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Comics!!!

Add 100s of pages of comprehensible comics to your class library

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Keep students from EVER falling through the cracks!

by mpeto August 21, 2021February 10, 2023

Full eBook libraries in 5 languages

by mpeto July 30, 2021August 21, 2021

Are eBook subscriptions worth it?

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New Level 1 libraries

by mpetoAugust 19, 2022January 1, 2023
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Heritage Language Learners of Spanish

Caring for the whole quilt: linguistic diversity in a heritage classroom

by mpetoApril 25, 2022April 25, 2022
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CI Teaching

Simple, unplanned, powerful Picture Talk

by mpetoAugust 24, 2021February 10, 2023
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Read Aloud Stories for Lower Levels

What makes these read-aloud stories different?

by mpetoAugust 22, 2021June 25, 2022
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Beginners Read-Aloud

Introducing a level 1 Read-aloud story book: “Good Stories for Learners of Spanish”

by mpetoSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020
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Heritage Language Learners of Spanish

Review: En Comunidad

by mpetoAugust 12, 2020August 14, 2020
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Nuts & bolts of CI classes

Fear & Creativity

by mpetoDecember 30, 2019April 11, 2020
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Weekly Newsletter

by mpetoOctober 12, 2019April 11, 2020
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Write your CI novel

Critical checklist for writers of CI novels

by mpetoSeptember 11, 2019April 11, 2020
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Nuts & bolts of CI classes

Grades in a CI Classroom

by mpetoAugust 30, 2019April 11, 2020
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Culture & Memory

Galeano & May Day

by mpetoMay 1, 2019April 11, 2020
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Heritage Language Learners of Spanish

The Unhelpful Practice of Alienating Heritage Language Learners of Spanish

by mpetoApril 11, 2019April 11, 2020
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TL Culture in a CI Class

2 free “maravillas” to brighten your school day!

by mpetoApril 8, 2019April 11, 2020
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How to: Pleasure Reading

10 Steps to a Better Pleasure Reading Program

by mpetoMarch 29, 2019April 11, 2020
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Truth talk

You don’t have to be a teacher-entertainer

by mpetoMarch 5, 2019April 11, 2020
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Troubleshooting

7 Rules to Remain Sane and Avoid Perfection

by mpetoDecember 6, 2018February 6, 2019
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Professional Development

Pleasure Reading

by mpetoNovember 12, 2018February 6, 2019
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Encouraging Creativity

Complete instructions to making OWIs and the stories they inspire

by mpetoNovember 4, 2018December 24, 2020
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Professional Development

When there is no workshop nearby

by mpetoNovember 2, 2018February 6, 2019
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Troubleshooting

Harnessing a Running Horse: An Essential Classroom Management Tool

by mpetoSeptember 13, 2018April 27, 2020
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Build your reading program!

What do I do with the Write & Discuss after we are done?

by mpetoSeptember 2, 2018May 15, 2020
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Plan Browsing Strategies if you want Students to Browse your Class Library

by mpetoJuly 20, 2018February 5, 2019
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Collaborating with Colleagues

Common assessments, common experiences, and the messy path of acquisition

by mpetoJune 11, 2018April 27, 2020
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My first story in Japanese

by mpetoJune 8, 2018June 8, 2018
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Beginner Japanese lesson: A Happy to be Mean Scissors – with Kurumi

by mpetoMay 31, 2018
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Learning Japanese, Comprehensible Input and reflections on teaching

by mpetoMay 27, 2018May 28, 2018
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Troubleshooting

“How do you “catch up” the students who show up at random intervals throughout the year? How can students “recover credit” from absences?”

by mpetoMay 18, 2018April 27, 2020
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by mpetoMay 9, 2018
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OWI tweak for nervous teachers

by mpetoApril 29, 2018
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Earth Day

Earth Day 2018

by mpetoApril 18, 2018April 21, 2019
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Protected: Music

by mpetoApril 11, 2018April 12, 2018
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assessments reflections

Write & Discuss example

by mpetoFebruary 25, 2018
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My Perfect Year: A Practical Guide for Language Teachers

by mpetoFebruary 17, 2018March 23, 2018
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reflections

Sometimes students long for something real

by mpetoJanuary 2, 2018January 2, 2018
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Persona normal by Benito Taibo

by mpetoDecember 21, 2017
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Reading Video

Desaparecido – The thrill of connecting a reader with a home run book

by mpetoDecember 17, 2017December 18, 2017
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assessments Reading

Alina´s Inspiring Approach to Accountability with FVR

by mpetoNovember 25, 2017January 4, 2018
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Writing

Small change, big impact

by mpetoNovember 15, 2017December 2, 2017
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assessments Reading

Struggling to hold students accountable for reading?

by mpetoAugust 6, 2017April 27, 2020
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Reading reflections

Graphic novels & Japanese manga translated into Spanish

by mpetoJuly 7, 2017December 2, 2017
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How to add 15 new beginner level texts to your classroom library EVERY WEEK

by mpetoJune 18, 2017December 2, 2017
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reflections Video

Watching other teachers in class

by mpetoJune 10, 2017December 2, 2017
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Reading reflections Video

Story Listening Lesson with my Spanish 1 students

by mpetoMay 2, 2017December 2, 2017
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Reading

Hacking Quizlet to make good reading activities

by mpetoApril 4, 2017December 2, 2017
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Damaged books? How to maintain a class library

by mpetoMarch 31, 2017December 2, 2017
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reflections

Recipe for a fantastic year

by mpetoMarch 22, 2017December 2, 2017
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Reading

CCFLT 2017 – FVR presentation

by mpetoFebruary 25, 2017February 26, 2017
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assessments reflections

Reality check: is non-targeted story listening an efficient use of class time?

by mpetoJanuary 18, 2017December 2, 2017
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Reading

Book review: Sonríe

by mpetoJanuary 13, 2017December 2, 2017
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listening Reading reflections Video

Story Listening, almost

by mpetoDecember 10, 2016November 28, 2017
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