Mike Peto wrote this blog about how he uses "Conexiones" in his classroom--as a break from fiction and to acknowledge the interests of all students. Conexiones by Bryce Hedstrom A collection of short, non-fiction entries that excite a different kind of reader People sometimes ask me how I keep students [...]
There is a new reader for level one, La clase de confesiones by Alicia Quintero. This is the first of a two part series. Order it here: https://www.brycehedstrom.com/product/la-clase-de-confesiones-by-alicia-quintero Unique words: 50 Total word count: 3,000 Level 1 – TPRS/Comprehensible Input-Friendly Language Learning Literature La clase de confesiones is a [...]
I spend most of my classroom budget on books. Every school year I buy a box of dry erase markers and maybe some post it notes, but they rest of the money the school gives me is spent on books for our classroom library. My students need these books [...]
Students in my Spanish 3 classes are required to select and read a book every two weeks. The only criteria are that the book be interesting and comprehensible to them. After reading they write a reaction, usually in the form of a Light Reading Book Report ( https://www.brycehedstrom.com/…/LIGHT-READING-BOOK-REPORTS3.… ). [...]
Preparing for the reading portion of an upcoming workshop, Mary writes: "One question that I know will pop up is the use of authentic texts in our classrooms--it's in our standards and we have to assess it--that will be the main focus of our work this year. Any insight [...]
Here is more evidence that level 1 students can read on their own, even early in the year. They begin to pick up on their own more than we are teaching in class. If they know much of the vocabulary in the novel they can do it. These simple [...]