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Unlock the power of gestural communication to teach the Sweet 16 Verbs with Comprehensible Input. This comprehensive guide will help you master the art of using gestures to effectively teach essential verbs to your students.
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Today, I’ve got my top 5 mistakes you want to avoid in your language classroom. Are you making any of these mistakes? I know I have!
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Our new name puts the heart of what we do—immediately immerse students in language—front and center and by focusing on immersing our students in language, we can further their path to proficiency.
Power Grading is my grading system and it’s a proficiency-based grading and assessment system that aligns with student ability. It is based on standards-based-grading practices, sound assessment design, and Bloom’s Taxonomy.
This year, I found that one thing. It took me all these years and lots of books on reading, blogs, and discussions with experts on reading and FVR for it to finally become clear. What was that one thing? What is that magic pill? Let me tell you.
When you use tests, quizzes, projects, homework, and participation as grade-book indicators, you are unable to clearly see a student’s strengths and weaknesses.
There are so many different philosophies when it comes to grading and I’m not going to debate the merits of each today. Suffice it to say that for most, grades rarely have any true meaning. And for me, therein lies the problem. Proficiency-based grading can give grades the meaning they deserve.
Once you have gotten to know your students through the target language it’s time to transition to other aspects of comprehensible input.