by Megan Smith | May 22, 2012 | Class Routines, Last Days
The very last thing I do on the final day of class is give each student a letter to take home to their parents. I know how much they have learned, the student knows how much he has learned, but many times the parents have no idea (besides the grade on the report... 
by Megan Smith | May 18, 2012 | Class Routines, Last Days
The last few days of school can get kind of crazy where I teach. Finals are over, kids are on field trips, doing make up testing, or simply MIA. Without something to do the classes seem to last forever. One thing I do on one of the last few days is give the students a... 
by Kara Parker | Apr 22, 2012 | 5 Homework/Enrichment, Class Routines, Teacher Problems
Let’s see what awesome ideas our CLC family shares in the comments! We have a post called “Real World Homework” and “Real World Homework” in El Mercado if you want to learn more about what we do with it. 
by Megan Smith | Mar 27, 2012 | Class Routines, Listening, Writing
Are you required to do “warm-ups/sponges/bell work” at your school? Our administrators like to see them in classes at my school. I don’t like doing them just because we have to. If it is meaningless then I am just wasting our students’ time.... by Megan Smith | Mar 18, 2012 | Class Routines
When the bell rings, the first thing projected is the goal for the day. This is in English (which I am changing ASAP!) and lacks that “wow” factor. So in order to catch students’ attention and get their minds working in Spanish, I now try to have... 
by Kara Parker | Mar 13, 2012 | Class Decor, Class Routines, First Days
February 21, 2015 At this time of the year, I’m tired of hearing plain old “hola” and “adiós” as they come and go from my class. I learned about this idea from my colleague and friend Kim (photo is from her room). I changed it up a little...
