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Have you listened to episode 86 of the Growing with Proficiency Podcast? @claudiamelliott and I spend some quality time chatting it up about using NOVELS in class- with a wide range of activities to help deepen the experience. Curious? Well, ya gotta check it out!

We #LoveOurLanguages! This quote from my book, Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners, shares a little of my reason & my passion for this work. All students deserve to come to classrooms that value their identities and honor their families' languages. #MovingBeyondEdu

Grab this free template to use, as you co-construct some writing with students today! docs.google.com/document/d/1_J…

Lesson from the Trenches! I am reposting this amazing lesson on a popular Afro-Colombian woman who defied the odds. This lesson includes authentic video for any level and suggestions on how to approach the content w/any level. Resource and lesson below! acquinterobooks.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/com…

Honoring and amplifying student agency and identity is so important. @grahnforlang #ACTFL23 #langchat

“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“ …. when you’re learning to read fiction … what you’re learning, in part, is empathy. You’re learning to be somebody else, learning to see the world through their eyes.”Terry Gross (host, producer of Fresh Air).

@EThorntonGHS @AfroFranco2 @MrFisherSays TODAY, HERE you will make connections, build community, learn about yourself, expand your horizons, and leave a changed person. Sure, 10 years from now I’d like you to be able to communicate in TL, but even if not, I want EVERYBODY to have been different because they were here.

@profeklein When suggesting books to students I always say, "this author is funny!" (All titles above are humorous. ) Students eat these books up! Fun reads! Papacito is probably my high school students favorite.

Super easy stories for Spanish language learners. ¿Which ones do you have in your classroom?

@profeklein All of the above. And in multiple quantities! 😬

@AfroFranco2 Not really.

A bit of a weird question to ask, but for my fellow public facing teachers, who present and give workshops and keynotes and whatnot, Do your schools acknowledge within the community the work that you do outside of school?

@alenord Loved this book! Oh, 6:30! Clever name

On page 156 of 400 of Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus: This dang dog is killing m... goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

"Today's #ProverbOftheDay is "En abril, aguas mil." 🌧️☔, which literally means "In April, a thousand waters." . . . #EstudiaEspañol #StudySpanish #SpanishProverbs #RefranesEnEspañol"

Playing the same simple game regularly creates the opportunity for students to be able to eventually step into the role of leading the game! #csctfl23 @DonnaTatumJohns

@PRHSspanish @LFLTA @lamaestraloca @eleanorjademade @eleanorjademade earrings are the best, as well as the women making them! So beautiful!!

VERY good advice from polyglot Steve Kaufman: "You will often feel that you are struggling, when in fact you are communicating quite successfully … Do not think that your grammar and pronunciation are being judged ... your listeners want to understand you." (pp. 128-9).

@SarahBreckley We are starting a heritage program too! Can't wait to hear recommendations!

Starting a #Spanish for #Heritage & #Native Speakers class from scratch in our district. Favorite resources? Curriculum? Standards? Accounts? Links? Blogs? Purchases? TPT? #Español #Hispanohablantes #HeritageLang #LangChat #SpanishTeachers ¡GRACIAS! 🫂

"Don't shelter grammar in level 1. The 1st time I tell the story in the present & day 2 I tell it in the past." -Ellen @ericsonellen #ictfl2022