Category Archives: Teacher Tips

REPASITOS (BELL RINGER ACTIVITIES)

Angie writes: Would you send me a quick description of your “repasito” bellringer? Is it an oral or a written task? I was doing a bellringer that involved translating short sentences, …

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GETTING KIDS TO CLASS ON TIME WITH SEÑOR WOOLY

Now that school has been going for a while, students are starting to relax.  They are starting to test the boundaries. They want to see if we really mean what we say. …

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iFLT Conference #5: Carol Hill’s Observations

Here is an observation of the learning lab at iFLT by Carol Hill (perhaps better known to many blog readers as “Chill”) a French teacher from New Jersey, who attended the sessions for …

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MORE P.A.T. ACTIVITES

Here are some more PAT activities shared by Diane Volzer: Hangman Around the World Sr. Wooly lyric game contest (if you can reserve computer lab and don’t mind the noise! I …

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CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ / SAPO VERDE SONG

¡Cumpleaños feliz! (4x) Happy birthday! ¡Sapo verde eres tú! (4x) You are a green toad! If you say “Happy birthday” with a Spanish accent, it can sound something like the Spanish …

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Classroom Posters

Here are three posters I have up in my room to help remind the biggest problem child in my classroom (me!) what we are doing here.  If I get it, the …

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