Catherine Chasse 10/9/23 Catherine Chasse 10/9/23

#1 Best Movie Talk for October!🎃

Somehow it’s October! I feel like the routines are just starting to feel tighter and things are picking up momentum. The first summative assessment of the year is coming up soon. But after that, what? Halloween, that’s what! Candy, costumes and chaos. Do I lose their attention and watch the routine crack and fall away, or lose my mind trying to hang on to those things? Nope - neither! Why, you ask?Because I use the #1 Best Movie Talk for October to keep them engaged and acquiring.

Catherine Chasse 10/9/23 Catherine Chasse 10/9/23

Student Behavior Impacting Your Mental Health? Try a Shout Out Board

Robyn F. 10/8/23 Robyn F. 10/8/23

Need a no prep but engaging lesson? Try Card Talk

Have you ever shown up to school and realized you did have your lesson totally prepared? Your slides weren’t done, your copies weren’t made, you forgot the supplies at home? Teachers have busy lives with school, committees, clubs and sports, second jobs, family, and sometimes it happens. So I am here to provide you with an easy no prep activity that you can use over and over again: Card talk!

Catherine Chasse 10/8/23 Catherine Chasse 10/8/23

How to Engage Students on Day of the Dead: Make Barriletes Gigantes

Since I started teaching Spanish, the focus each October was the Día de los Muertos celebrations and traditions from Mexico, but often the beautiful variations in traditions from other countries take a back seat. I wanted to draw light and attention to other cultural events, and chose to begin with Guatemala’s Barriletes Gigantes. I found an incredible authentic resource to help me teach my 8th graders to create their own Barriletes Gigantes, which we then hung up in the classroom.

Robyn F. 10/4/23 Robyn F. 10/4/23

Simplifying Classroom Supplies

Robyn F. 9/27/23 Robyn F. 9/27/23

Get them talking day one

Getting students talking in the language on the first day in a low pressure environment.

Robyn F. 9/20/23 Robyn F. 9/20/23

Poster Review : a minimal prep activity for a year’s worth of review

My favorite simple activity to review material from the previous year.

Catherine Chasse 9/13/23 Catherine Chasse 9/13/23

Sick? These Sub-Plans Will Save your Sanity

It’s 3 am and I can’t sleep. My throat burns, my head throbs and in 4 hours I’ll be trying to corral 25 eighth-graders with a box of Kleenex in one hand and a bottle of Advil in the other. Panic overwhelms me as I realize I have no sub plans ready! Do I call out? What if I’m still sick tomorrow?

Robyn F. 9/6/23 Robyn F. 9/6/23

Top four tips for setting up your classroom for success!

Four tips to setting up your classroom to help you and your students be organized and productive.

Catherine Chasse 8/30/23 Catherine Chasse 8/30/23

BUT THEY SHOULD REMEMBER THAT!

What happens when your students come back in the fall and say they don’t remember anything from last year? How do we handle that? Here’s a little encouragement to help you through those comments during back-to-school review days.