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Along the lines of what BBR did, but maybe with a focus on how to build a specific unit, from Essential Questions to Understandings to Can-Dos to Assessments.

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I'm starting at a new high school and plan to continue with the equitable grading practices I've been doing. I have been working on Standards Based Grading as well. I will be teaching Level 2 and one class of Level 3. My principal has let me know that grading should look the same at the same level (which I understand). My colleague definitely grades in a very traditional way. Is there a good way to meet in the middle with my colleague re: grading?

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Running dictations
My kids love em!

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Have your running dictation sentence act as puzzle pieces that students have to order/ place in a graphic organizer /etc as a second step.

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She presented at NYSAFLT 21 in Syracuse and was great!

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Dos a doce-2-12
Questions or translations with dice

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Jefe/boss
Groups get pictures or words in a grid.
One person is Jefe with the same grid (with the answers in the same order, usually I do pics for the group and TL words for the Jefe).
Students try to cover the correct answer with a small square of colored paper. All ties are figured by jefe-the all powerful. Once all are done, the winner of the round becomes jefe. great to do for the first few days of vocab.

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Do some brain breaks together for social hours!

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Do some brain breaks together for social hours!

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I'd love to see cocktail hour/game night return in 2024!

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have students self assess using growth mindset terms while reading other students work on large lined posits...use stars that are color coded

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We have Advisory in our school and I take many of their ice breakers and use them for my language class. EX: Human Treasure Hunt (find someone who...)

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Finding great writing pieces to use for practice and then I have the kids break into groups to act out the story in a movie they create/edit. They add voiceovers in TL using either the exact story (easy) or their own summaries (advanced)

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Jean Valjean/Pancho Camancho (credit D. Blaise?)

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Jean Valjean/Pancho Camancho (credit D. Blaise?)

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Teacher chooses 6-7 visuals which students hold in front of them in front of the class.  Teacher starts game by “Jean Valjean _______ (vocabulary word)” Student with visual responds, “Non, Jean Valjean _______, Jean Valjean _______” and chooses another student.  (Ping Pong between students is not allowed). Timer is set for 30-45 seconds.  When timer goes off, student who is speaking is “out.” They get to use timer for next round and another student gets visual.

Objective: Practice vocabulary and memory. Helpful for interpersonal communication. Note: You can level it up for upper grades using negation and sentence structure (Jean Valjean n’aime pas ______ Jean Valjean aime ______).

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Teachers are still very vocab and grammar based in my school, will the state be publishing anything on how the new standards are proficiency based? Unfortunately, read literally, they can still continue to teach with textbook/  grammar, etc.

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Teachers are still very vocab and grammar based in my school, will the state be publishing anything on how the new standards are proficiency based? Unfortunately, read literally, they can still continue to teach with textbook/  grammar, etc.

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Pictionary/charades with vocab or sentences

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I print out a huge path to proficiency poster and have students sign a post it and ask them where they FEEL they are....and move it as they see fit

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Students each have an object (eraser, pen, pencil, index card with their name on it). They circulate throughout the room asking other students “S’il vous plaît?” Other student replies “Oui” (they cannot say “non”) and gives that student their object.  The receiving student says “Merci” to which student offering object responds “de rien.” Give students an objective of minimum of 3-5 students to ask. Google Slide show with instructions in “Games and Songs” folder.

Objective: Practice “please” and “thank you” in TL and basic manners. Helpful for interpersonal communication.

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When will the variety of created Exemplars be posted on the state website for Checkpoint A, being September is less than a month away?

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When will the variety of created Exemplars be posted on the state website for Checkpoint A, being September is less than a month away?

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Authentic Resources geared toward themes & modes by checkpoint level

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Authentic Resources geared toward themes & modes by checkpoint level

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Every presenter was amazing. I would attend all of their workshops again because I know they would add and modify and spiral up for us. Also-Meredith White for her tech hacks specifically.

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Every presenter was amazing. I would attend all of their workshops again because I know they would add and modify and spiral up for us. Also-Meredith White for her tech hacks specifically.

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¿Cómo se dice?-How do you say?
Papers are pre-printed with 20 ? on each side with vocabulary.
Students ask how do you say _.  Answer is also on page.
Last 5 answers are written-so How do you write.

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Will the FLACS exam align with the new standards? As of now they really aren't

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Will the FLACS exam align with the new standards? As of now they really aren't

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I need remediation with the standards themselves and LITERALLY: "what does each mean, what does it look like, what do I do with it?" type questions. Hold my hand!! I'm scared, I'm in my own head, and it's a dark and scary place. I need a friend and a flashlight to go in there!

