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Posted onFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025 activities, authentic resources, authres, edtech, featured, french culture, games, lo-tech, Nearpod

Resources for Time, Day and Date

Note: This is an update of a post I wrote back in 2016. Outdated resources have been removed and new ones have been added. Time, […] Read More

Posted onFebruary 2, 2025February 2, 2025 activities, Canva, community building, culture, featured, games, lo-tech

20 of My Favorite Low-Tech Activities

Back in 2014, I wrote a post entitled The Value of Low-Tech in a High-Tech World. It’s over 10 years old at this point, but […] Read More

Posted onMay 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

The Joys of Tarsia

I first learned about the Tarsia puzzle making software from Clare Seccombe years ago on her Changing Phase blog, and I recently blogged about in my Old […] Read More

Posted onDecember 16, 2023December 16, 2023 activities, Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

Old and New Things I Tried in 2023

2023 was a year where I tried lots of new things in my classroom (AI, anyone?), but I also brought back a lot of activities […] Read More

Posted onJune 17, 2023June 17, 2023 activities, Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

Cherchez l’intrus: A Fun Activity for Any Time of Year

It’s that time of year where alternate schedules are popping up and I am seeing some classes more than others. I was recently looking for […] Read More

Posted onMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023 activities, Canva, featured, fles, lo-tech, vocabulary

The FLES Chronicles Part IV: My Fourth Week Teaching Elementary French

In my last three posts, I shared my plans from my first week of teaching elementary French once a week after school to 3rd through 5th […] Read More

Posted onNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022 activities, Canva, culture, featured, francophonie, geography, lo-tech

Reinforcing Geography with Pumpkins!

Before I explain this activity, let me give credit to the person who inspired it. French teacher Tracey Ford, who happens to teach at the […] Read More

Posted onMarch 12, 2016 edtech, grammar, ipads, lo-tech

Pronouns, Part I

An important part of communicating in any language is being able to specify who is doing an action. In many romance languages, subject pronouns are […] Read More

Posted onMarch 22, 2015 lo-tech

Nuts & Bolts: 5 of My Must-Have Teacher Items

Sometimes it’s those little things that help make our jobs easier and more organized.  Today I will share with you five of my favorite items […] Read More

Posted onJanuary 19, 2015 authentic resources, authres, crepes, cuisine, culture, edtech, lo-tech

Food & Meal Taking – Activities Round-Up

In December I teach my students about food and meal-taking customs in francophone countries.  We learn about the importance of lunch time in France, different […] Read More

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My name's Samantha Decker and I'm a middle school French teacher from Saratoga Springs, NY. I started The French Corner in high school as a resource for French students, and have since expanded it into a blog for French teachers. Read more about the blog here.

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