EdAventuras

This year I mailed every student a personalized postcard home. It was a slow process. I wrote 5 a day, skipping days I was maxxed out, and it took me September thru December. My colleague Lisa actually inspired me –… Continue Reading →

Class Countries and why I LOVE THEM! Last year I took a PD by Annabelle Allen aka LA MAESTRA LOCA (which I can’t recommend enough!)She shared that each of her class periods/blocks has a class country from the Spanish speaking… Continue Reading →

We have made it 7 months into this new world of learning! Kids are learning. I am learning. This is not the best teaching or learning we have ever done. It is not ideal for anyone. But we are doing… Continue Reading →

Reflections on having our standardized final exam (NYS – FLACS) cancelled: I haven’t always had respect for final exams. Are they a real indicator of mastery in my class? Are they gate keepers? This year, unlike my previous 13 teaching… Continue Reading →

This definition of cultural appropriation was taken from wikipedia: “Cultural appropriation, at times also phrased cultural misappropriation, is the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from disadvantaged minority cultures.” I’ve been… Continue Reading →

After this years NYSAFLT I was inspired by two sessions: hyperdocs and stations. I am not in a Google school, and while I feel my highest level of the SAMR model happened with tech coach Annie Almekinder (@aalmekinder) using Gsuite,… Continue Reading →

Last week I had the awesome opportunity to hear Martina Bex. She is an expert in CI (comprehensive input), and sort of a celebrity to us bloggers and twitter users. I learned so much in the session – but one… Continue Reading →

My Evolution of Teaching the “Family Unit” 2005: First year teaching. Family unit project: make your family tree in Spanish, talk about it to the class. One student stabs the word “padre” with his pencil so much, he rips thru… Continue Reading →