mas personas interesadas en estos temas, aqui tienes un nuevo lector que seguira visitandote abitualmente.
Hey there! I’ve been reading your web site for some time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Tx! Just wanted to say keep up the great job!
Thanks so much! There are lots of Texas language teachers out there! You all must have some great conferences!
very cool site! Lot’s of great ideas! Thanks from the UK! 🙂
So happy to have found this site! What a gem! This is just what I needed to shake things up for my kiddos over the next few months. I am lucky enough to teach middle school Spanish (this is my 4th year) and am all about TPRS, and so many of your ideas will work perfectly in my classroom! Thanks for collaborating and sharing your knowledge and ideas with the rest of us. I am in debt!
I just found your blog this morning via Pinterest and I have been obsessed with it all day!! I’ve already used some ideas today and shared everything with my colleagues. I’ve been teaching Italian in NJ for 12 years and I’m constantly looking for new & fun ideas. GRAZIE!
Hi Megan and Kara! Just wanted to drop by and say thanks for all that you two share with us! I subscribe to your blog and love getting an inspirational pick-me-up after I’ve had a rough day. It’s obvious you two love teaching and your students are lucky to have you as their teachers. BTW – I graduated from the “other” Valley – SVSU 🙂
We all need a little inspiration from each other. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Hi! I am a Spanish teacher as well. I use a lot of songs with my students that i write myself. Check them out, they might also be helpful to you.
Cesar
https://soundcloud.com/cesarachinchilla
I just found out about your blog at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. It looks great! I love the way you have set up your curriculum. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! How was CSCTFL?
Meagan, I absolutely love your blog! Great information! I am a middle school Spanish teacher and use music and beats (soecifically hip hop) to teach and reinforce vocab and grammar.
I have a website: MagiaEscolar.com with free instructional resources.
I used my mnemonics devices with urban and suburban populations and just released a CD: “Hook Them with the Beat!” on iTunes, Google Play, and CDbaby. You can preview/download my music at:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Falbum%2Fhook-them-with-the-beat%21%2Fid646384135%3Fv0%3D9988%26ign-mpt%3Duo%253D1&h=uAQEGay4B&s=1
or on:
https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Magia_Escolar_LLC?id=Akk6ln4otm3l5m4utkkmnmawzma&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImFydGlzdC1Ba2s2bG40b3RtM2w1bTR1dGtrbW5tYXd6bWEiXQ..
or:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/magiaescolarllc
#SpanishTeachersRock
Amazing CD!
First, I love your site!!! Thanks for sharing. I thought I remember seeing here the KWLA Proficiency rubric painted on the classroom wall… which I want to do for next year… but now I can’t find it. Was it on your site???
Just in case you were still looking, here it is!
http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/bring-the-rubric-to-life/
Hola chicas, excelente blog, yo soy de Venezuela viviendo en Texas, tengo un master en business y me habÃa dedicado a mis chicos hasta ahora que me ofrecieron enseñar español a 2, 3 y 4 grado. Es un colegio católico y el director me dio campo libre para crear, organizar, material, etc. Los libros que el colegio ha estado usando no me gustan, que me recomiendan por donde empezar.
Gracias
Mika
Hi! Do you have an account on Teachers Pay Teachers? Maybe this is noted somewhere on the site but I didn’t look very thoroughly. 🙂 If you do, please let me know how to find you. I would definitely pay for some of the materials you talk about on this site!
We do… here’s the link:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Creative-Language-Class
This is a great site. I love your creativity! I was writing an article on incorporating fun activities into the Spanish classroom (based on my own teaching in the 90s), and I came across your site. I hope you don’t mind that I included a link to your site in my article. Perhaps it will send more people your way. http://victorialynn.hubpages.com/hub/Fun-Activities-in-Spanish-Spanish-Class-Activities
My colleague and I are having troubles finding the best way to review what the students learned the previous year. We have tried where students take topics/themes and become the “expert” and re-teach to other students, but it just isn’t working out to be the best review because they aren’t covering the topic thoroughly enough for mastery by other students. Do you have a post about this or could we start some chatter about it? How do you review what was learned the previous year without having to completely re-teach all concepts covered?
