Reading Reverse Charades (or Pictionary)

Reverse Charades is a fabulous game! I learned about it from La Maestra Loca and she has a great post … More

Free Reading in the time of Corona Virus

Everything about the 2020-2021 is weird and new and unlike anything we’ve ever done before. My Little Darlings are sitting … More

Crazy times, folks! I know many of you are figuring out what “loading up the Little Darlings with Comprehensible Input” … More

Looking for another reading game?! Looking for another way to trick them into getting loads of input?! Here’s a fun … More

Who doesn’t love a good Venn Diagram? Me, I didn’t. I don’t have anything against Mr. Venn, I think his … More

Today I’m at the Professional Language Association of Nevada’s fall conference with my PLC People and I’m excited to present … More

As promised, here are “Los libros mejores según la clase de español 4”. If you’re looking for recommendations for Spanish … More

On Friday, after our last Free Reading session together, we compiled a list of “Los mejores libros según la clase … More

If you’ve been around a while, you know two things about me: 1. I love free reading in class and 2. … More

This little blogcito turns 1 on Friday and what’s a party without presents?! But first, just a sappy moment of … More

Tomorrow my little darlings start 2nd semester and I can’t wait to get my Spanish 1s reading independently. I can’t … More

You guys! One of my favorite Christmas presents arrived totally unexpectedly…a new CI Reader, Libertad, written by my dear friend … More

For years and years I taught whole class novels. I taught them because I thought I had to…I mean reading is soooooo … More

Today was The First Day of School! And, because I can’t help myself, I’m already planning a game for Day … More

This Spring I got the phone call nobody wants: grandma is in the hospital. I dropped everything and headed down … More

Some days I’ve got my ducks all in a row. Yesterday I was lucky to get all my ducks in … More

What used to be my least favorite project, something that I dreaded every year, is now my favorite way to … More

Yippee! New (to me!) books arrived today. I spent most of Friday’s prep perusing Mike Peto’s My Generation of Polyglots Book … More

I love this game because they read, and reread and reread… It’s like a triple whammy of comprehensible input! This … More

Here are the titles in my Free Reading Library, organized by level. This is by no means an exhaustive list of … More