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3 min read 2022-05-19 05:32:14

Classroom Management (MGMT): Let. It. Go.

It dawned on me that I have zero management issues right now. Zero. Yeah, it feels like the Twilight Zone. In fact, the only classroom management

8 min read 2022-05-02 05:45:00

This post includes practical ideas I got from Florencia Henshaw’s and Maris Hawkins’ theory-to-practice SLA (second language acquisition) book.

2 min read 2022-03-21 05:54:36

I took this idea from Kelly Gallagher, the History teacher who wrote the “readicide” book. At some point, he started having kids read current

1 min read 2022-03-17 07:00:50

I usually just read new novellas with students, cold-open. That is, besides reading the back cover description and having a quick discussion to

8 min read 2022-02-03 06:04:53

I polled the large Facebook group of 12,600 language teachers once again, this time on retakes. Retakes aren’t always necessary. However, when we

6 min read 2022-01-31 06:27:04

I followed the same format of polling a large Facebook group of 12,600 language teachers on things-inequitable and grading. Of 144 participants, the

3 min read 2022-01-25 03:59:28

For my third poll in a large Facebook group of 12,600 language teachers in this mini-series on inequity and grading, I asked about averaging. A

5 min read 2022-01-18 07:12:36

Like grades, homework in school is just as expected as yellow buses, questionable cafeteria lunch, rank & file desks, band, and of course,

5 min read 2022-01-07 02:04:20

TLDR; Set up a portfolio in the gradebook to collect evidence that has no direct impact on a student’s grade. I should sound like a broken record

5 min read 2022-01-06 05:45:56

Abbi Holt had a great thread sharing a 6-year progression of practices that have made even teaching through a pandemic tolerable! Here it is with

3 min read 2022-01-05 10:48:06

I polled a Facebook group of 12,600 language teachers on their late work grading policies. After about a week, 585 responded. A little under half

3 min read 2021-12-07 03:00:00

I was a little late in jumping onto the TikTok train. It took an epic lockdown and sudden pandemic for me to download the app and create an account

4 min read 2021-12-06 23:44:00

Ah, December. That month where we see all people with a smile from ear to ear, with so much to give and little to receive. The time when we are very

4 min read 2021-11-30 06:48:49

I asked a giant Facebook group of 12,600 language teachers how they redirect attention away from phones in a way that doesn’t address

1 min read 2021-10-13 06:46:36

No, I haven’t reverted back to the grammar-focused pedagogy of the 90s (and no, not the 1890s, either. Grammar teaching is still the dominant one