Lesson Plans
I've come up with my go-to sub plans that don't require any work by the sub except for time-keeping, yet a day in the target language is not lost for the students. My go-to sub plans include writing, reading, listening, and speaking in a stress-free environment that is fun for the students.
Once you have gotten to know your students through the target language it’s time to transition to other aspects of comprehensible input.
This is the time of year that all teachers think about that first day and how they are going to start the year off right. I'm no different.
I'm always searching for better ways to teach and numbers are one of those things we all need to teach, but are difficult without resorting to teach them in order.
I know that there are lots of ways to teach the colors but the following technique has worked really well for me over the past few years and I thought that I would share it.
As good language teachers, we all know the more we stay in the target language, the better it is for our students. We know that immersion is the best way to learn a language and want to recreate as much of that "immersion" atmosphere as possible inside of our classroom.