7 Types of Graphic Organizers for Spanish Class

Graphic organizers are a great tool to use in the classroom.  They provide excellent scaffolding in your lessons so students can easily organize their ideas, then put their ideas into writing or speech in a cohesive, logical, elaborate way.  Graphic organizers also allow for brainstorming individually, in small groups, or as an entire class. See […]

5 Activities for Using Word Clouds in the World Language Classroom

When teachers make an activity that we love we want to use it and reuse it.  Why not? I mean we are proud of what we created and we don’t want it to sit in a filing cabinet or buried under piles of papers on our desks.  So, when an activity or resource can serve […]

How to form student groups

There is always a debate on how to group students when working in small groups.  Should the above average students be grouped together?  Should the groups be mixed levels so the above average students can teach/help the below average?  Should it be random?  There are pros and cons to each way.  I’m going to outline […]

Differentiation can be easy!

When I hear “differentiation” I always get overwhelmed… how am I supposed to differentiate for every single student, in all of my classes?  Each student is so unique, with their own individual learning styles, preferences, and interests.  It is nearly impossible! But, I have good news!  When we think of differentiation we tend to think […]