Jess, This has become a focus of mine this year. I have mixed classes, so I had to change things. Often the level 2 topics are brand new to them and they struggle to “quickly” pull old learning out when needed. So what I did was realign topics where I teach the same main themes (food, places, activities, descriptions, people) to both levels but culture is the focus. As the 2’s are learning, I’ve seen the old learning resurface quickly and they got the chance to BUILD on it. This has helped mine a lot. This means that you would need to redo the curriculum, but it has been worth it! Megan and I are preparing this information and how to implement it for a fall conference (KWLA) and will share then. Have you found anything else?
That sounds like an amazing idea. I will have to look into that. What we ended up doing was turning the review more into stations. That is how we reviewed for semester exams. Each station focused on something different, whether it be listening, speaking, writing, reading or just a game for vocab recognition. I got some awesome feedback on this from the students and they actually helped me tweak the stations to make them even better. Also, I wanted to let you know that I have been using the Bienvenida that you all introduced and it, too, has been a great way to review concepts and use context to review vocabulary from the past. It was so amazing because then my final speaking activity of the semester was that they had to re-answer 4 of the many questions we had come up with for the Bienvenida. I loved the ease of organizing it, while at the same time seeing the students recall the answers.
I will let you know if I come up with something else, but I must tell you that you have been a true inspiration to me. I have used so many of your ideas and they are a HUGE success with my students and for learning. Mil gracias! In fact, we just used infographs to introduce our health unit and the complex sentences the kids came up with blew me away! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! You ladies rock!
Thank you for sharing this information! It’s great to hear about student success. I think the best thing you did was to get student input!
Great site! Great ideas! Great teacher!
Thanks!!
Hola Megan y Kara,
Este es mi primer año como profesora de español y aunque conozco el idioma muy bien (soy colombiana), apenas estoy aprendiendo a enseñarlo. Es increÃble encontrar otras personas que se dedican a lo mismo y sobre todo, que comparten ideas, actividades, etc. ¿Ustedes me pueden recomendar un libro de texto que me sirva de guÃa para mis clases? Enseño en un colegio católico pequeño en Massachusetts y mis alumnos son estudiantes de 7 y 8 grados. Este es el primer año que estudian español. De antemano les doy las gracias. Tengo algunas presentaciones en Power Point y otras actividades que he encontrado en internet y estarÃa encantada en compartirlas con ustedes. Por hoy y para terminar, les recomiendo este divertido video acerca del aprendizaje del español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjDe4sLER0‎
Gracias Maria Clara! (BTW Clara es el nombre más bonito en mi opinión!) No uso un libro, pero el mejor que usaba es “Realidades”.
Gracias por el video.
Hi, Megan!
I am about to introduce my students to your blog. I am a Spanish teacher and Professor of Methods of Teaching Modern Languages at University of Indianapolis. Thank you for being so generous in sharing your approaches. Know they will impact hundreds of students! AngieR
Angie –
Thank you so much for your comment! Helping teachers is the whole reason Kara and I started this! You just made my day! Let us know if you would like to collaborate sometime!
Much’isimas gracias por este blog! Felicidades! Es s’uper ‘util y pr’actico. Soy profesora de español y desde luego voy a usar muchas de estas ideas a partir de ahora. Estoy segura de que mis estudiantes lo van a agradecer. Gracias de nuevo.
Have you ever done a unit “lets hang out” with Spanish texting? I was thinking of adding this into my next unit but I was wondering if you had any ideas. BTW I also did do my new years class resolution of a qr scavenger hunt in Spanish. Thanks for the help with that!
Great post! I’ve loved reading about teaching throughout your site. Thanks for writing it all!
Love your website! Have you ever or will you consider doing a post about starting out the year? I’m curious what you ladies do to get things up and running.
Is there any way to get the downloadable files of these worksheets instead of the jpeg image?
At this point, all of our downloadable files are in our “Mercado” (on the menu). Some are free!
Today to review Physical Descriptions we played Heads Up and the students loved it. We stayed in Target Language. Also to help them we have an English box taped to the floor for extra help.
Great site, lots of practical resources and ideas! thanks
I am looking for solutions on how to transition from K-5 Spanish and what to focus the teaching to the Middle School Spanish instruction. Next, how to set benchmarks on what a Spanish 1 high school student should be able to master prior to entering Spanish after having studied from K-8.
