Memory and Language: Quick guide to helping students learn vocabulary (and not just for the quiz)
For more help with teaching vocabulary check out "Mi Vocabulario" A unit vocab worksheet to use with all of your units. #mnemonics...
Teaching Students Effective Study Strategies
You may have read our post on changing our focus from teaching to learning. In it, I talked about recent brain-research about how...
How to Differentiate with Homework Choice Boards
I first started hearing about differentiation in grad school. It sounded like a lot of work to have to make three versions of the same...
How I Stopped Thinking About Teaching and Thought More About Learning
Last spring break, in a pinch for a book to read, I downloaded Make it Stick by Peter Brown and How We Learn: The Surprising Truth and...
Promote Healthy Vocabulary Habits in the Language Classroom
So much of what we do in the language classroom revolves around vocabulary. Students learn 500+ words a year depending on their level of...