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PASSWORDS STICK

By |2024-07-20T06:07:43-06:00June 29th, 2024|

"Passwords" stick with students long term. Check this out: I ran into a couple of students the other night. Both were boys that were in my Latin class last year and will be entering sixth grade this fall. They excitedly asked me if I had seen the presidential debate. [...]

PREDICTABLE PASSWORD PROBLEMS

By |2022-12-19T12:14:38-07:00December 19th, 2022|

A teacher I am coaching sent this series of messages the other day: Hi Bryce, Today I had a student that rushed in the room and did not say the password. Has this ever happened to you? I was standing at my door and she just walked in without saying it. [...]

LEVEL 1 PASSWORDS THIS YEAR

By |2018-05-21T08:35:38-06:00May 20th, 2018|

Using passwords is a joy and a great way to set the tone for each class period, but passwords also yield long-term language results. Last week I  asked the students which passwords they remembered from the entire school year... and as a group, each class remembered them all. Students [...]

A LISTENING EXPERIMENT

By |2017-10-11T13:22:14-06:00September 26th, 2015|

I had the students watch the video of Pobre Ana on Friday. Normally I do not have students read this novel until December in level 1 (Actually, in the past couple of years I have only read the book with a small number of students because most of the [...]

WHAT’S THE PASSWORD?

By |2017-10-11T13:22:15-06:00May 15th, 2015|

I feel so fortunate to be able to observe outstanding teachers from time to time as I travel. Last month I had the privilege of observing two in California: Doug Stone and Alina Filipescu. I will share more observations in the weeks ahead, but today I want to focus [...]

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