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I need remediation with the standards themselves and LITERALLY: "what does each mean, what does it look like, what do I do with it?" type questions. Hold my hand!! I'm scared, I'm in my own head, and it's a dark and scary place. I need a friend and a flashlight to go in there!

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There is an account on tik tok called icebreakerqueen. She comes up with the best questions. One of my intro questions will be: If you were a potato, how would you be prepared? (Mine is au gratin) What is yours?

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This is a goal of mine at the start of the year - I want to do this better and more equitably, and communicate clearly with students.

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I'm thinking of a word...in TL...as I circa;ucute around what it is.  Then have students do it  Pienso en uno palabra...

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Provide a sentence starter with either cognates or pics labeled in Spanish to tell me which students like/prefer, given a choice (Level 1)

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Have students share how they interact with the TL culture, put on flags for your language to hang up in the hallways (perfect before Open House!)

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Have students share how they interact with the TL culture, put on flags for your language to hang up in the hallways (perfect before Open House!)

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A series of short clozes and music clips with the word bank on a bingo board!

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I teach on a team in a middle school...I hope we can have a bagel breakfast or something...want to think of a way to use French and Spanish with that...

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I teach on a team in a middle school...I hope we can have a bagel breakfast or something...want to think of a way to use French and Spanish with that...

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Búsqueda/Hunt
I print pics or words and post them around the room. Kids have to write them the correct box (uses # in TL) following directions. You can have them write sentences, describe, translate, or draw the word.

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Yes - we really want to know what assessments will look like...

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Yes - we really want to know what assessments will look like...

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Set up two teams
Describe the job of a community worker.
Each team goes to the board and wrties the name of the community worker.
The team who guessed the most wins!

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Competitive Charades (inspired by Sr. Wooley)

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Competitive Charades (inspired by Sr. Wooley)

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Students create movements for words in TL.  Three students stand in front of the class.  Teacher calls out one word and the first person to act it out wins a point and chooses two more students to compete with them.

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Quizletlive - (Level 1)

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It's like mindsweeper but with questions. Make a board of 16.
Teacher chooses 5 questions that are no me digas.
Students choose a number. The teacher may read a question. Every group answers. Correct 2 points.
If a group calls a number, and the teacher reads NO ME DIGAS, that team loses all their points. Super fun !

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We all want to know what the state tests (or perhaps locally-developed tests?) will look like...or might look like.

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Matamoscas - Fly Swatter: Students really love it.

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Julia Koch

I am a French teacher working in a Blue Ribbon high school in northern New Jersey. In February 2019, I represented FLENJ as "Best of New Jersey" presenter at the Northeast Conference of Teachers of Foreign Languages. While teaching at Montville Township High School in Montville, NJ, I was honored by the American Association of Teachers of French with an Exemplary French Program Award. I earned my BS in Education (French and English) from Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and an MA in Learning, Cognition and Development from Rutgers University. My primary focus is on practices that allow teachers to stretch their students' interactive linguistic skills and their intercultural awareness - and I am always pursuing new sources, resources, and good ideas via an extensive network of like-minded teachers. I blog about teaching and learning at La Prof Caféinée. Connect with me on Twitter at @jaybeekay518!

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I am a French teacher working in a Blue Ribbon high school in northern New Jersey. In February 2019, I represented FLENJ as "Best of New Jersey" presenter at the Northeast Conference of...

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I do paired flyswatters (or they can use a pencil, etc) to let students all participate at the same time!

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I do paired flyswatters (or they can use a pencil, etc) to let students all participate at the same time!

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Me in a bag

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Flyswatter for new vocabulary terms (Level 1)

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This is going to be good!

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Beckie Bray Rankin, Meredith White, Sarah Hopper, Kristin Archambault as presenters

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Beckie Bray Rankin, Meredith White, Sarah Hopper, Kristin Archambault as presenters

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Mum ball variation, the student with the mum ball has to answer my question.

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Mum ball variation, the student with the mum ball has to answer my question.

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Creating permanent rubrics

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Sarah Woodward-Jones promised she'd present next year!

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What are you doing charades?

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To get whole school involved we sent out a google form to all faculty/ staff and asked them to list any languages they were fluent in and any languages they could understand- then we gave them each a button to wear (just printed on paper) that listed them !

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To get whole school involved we sent out a google form to all faculty/ staff and asked them to list any languages they were fluent in and any languages they could understand- then we gave them each a button to wear (just printed on paper) that listed them !