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  • Koosh procedure

    A step-by-step guide on how I created to create a koosh smartboard game like this one--not so much descriptive of the process I used before as a more efficient version of it. This is kind of a matching game, where the s…

  • Smart success

    I thought my combining pronouns "game" would fall flat, as there wasn't a whole lot to it. Basically, I selected, perhaps modified, some sentences the students had written to include both a direct object and indirect ob…

  • ¿Qué dice la gente?

    I was excited about putting together my very own Family-Feud-style game (¿Qué dice la gente? = Spanish version). I had the class write down3 things they could "hacer" (do or make)3 things they could "tener" (have)2 thin…

  • Note giving

    There are some things that just come to me, like language, but then some that come natural and seem obvious to the populace at large require intense labor and contemplation on my part. I would say note giving is one of …

  • Dumb smart board!

    Either the infatuation with smart board games lasts no longer than a calendar month, or there's something wrong with the games I'm coming up with. I think some of what might be wrong with them I can blame on the smart b…

  • Smart tricks

    Having wrangled a smart board to wow parents at "meet the teacher night" with my class webpage a couple of weeks ago (and being told to keep it rather than let it gather dust), I have been trying out some new technologic…

  • Return

    I had this plan, where I would take up starters today, assignments from the Actividades workbook tomorrow, those from Vocabulario y Gramatica workbooks Friday, and then any other miscellaneous worksheets I assigned along…

  • Letter responses and ensuing propositions

    Alas, there were no stunning revelations in the letters yesterday, and the ones that one might interpret as taking "my side" did nothing to balance the ones that straight-up attacked me. Well, the one. One might wonder…

  • Stations

    I was a big station buff in my formative years. I thought it was the perfect way to do umpteen things at once, to differentiate instruction, shift the class focus to student-centered, and to exploit peer feedback fully.…

  • Corners cut this week

    EnglishRecycled journal topics from two years ago when I could think of nothing else for them to write about for morning starters.Had students swap study questions they'd written--answer a question, then trade--for abou…

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