Teacher Tips

Teacher Tips

Comprehensible Input: The Top 5 Mistakes You're Most Likely Making

In this video, I talk about the top 5 comprehensible input mistakes you're most likely making in your CI classroom!

5 Amazing Writing Tips for the CI Classroom

In this video, I talk about 5 writing tips for the language classroom to set your students up for success.I also include a bonus secret tip for grading writing that saves me a ton of time.

CI Classroom Targets

So many teachers stress about writing the targets or standards on the board. They want to be detailed and thorough for their supervisor. But in doing so, they leave out the student which is the whole point. So keep it SIMPLE to make this daily task a non-event.

TAs-Teachers' Little Helpers-Work Smarter, Not Harder

Student assistants can be a life-saver in the busy world of teaching. In this video, I'm going to show you how to maximize your student assistant so you can get more DONE!

Do You Struggle with Remembering the Details?

Do you have trouble remembering the details of your class stories? I know I do! I used to write all the details down on sticky notes and paste them all over my desk until... one day, I come into my classroom and they were all gone! I panicked!

5 Ways to Start a Story - Comprehensible Input

In this video, I talk about 5 ways to start a class story using comprehensible input in the modern language classroom. Each time I ask a story in class with my students, I will use one of these 5 ways to get us into a story quickly and efficiently.