Please advise.
Our IT guy showed me this great website. You may have seen it already, but it’s a great place for authentic readings. Plus, it’s a really great way to show kids who in the world has access to news and it what languages they’re available.
http://newspapermap.com/
That’s great, thanks!
Kara and Megan,
Where do you work? I am in Idaho at Community School. I would love to visit you some idea. Your ideas are amazing. Thank you!
Kara’s in Colorado now and I’m in Kentucky! What about you?
Maybe a strange question, but do you all follow a book in your class or do you basically follow the ACTFL proficiency and base your lessons off of that?
No book! Our district chose units for each level based on AP themes. We use authentic resources and communicative activities to help students grow their proficiency in the language! It’s work, but the results are exciting!
Hola! I have been following your site for a couple of years now and I am noticing that a few tabs are now password protected. Did I miss a link, am I able to get a password? How? I love your site!
gracias,
Dana
Thanks Dana! We have a few things in progress as we change over to the new site, so we are protecting them until they are finished. That will just take time to be revealed. Also we have some that are for the attendees of our workshops at conferences or PDs. That information would not even make sense if someone has not attended. If you haven’t already, sign up for the emails though. This summer there will be some exciting new things!
I’m a rising junior in college and found your site not too long ago. Some days I question be decision to become a Spanish teacher, but then I find things on here and I like Yes! This is what I want my classroom to be like! I can do this!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Gracias
Thanks for sharing Liz! No lie, it’s not easy every day, but so rewarding!
A lovely and loving gesture on your part. To share your thoughts, experiences, products so willingly.
I’ll be most happy if you can point out the place where you show in the execution stage that clearly serve, nurture and develop the differing abilities.
I have prepared exercises to reflect three groups of students: slow, average and quick. You can see this in the discussion on Mixed ability… in ELT Professionals Around The World at LinkedIn.
I’m happy to have know you both.
Thanks! We don’t have just one place that covers how we differentiate. It’s weaved into our overall philosophy and every lesson. I suggest starting here: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/the-proficiency-path/
Your blog is amazing! I’m currently training to be a secondary school Japanese and Humanities teacher (coming to you all the way from Australia!). Your blog has been so helpful in coming up with creative and fun lessons for my professional placements. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and ideas!
Thanks, Stephanie!I love knowing you can take an idea (where we probably shared an example in Spanish) and adapt it for your classes! You sound like a veteran teacher 🙂 Good luck!
Hola!
I’ve been reading your blog and am so grateful to all you share. Just so you both know, there are districts all over the Dallas area talking about your posts. 🙂
Kara! I spent a year teaching in A Rua and living in O Barco – both “just down the road” from Ponferrada. I had a teacher friend whose family lived there and I spent more than one weekend exploring there – one of my favorite castles. I also did the Camino de Santiago – a life changing experience. I didn’t have the time to do a month like so many people, but I have the “Certificate of Completion”.
Keep being amazing! Mil gracias por todo su trabajo y por compartirlo!
Hi Andrea! Thanks for your story. Small world… We will be in Texas in October at TFLA. Are you going? http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/calendar/
So many wonderful ideas. Thank you both!!!
Welcome Catherine!
Could you please send me your power point presentation for your Tick Tock training today.
I loved all your ideas.
Thank you
Glad you liked it! I will post it tomorrow morning when I get back to my desktop computer. It will be at http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/ticktock
Gracias por toda las buenas ideas @ TFLA
De nada Heidy! Las presentaciones están en este vÃnculo ahora: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/tfla
Looking for presenters for March 28 in Santa Rosa , Ca for a district inservice day- about 40 secondary and middle school teachers…most teach Spanish, some French, one Mandarin and one Italian (me!)
Topics: Proficiency based instruction, culture infused lessons, 90% TL, Etc.
Please let me know. I Will be at ACTFL 🙂
Kara,
I was looking at all of your stuff on proficiency grading. I’m curious what your grading scale is. I love your rubric for performance tasks, but I’m wanting to know how everything works out in the overall grade. What percentage is an A? What percentage is a B? Are there other things that go in the gradebook besides performance tasks?
Thanks for your help.
Great questions! I answered all this on your comment on the other page: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/assessments/idea-85-assigning-a-grade-to-a-proficiency-rubric/
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