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Showing posts with label reflection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reflection. 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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Friday, December 2, 2016

How do I teach my classes these days?

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If you're in the Spanish Teachers in the U.S. Facebook group, you might have seen this question to me by a talented teacher: Chris Cashm...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

NTPRS - Day 1 - Confronting Discomfort, New People, and Russian

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*this is my attempt to keep track of what happened while I was at my very first NTPRS in Reno, Nevada  I wake up somewhat groggy due ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

TPRS year 6 reflection

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So I'm currently finishing up year 10 of teaching and year 6 of implementing TPRS and CI strategies in my classroom. Some things that ...
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Am I too abrasive?

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*Disclaimer*To be fair, no one has told me that I am a terrible teacher. Nevertheless I perceive that based on others' expectations in t...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Former student comments

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A former student visited me today while seeing my door open as I was getting to leave. She came in with a friend who hasn't taken Spanis...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Alma - revisited

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Something really neat about teaching from year to year is to see how things evolve. Also, how I can use the same resource to suit different ...
Friday, June 7, 2013

TPRS year 3 - review

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Well the school year ended a week or two ago and it was my third year of using TPRS and CI. As far as the year, I would say it was a su...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

TPRS year 3 - Piratas(book) - assessment and reflection

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My Spanish 1 classes and I read through Piratas del Caribe y el mapa secreto by Mira Canion this last quarter for our final book of the yea...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

TPRS year 2 - Reflection

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I thought I would offer a bit of a reflection on this past year at school.  So I just finished my second year of TPRS with Spanish in High S...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

last day

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So I think I got to know my students better than ever with this whole TPRS thing.  And I was able to establish connections with them that I ...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Día 33 - Crawling out of my shell

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As a person I am incredibly socially awkward and I prefer to not be in crowds of people.  When possible, I don't mind staying in my cl...
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...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Día 13 - planning

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My first year of teaching, I would wing lessons quite a bit.  I did not plan as often as I should have and I would say that my classes did o...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Get things rolling

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I've been learning that a good teacher reflects on past experiences in order to better him or herself as an educator. If we do not refl...