resources
October 17, 2014
A new resource has become available to the Spanish teacher community and I really wanted you to know about it. Last night’s #langchat was about how we can push our students from Novice Mid to Novice High in all three modes (for a summary, keep an eye on the Calico Spanish blog). Several participants expressed […]
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October 9, 2014
It’s a wrap! I was back at my “home conference” in September for the 2014 Kentucky World Language Association annual conference and it felt like I hadn’t missed a beat- in a very good way. I got to hang out with old friends and make fantastic new ones, help and be helped, take a few […]
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October 3, 2014
It’s finally here! To find out all the details about the brand new Musicuentos ebook, Cajas de cartón: a chapter-by-chapter guide to the memoir by Francisco Jiménez, check out the Cajas page. Or, to summarize, it’s 59 illustrated pages of proficiency-focused, vocabulary-boosting activities paired with comprehension and critical-thinking questions to accompany the 12 chapters of Francisco […]
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September 30, 2014
Three days and then…
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It’s been a rough road this summer for Cajas de cartón: a reader’s guide to the memoir by Francisco Jiménez. I think I began the guide in April or May, but then June was slammed with workshops and travel. July I lost my father and traveled some more. August I finished traveling and went back to […]
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Regreso a clases! Ciudad on sale
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It’s back to school time and also feeling like time for me to ease back into doing what I love, while I enjoy the memories of my dad who was the conduit of love for Spanish in my life. The events of this summer have delayed several things, including new Black Box Podcast episodes and […]
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July 9, 2014
It’s coming!
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I haven’t been blogging much lately and am dropping off the radar for about a month and I feel the need to explain why. If you’ve ever used the “Recent Popular Posts” section on the right side of the blog, you’ve probably noticed that one very not recent post stays up there. I really ought […]
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June 16, 2014
Don’t smack me here, I know school JUST got out, but you know it’s true – it’ll be back before you know it! And one of our most important jobs in the first days of school is educating (and selling!) parents and students on proficiency-based teaching. I’m being hosted by The Webb School of Knoxville […]
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June 12, 2014
It’s a busy season for Musicuentos, can you tell? I feel like I just said that. I’m breathing a huge sigh of relief as an excellent cohort of teachers and I wrapped up a year-long project to lay the groundwork for something that has not existed in entirety before: an elementary curriculum map for the […]
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April 1, 2014
No April Fools’ joke here! Every project I work on matters to me, but some are just really close to my heart and I don’t know how else to explain it. One is the proficiency-based, comprehensible input-filled curriculum for homeschooled elementary students I’ve been working on with Calico Spanish. Another is the Musicuentos Black Box […]
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March 24, 2014
A brand-new teaching resource is now available on the Learning Activity Resources page. The Complete Verb Pack contains the three charts in the free Simple Verb Pack (present, sudden past, and descriptive past) and five more charts designed to help your intermediate to pre-advanced students refine their accuracy. Each page contains an entire verb tense […]
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March 18, 2014
Corrections to simple verb pack
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The beauty of offering digital resources is as soon as I notice an error I can fix it and let you know about it! I’ve made two corrections to the sudden past chart in the Simple Verb Pack. One is just a colon that was missing, but I had also added conducir as an afterthought […]
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March 3, 2014
I’ve released the first resource through my new resource/activities page. It’s free and it’s a package of three verb charts: present tense, sudden past (preterit), and descriptive past (imperfect). Distribute as you wish to your students; I think you and they will find it a handy resource to check verb accuracy with entire tenses in […]
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