Back in 2016 I wrote this post about the use of French names in the classroom. While I still agree with all the benefits I […] Read More
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St. Nicholas Day is coming December 6, and it is a holiday I always teach my students about. Normally, as I shared in this post, […] Read More
I’ve been using Nearpod for several years now (click here for a post I wrote back in 2015 about it), but since the transition to […] Read More
National French Week looked a little bit different this year than it normally looks. Click here for a glimpse of how I’ve celebrated the occasion […] Read More
Last fall I blogged about my experience establishing norms with my students (click here to read about it). The idea came from a blog post […] Read More
The lesson I normally give for Halloween isn’t fully compatible with our school’s current hybrid model of teaching, and I am at a different spot […] Read More
It’s being said a lot, but this school year is certainly one like no other previously. Our school is following a hybrid model, so four […] Read More
Every year at the beginning of the year I show my students a video that I made to get them excited about learning French. […] Read More
A few years ago, I started giving my students (who are 7th graders) independent homework. It was a way to get students exploring the French language […] Read More
The last time I posted on this blog was in February, before the novel coronavirus became a global pandemic, shutting down schools, businesses, and other […] Read More