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a journey into the world of comprehensible input

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    • ACTFL 2019: Tell Your Story – Using CI and Storytelling in the Elementary Classroom
    • SCOLT 2016: The Switch
    • SCOLT 2017/ACTFL 2018: I Love That We Don't Learn Anything
    • SCOLT 2018/NNELL Webinar Presentation 2019: "But I Only Teach Once a Week!"
    • ACTFL 2020: A Novel Approach
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      • El Perro Perdido – Kindergarten Family story
      • First First Story – Ed y la Pizza
      • Opuestos Story – Elementary
      • Roberta Quiere Papas Fritas – Elementary Story
      • Señor y La Roca – elementary Story
    • Middle School Stories
      • Elmo y Un Big Bird (past tense)
      • Isaac y los Pantalones Nuevos – Middle School Story
      • Katrina y el pegamento – Middle School Story
      • María Quiere Un Trabajo
      • Mikey el Mono Quiere una Banana
      • Patricia Busca Amigos
      • Petey Quiere Visitar a Youtube
      • Tim y el Café – Middle School Story

Category: Elementary

Output in my classroom

November 18, 2020 Señor Fernie

In my last post, I got off on a tangent about student output. It turns out that I have a lot of thoughts on student

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2020 Update: Using CI in Elementary School

April 16, 2020 Señor Fernie

It’s time to revisit and reevaluate one of my first and most-viewed posts.

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First Day with 1st-3rd Grade

August 14, 2019 Señor Fernie

We almost always start on a Wednesday and that makes the first day of school a Spanish Day for our 1st and 2nd Graders. This

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  • Resources for the MFL Classroom
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  • Maris Hawkins

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Night Shift Movies

watching and rewatching movies during the night shift

Languageley

The Authentic Señora

A journey to authentic being and teaching

I Heart Input

A blog about teaching and acquiring language

ComprehensibleRVA

Teaching Spanish through CI in Central VA

Front Porch Spanish

eat, sleep, breathe, learn

discoveringci

Jon Cowart World Language Consulting

Improve your teaching skills with CI-specific classroom management moves.

Señora Chase

La prof cafeinee

All nerding out over francophone culture will henceforth be fueled by coffee.

Magister P.

Grading, Assessment, and Comprehension-based Language Teaching

Tina Hargaden's Blog

A Literacy-Focused Whole Language Teacher's Musings

Webinar Starter Blueprint

Williamson CI & TPRS

Keeping it comprehensible, compelling, and fun

Comprehensible Class Diaries

Spanish Teacher Vlog

Revista Literal

Una revista escrita por estudiantes de español, para estudiantes de español

Comprehensible Reality

Where the rubber meets the road in CI

newellystories

Sprinkling CI

megustanpinguinos

Teaching Spanish

PUENTES TO CI

Finding My Way to Comprehensible Input

Oxford University Press

English Language Teaching Global Blog

anansi2050

Deep Thoughts and Ideas

The Language Gym

by Gianfranco Conti, PhD. Co-author of 'The Language Teacher toolkit', 'Breaking the sound barrier: teaching learners how to listen', 'Memory: what every teacher should know' and of the 'Sentence Builders' book series. Winner of the 2015 TES best resource contributor award, founder and CEO of www.language-gym.com, co-founder of www.sentencebuilders.com and creator of the E.P.I. approach.

storyteaching

A Creative Approach to Education

WordPress.com News

The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.

Language Class Engaged

a Spanish teacher blog

SenoraHaggquist

Hablar, Jugar, y Aprender el Espanol

tprsenglishinchina

Path 2 Proficiency

The Feisty Language Teacher

I am a teacher trying to be a better version of myself

Y Byd a'r Betws - Blog Barri Moc

Cymraeg Cyfrwng Saeseng ac Addysg

Fluency Matters / Ci Central

Desk-Free

Building an Inspired Language Classroom

Bryan Kandel TPRS

Ideas, Strategies and Reflections on Comprehensible Input for World Language Classes

3 Rs 4 Teachers

Promoting Rich, Relevant and Rigorous Teaching and Learning

Mil memujos

Ilustraciones y trucos mnemotécnicos para estudiantes y profesores de español

Maestra On The Move

Reflections from a teacher that travels

Creative Language Class

Ideas, solutions, and inspiration for world language teachers

FVR Cartoon Library Starter Kit

Easy, enjoyable reading for World Language Classes

gadflyonthewallblog

"To sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth."

Adventurous Educators

For those educators out there venturing into unexplored territory, trying new strategies and building on the ones that work. We are Adventurous Educators motivating Adventurous Learners!

Teaching Comprehensible Input

Stories and Ideas for Spanish Teachers

It's time to..GET YOUR LEARNING ON!

Let's find our way together through this crazy, beautiful profession of teaching, shall we?

Infografías en castellano

Infografías interesantes en español (Alfredo Vela)

Learning Shifts - Thomas Sauer

Passionate About Making the Shift From Teaching to Learning

La Clase de la Señora Dentlinger

My journey to become a better Spanish teacher

Resources for the MFL Classroom

Sharing ideas and resources for more effective & relevant teaching

tales from the salle de classe

everyday adventures in an ordinary classroom

TPRS Teacher

Maris Hawkins

A glimpse inside my journey of teaching Spanish

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