Well I don’t know about you, but my summer sure flew by. I have a lot to look forward to this year at school. Here’s […] Read More
I came up with the idea for this activity at the New York State Middle School Association Annual Conference in October. At one of the […] Read More
Back in 2014, I wrote a post called “Beg Borrow, and Steal: 7 Great Ideas from Other Blogs.” In 2016, I followed that up with […] Read More
As the year comes to an end, I’d like to share a few highlights from 2017. Although I don’t have a long list of new […] Read More
Today my colleague Robin Murray are giving a presentation at the New York State Middle School Association (NYSMSA) Conference called “Meaningful World Language Cultural Activities.” […] Read More
I like to embed colors into everyday instruction, but I also take a couple of days to work explicitly with them. Here are some of […] Read More
My first couple of years teaching, I just used a generic planbook. I became frustrated with the lack of space and lack of personalization, so […] Read More
Normally I blog about things I’ve already done, but in this post I’m going to share a few things I’m excited to try this year. […] Read More
Back in February, I had the opportunity to attend a three-day workshop on Project-Based Learning given by the Buck Institute for Education. Throughout the course […] Read More
A colleague recently introduced me to a YouTube channel, called Google Translate Sings, run by Malinda Kathleen Reese. Reese runs English language songs through various […] Read More
