It must be hard being a new student. And really tough starting a new school mid way though the year.…
www.senorachase.com turns 1 and there are presents!
This little blogcito turns 1 on Friday and what’s a party without presents?! But first, just a sappy moment of…
Kicking off Free Reading in Level 1
Tomorrow my little darlings start 2nd semester and I can’t wait to get my Spanish 1s reading independently. I can’t…
Write & Discuss: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Write & Discuss is awesome, y’all! I’ve been doing it forever with my little darlings, but I didn’t know it…
New book~ Libertad
You guys! One of my favorite Christmas presents arrived totally unexpectedly…a new CI Reader, Libertad, written by my dear friend…
Free PD Opportunity and the secret to not getting sick!
Hola amigos, 2 things for you this morning: In collaboration with the University of Illinois, I’ll be doing a FREE…
Mafia: Christmas Edition
I know Christmas is right around the corner without looking at my calendar because: Kids are acting like WILD BEASTS.…
After the game is over…give ’em even more input!
I’ve discovered the secret ingredient to make any game fun…it’s luck. Maybe it’s because we live in the state of…
Home Sweet Home: learning to love my portable
The past few years I’ve been really thinking about my teaching space, the place where I spend more hours than…
Rock Paper Scissor Movie Talk + Resources
We did Android’s Rock Paper Scissors Movie Talk a few weeks ago in my Spanish 1 class. It’s perfect if…
Comprehensible Online!
You guys! I’m so excited! Like it’s 3:45 am and I can’t sleep kind of excited! I have a gig!…
Thanksgiving Picture Talk
We want to load our little darlings with compelling comprehensible input and what’s more compelling that food?! Not much! It was…
Student Suggestions: 7 ways to pick
Is he tall or microscopic? Where does he live? Why is he so sad? Whether you’re working on a One…
Foreign Language Methods Class: CI Demo
Every year I’m delighted to go back to my Alma Mater, the University of Nevada, Reno, and “guest lecture” at…
Mafia Hacks for Level 1
If you haven’t played Mafia with your classes yet, don’t wait any longer! The kiddos love Mafia because it’s really…
Spanish 4’s Celebración de conocimiento: Episodio 1
Good morning! I wrote about Spanish 1’s first Celebration of Knowledge aka Test last week and there were questions about…
Spanish 1’s first “Celebration of Knowledge” AKA Test
We don’t have tests here in my class. We have Celebrations of Knowledge. (Pop Quizzes are call Surprise Parties…because, why…
Magic Cards, improved
Wow. With a title like that, this better be good… I hate grading. Like really hate it. I hate piles…
Telenovelas as curriculum
In my Spanish 4 classes, we’re watching, discussing, loving and eating up every dramatic and suspense filled moment of Gran…
3-D Guess Who? A Clothing Input Game
I love thinking of ways to disguise Comprehensible Input as a game. I load them up for as long as…
