HS Spanish has taught all ages, loves to learn & grow! (via travel, teaching, exercise, music)
Galesburg, IL
Joined August 2012
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Have you listened to episode 86 of the Growing with Proficiency Podcast? @claudiamelliott and I spend some quality time chatting it up about using NOVELS in class- with a wide range of activities to help deepen the experience. Curious? Well, ya gotta check it out!
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We #LoveOurLanguages! This quote from my book, Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners, shares a little of my reason & my passion for this work. All students deserve to come to classrooms that value their identities and honor their families' languages. #MovingBeyondEdu
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Grab this free template to use, as you co-construct some writing with students today! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
April is National Multilingual Advocacy Month, and each day, we're sharing one action you can take to #LoveOurLanguages in your school!
Today's action: Together with your students, co-construct a letter to your school or district leadership about your pride in multilingualism!
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Lesson from the Trenches! I am reposting this amazing lesson on a popular Afro-Colombian woman who defied the odds. This lesson includes authentic video for any level and suggestions on how to approach the content w/any level. Resource and lesson below!
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Honoring and amplifying student agency and identity is so important. @grahnforlang #ACTFL23 #langchat
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Homework is a filter for privilege.
And… in world language classes…
Direct grammar instruction is as well. – at St Paul, MN
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“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
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“ …. when you’re learning to read fiction … what you’re learning, in part, is empathy. You’re learning to be somebody else, learning to see the world through their eyes.”Terry Gross (host, producer of Fresh Air).
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TODAY, HERE you will make connections, build community, learn about yourself, expand your horizons, and leave a changed person. Sure, 10 years from now I’d like you to be able to communicate in TL, but even if not, I want EVERYBODY to have been different because they were here.
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"Today's #ProverbOftheDay is "En abril, aguas mil." 🌧️☔, which literally means "In April, a thousand waters."
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#EstudiaEspañol #StudySpanish #SpanishProverbs #RefranesEnEspañol"
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Playing the same simple game regularly creates the opportunity for students to be able to eventually step into the role of leading the game! #csctfl23 @DonnaTatumJohns
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VERY good advice from polyglot Steve Kaufman: "You will often feel that you are struggling, when in fact you are communicating quite successfully … Do not think that your grammar and pronunciation are being judged ... your listeners want to understand you." (pp. 128-9).
"Don't shelter grammar in level 1. The 1st time I tell the story in the present & day 2 I tell it in the past." -Ellen @ericsonellen #ictfl2022
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“There’s no minimum experience or degree required to be inspiring.” @Prof_F_Henshaw #ICTFL2022 @AATSPglobal @UniversityofIl
"Make our ideas your own, and share your success with others!"-last line of CommonGround @Prof_F_Henshaw @Marishawkins #ICTFL2022
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Advice from my language therapist, Steve Kaufman: "Focus on the meaning you are trying to communicate, not on how well you are doing. Do not think that your grammar and pronunciation are being judged ... your listeners want to understand you."
