Starting off the Year

STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR: HOW TO PARTICIPATE

By |2017-10-11T13:22:15-06:00August 16th, 2015|

Another school year is upon us. This series will be some things that have worked for me. Knowing your own expectations and establishing your mindset is by far the most important first step. Here is my "How to Participate" poster, which encapsulates that first step for me. I have [...]

RACHEL’S CLASSROOM OBSERVATION #3

By |2014-09-01T14:03:27-06:00September 4th, 2014|

Rachel gives some more observations of a TPRS classroom from a new teacher's perspective.   Today was yet another great day in Spanish Class.  I was reminded of a few things, but had simply forgotten about.  For example, Bryce and the student actor began a mini story and Bryce [...]

RACHEL’S CLASSROOM OBSERVATION #2

By |2017-10-11T13:22:16-06:00September 3rd, 2014|

Rachel goes on to give her observations of the syllabus I hand out (mentioned in an earlier blog on this site)   Welcome to Señor Hedstrom’s Spanish class! The syllabus that Bryce hands out is daunting to be sure, but no more so than any other class and filled [...]

RACHEL’S CLASSROOM OBSERVATION #1

By |2017-10-11T13:22:16-06:00September 2nd, 2014|

Rachel is a recent graduate of Colorado State University. She will be teaching English in France for a year, and plans on using TPRS, but before she leaves, she wanted to spend several days observing the beginning of the year in my classes. I thought her observations might be useful to [...]

COURSE HANDOUT

By |2017-10-11T13:22:16-06:00August 22nd, 2014|

This is the general course handout for my Spanish classes this school year. Thanks to Ben Slavic, Grant Boulanger and Mike Peto for valuable ideas. It is available in a Word format on the Free Stuff Page  https://www.brycehedstrom.com/free-stuff so that you can use portions, if you like. Mr. Hedstrom, General Course [...]

REPASITOS (BELL RINGER ACTIVITIES)

By |2017-10-11T13:22:17-06:00October 3rd, 2012|

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, but I found that going over it was a drag on the beginning of class. What is your [...]

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