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Showing posts with label positive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label positive. Show all posts
Monday, April 22, 2019

TPRS / CI and Block Scheduling

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*Note: Someone recently emailed me a question about using Block Scheduling. I am no expert, but I found out how to make it work for me duri...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Reflection - Former students

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So this is my third year in school (year 10 teaching) and I have definitely come a long way since I started teaching Spanish.  I used to use...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

TPRS year 5 - Preferred Activity Time (revised)

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Last year, I dabbled in what is called PAT (Preferred Activity Time).  See previous posts about it: PAT - first try PAT - explanation P...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

TPRS Year 4 - Hard changes

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This year, I am at a new school after last year seeming like a fairly strong year for my CI teaching.  I saw a lot of growth in my friend an...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

TPRS year 3 - yay for Friday and positive comments

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My first week on Friday, I was quite sad (see previous post) because of some negative comments about my class. I appreciate the kind comme...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Día 47 - Bad mood

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Do you ever wake up and just know it's going to be a long day?  Well yesterday I didn't feel well and thought to myself that if I w...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Día 36 - Positivity and appreciation

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As I continue to read the book How to Win Friends and Influence People , I am dumbfounded by how practical the things that Dale Carnegie tal...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Día 32 - Criticism

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In his book Fluency Through TPR Storytelling , Blaine Ray recommends reading How to Win Friends and Influence People . In the first chapte...
Friday, October 1, 2010

Día 30 - Señor Bucks

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In my previous entry, I talked about being more positive. Of all the years so far that I have taught, this method of positivity is helping...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Día 29 - Positivity

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I've never really liked to be the enforcer of rules in my classroom.  I understand that it is necessary but I feel like students should ...