You’re Speaking My Language
Thoughts, Tips, and Practical Ideas for World Language Teachers
Helpful Practices for Parent Communication
When it goes well, a parent call can be a transformative moment in your relationship with the student, and by extension in your classroom.
Tips for Making Phone Calls to Parents
The actual call can be scary, because you never know what you’re gonna get.
How to Make Difficult Parent Phone Calls
Calling your students’ parents can be intimidating… but it’s also a central component in meeting your students’ needs.
7 Tips for Writing Your National Board Portfolio
National Board Certification is a challenging journey. Make it easier on yourself by avoiding a few common pitfalls.
Sponge Activities for World Language Classes
No more wasted class time. Sponge Activities soak up those lost minutes of learning so every class is bell-to-bell instruction!
Keeping Your Sanity when your Students Won’t Behave (Part 4)
Working with difficult students requires us to model what we want our students to become: Calm. Confident. Knowledgeable. Caring. Unflappable. Here’s how.
18 Classroom Management Suggestions for a Difficult Class (Part 3)
Firm structure and thoughtful classroom practices can help you meet the needs of challenging students.
What to Do When Kids Won’t Follow the Rules (Part 2)
Deep in their hearts EVERY student has the same question: “What are you going to do about it?” Effective teachers provide a quick, calm, and fair answer.
What to Do When Your Class is Awful (Part 1)
It’s incredibly hard to teach when your students wont behave. It’s demoralizing, and there are no easy answers. Here are 18 suggestions to - not fix it, but to help make it better. (Part 1)
Free AI Image Generators for Students (Continued)
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
Free AI Image Generators for Kids
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
6 more things AI Can’t Do
Learning when to use AI - and when not to - is increasingly part of being a teacher… and a human!
10 Books you should add to your classroom French library
High interest, high context, low reading level texts to engage your French students!
Assessing Independent Reading in World Language Classes
How can teachers hold students accountable for their reading, assess true comprehension, and discourage reliance on translators? These practices can help!
6 Tips to Help World Language Students Read Independently
Well-implemented independent reading is low-prep, high-impact, and 100% individualized.
Building an Irresistible Classroom Library for your World Language Students
Creating Independent Readers takes more than a pile of books on a shelf: we must curate an engaging library and equip students with tools to explore and enjoy target language texts.
Using Flexible Seating in High School
(or, why I hauled in the sofas and beanbags… and then hauled them right back out again).
3 YouTubers to Use in French Class
Harness pop culture for French instruction. The same students who tune you out will spend long periods of focused listening to understand a funny YouTuber!
Free, Low-Prep Tech Tools to use in World Language Classes
Having a few tech tools up your sleeve can save the day when you have to re-plan on short notice!