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Author: mpeto

TPRS CI teacher, I blog my best lesson plans at mrpeto.wordpress.com
May 26, 2014May 26, 2014mpeto

Maybe… perhaps… the class novel should die

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014mpeto

Radio Ambulante

April 15, 2014March 1, 2016mpeto

Una sorpresa: a new week long lesson plan

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014mpeto

Exploring Bryan Kandel´s reading database

February 16, 2014February 16, 2014mpeto

On building our own FVR libraries

February 3, 2014December 1, 2017mpeto

FVR reading journal

February 1, 2014February 1, 2014mpeto

Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) Library

January 23, 2014February 2, 2015mpeto

El sombrero

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014mpeto

The grammar syllabus is worth fighting against

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013mpeto

(Cultural) Product Placement: Arepas

December 23, 2013December 23, 2013mpeto

My favorite blog post that I wrote in 2013

December 16, 2013December 17, 2013mpeto

Spanish 1 TPRS midterm exam

December 13, 2013April 20, 2015mpeto

Newspaper articles reviewing AP themes of first semester

December 9, 2013August 25, 2015mpeto

El bruto (a serious theme presented through Movie Talk)

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013mpeto

Koi-Zora (movie talk for Span 1)

November 26, 2013November 29, 2013mpeto

El mentiroso

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013mpeto

Two documentaries that captivated my students

November 19, 2013November 15, 2014mpeto

Quería soñar con Miley Cyrus pero…

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013mpeto

Música de la basura

November 8, 2013November 8, 2013mpeto

Tres bebés: Spanish 1 story

November 4, 2013November 4, 2013mpeto

A day with Blaine Ray

November 2, 2013November 2, 2013mpeto

Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013mpeto

¿Con qué sueñan los peces?

October 8, 2013October 10, 2013mpeto

El almohadón de plumas (Horacio Quiroga)

October 6, 2013October 6, 2013mpeto

Experiencing los hipopótamos colombianos with level 3

September 29, 2013September 28, 2013mpeto

Juliette quiere un coche – Spanish 1 story

September 28, 2013September 28, 2013mpeto

Finally! My full AP language syllabus

September 20, 2013September 21, 2013mpeto

La mujer barbuda (Spanish 3 story)

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013mpeto

AP unit: el medio ambiente

September 12, 2013September 12, 2013mpeto

¿Tienes una mascota? (A no-fail hook for a basic story)

September 6, 2013September 6, 2013mpeto

Heritage speakers lesson on accentuation, part 2

September 3, 2013September 29, 2014mpeto

el fin del niño malo (Span 3 story)

August 30, 2013August 30, 2013mpeto

Spanish 1 story, 2nd week of school

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013mpeto

Back to school night

August 27, 2013August 29, 2013mpeto

Teaching accents to heritage speakers

August 25, 2013August 25, 2013mpeto

AP unit outline: los avances tecnológicos

August 13, 2013August 14, 2013mpeto

A brief tour of my TPRS classroom

August 8, 2013August 7, 2014mpeto

My simplified AP syllabus

July 26, 2013July 29, 2013mpeto

6 Grados de Separación: Cultures in comparison

July 10, 2013July 10, 2013mpeto

First day of iFLT 2013

July 6, 2013July 6, 2013mpeto

A story appropriate for an AP class

June 30, 2013June 28, 2016mpeto

¿Qué está debajo de la cama?

June 17, 2013June 19, 2013mpeto

Eating well at iFLT San Diego 2013

June 10, 2013September 29, 2015mpeto

Before starting El Internado: Caperucita Roja

June 5, 2013October 5, 2015mpeto

Searching for high-interest reading for heritage speakers of Spanish

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013mpeto

Reflections on a good year

May 18, 2013May 19, 2013mpeto

My parents embarrass me: a sort of final exam

May 8, 2013August 3, 2017mpeto

lesson plan: Las ballenas grises

May 2, 2013January 10, 2016mpeto

Mexican food lesson: Chilaquiles rojos

April 29, 2013April 29, 2013mpeto

Hermanos: surprisingly comprehensible

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15 favorite essays
by Mike Peto

1. Calm & Clear is Better Than Loud & Lively
2. Transition a Dept to CI
3. Common Assessments
4. No Student Falls through the Cracks
5. Linguistic Diversity
6. OWIs and their Stories
7. Where are we going?
8. The Weird Little Drawing
9. Write & Discuss Library
10. Non-readers
11. Fear & Creativity
12. Story Listening, almost
13. Sweet 16 Verbs
14. Students, Front & Center
15. Imagination Work

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