Storytime con Sra. Jensen

Let’s have a tea party! A tea party is an interactive experience and the perfect way to hook your students on any novel, show or story that has several characters before beginning to read (or watch) it. I first learned about doing a tea party from Rita Barrett at AATSP and was charmed off the bat, as I'm sure you will be too! I would be much better letting you read about it from Rita herself in this guest appearance on Sra.

Let’s have a tea party!

A tea party is an interactive experience and the perfect way to hook your students on any novel, show or story that has several characters before beginning to read (or watch) it. I first learned about doing a tea party from Rita Barrett at AATSP and was charmed off the bat,…

¡AI-yúdame! Snorkl – (for feedback on speaking and thinking) If you're like me, you do informal assessing all the time, but the formal not so much. Students respond chorally in Spanish, interact in pairs and small groups, but seldom get that one on one attention and feedback in a large class setting. My Spanish 2 classes are usually 30 kids, and even one of my IB Spanish classes had 30 last year.

¡AI-yúdame! Snorkl – (for feedback on speaking and thinking)

If you're like me, you do informal assessing all the time, but the formal not so much. Students respond chorally in Spanish, interact in pairs and small groups, but seldom get that one on one attention and feedback in a large class…

¡AI-yúdame! Brisk – (for feedback on writing) This is the second post I'm making about an AI tool for writing proficiency feedback. If you didn't get a chance to read my post on Class Companion yet, you can read it here. Brisk teaching is a Google Chrome extension that requires that you give it permission to access your Google Drive. Once you have installed it, a little icon will appear on your screen any time you have a document open that you can use it with.

¡AI-yúdame! Brisk – (for feedback on writing)

This is the second post I'm making about an AI tool for writing proficiency feedback. If you didn't get a chance to read my post on Class Companion yet, you can read it here. Brisk teaching is a Google Chrome extension that requires that you give it…

Day one: success! I feel like I had a very successful first day of school today and would like to give you a glimpse of my Spanish 2 and IB classes on day 1. Spanish 2 I began with some Latin pop/reggaetón music playing as they students entered. I greeted them at the door with a nonthreatening "hola" and a smile Using slide 1…

Day one: success!

I feel like I had a very successful first day of school today and would like to give you a glimpse of my Spanish 2 and IB classes on day 1. Spanish 2 I began with some Latin pop/reggaetón music playing as they students entered. I greeted them at the door with a nonthreatening…

Start the Year Right: Tools to Help Explain Your Acquisition-Driven Approach Whether you’ve dipped your toes in or jumped all the way into teaching with a focus on comprehensible input, you’ve surely realized that it is a decisive paradigm shift for students. They are not learning about the language you’re teaching, rather they’re learning about other things using the language. Focusing on the messages themselves as a means to learning that language, instead of the language itself, can be counterintuitive.

Start the Year Right: Tools to Help Explain Your Acquisition-Driven Approach

Whether you’ve dipped your toes in or jumped all the way into teaching with a focus on comprehensible input, you’ve surely realized that it is a decisive paradigm shift for students. They are not learning about the…

It’s just about my favorite!!!

I know!! Honestly it’s pretty unbelievable and a sign of Señor Wooly’s greatness that they orchestrated this A list cameo!

How do you get them to last 3-4 days in the fridge? (Nom nom nom)

You should hide those in videos for us to find in Wooly week 😂

I feel a new comprehensible novel coming on! 😂

The future of ACTFL is bright!! Thank you for your service, LJ. Welcome, Milton and next Queen Krishauna!! @proferandolph.bsky.social #actfl

Choosing a CI reader #actfl @doriec.bsky.social

Whether or not our students continue to study language past year one, they will live in a diverse society. Why are we waiting to teach everything except language comprehension until years 2+? #actfl @doriec.bsky.social

12% say it’s of no importance that comprehensible readers include 🏳️‍🌈 characters. We have a little ways to go, folks. @doriec.bsky.social #actfl

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This checks - I only ever get push back when I’m teaching anything besides strictly communication in Spanish #actfl @doriec.bsky.social

Come find out what all the hype is about @senorwooly.com Booth 1313 #ACTFL Bonus if you find Jim!

Image promoting session, Creativity, Action, Service: Creating IB CAS Experiences in World Languages, Saturday 10am, Exhibit hall roundtables. Image includes See me at ACTFL sticker, photos of 2 presenters Theresa Jensen & Kelly Scheetz, and a stock photo of a roundtable discussion.

IB language teachers: Let's build a community at #actfl24 as @srajensen.bsky.social & I talk about CAS connections at our roundtable. Tomorrow morning at 10am in the roundtables area of the exhibit hall.

Screenshot from ACTFL app for session "Engaging Students Outside the Classroom Through Language Honor Societies". Convention center room 120C

I'm excited to collaborate with reps from AATG & AATF to present about the benefits of world language honor societies Saturday at 2:30. #actfl24

ACTFL president LJ Randolph on stage at the opening session. A large screen featuring his photo and name are behind him as he stands with his arms spread welcoming attendees

Language learning and education should not be limited to capitalists pursuits.

@proferandolph.bsky.social #actfl24

Hot place to shop! Check out Command Performance Books! #1324 #actfl

“Perfection is not the goal. Connection is the goal.” #actfl

ACTFL president @proferandolph.bsky.social emphasizes that creating learning environments that use language as liberation can happen at EVERY language at EVERY level. #actfl24

“Self care is not selfish. Self care is necessary.” #sherylleeralph #actfl

“Diversity matters. One of the greatest things that has ever happened to me is that I got to meet a whole lot of different people.” #actfl #sherylleeralph

A large screen on stage behind LJ Randolph with a photo of Gholdy Muhammad with a quote that reads We only get to learning and experiencing joy when we have an authentic and intentional purpose to dismantle oppression.

Joy is inextricably linked to a commitment to liberation which is the central theme of this year’s convention.

@proferandolph.bsky.social #actfl24

This opening session is resonating with me and making me teary-eyed. I learned Spanish as a way to reclaim a language that was stolen from my family through racism and assimilation.

I am proud to be Puerto Rican and proud to be resisting oppression through my language! 🇵🇷

#actfl24

Congratulations!!

Language as liberation. Periodt #actfl

“Your well-being is the foundation of everything you do… if you don’t take care of yourselves, you cannot hold onto your joy” #ACTFL