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Category: reflections

February 25, 2018September 14, 2025mpeto

Write & Discuss example

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018mpeto

Sometimes students long for something real

July 7, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

Graphic novels & Japanese manga translated into Spanish

June 10, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

Watching other teachers in class

May 2, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

Story Listening Lesson with my Spanish 1 students

March 31, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

Damaged books? How to maintain a class library

March 22, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

Recipe for a fantastic year

January 18, 2017December 2, 2017mpeto

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

December 10, 2016November 28, 2017mpeto

Story Listening, almost

December 7, 2016December 2, 2017mpeto

Wafflina, an Invisibles Spanish 1 lesson

December 2, 2016December 2, 2017mpeto

the cool generation

November 6, 2016December 2, 2017mpeto

Where will the CI community be in 100 years?

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016mpeto

Students need to browse

September 3, 2016November 16, 2022mpeto

Why the Sweet 16 posters should be on your wall

August 28, 2016August 28, 2016mpeto

The semester-long research essay

July 14, 2016August 22, 2017mpeto

Cartoon syllabus

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016mpeto

Personal essays about teaching heritage learners

April 22, 2016April 23, 2016mpeto

Earth Day 2016

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016mpeto

Casas de cartón, the song played in Voces inocentes

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016mpeto

The little sign that saved my February

March 3, 2015September 12, 2015mpeto

An unusual class job

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015mpeto

TPRS and TCI with advanced students

November 24, 2014July 7, 2016mpeto

On transitioning an entire department towards CI/TPRS

November 9, 2014November 9, 2014mpeto

My favorite bailout moves

October 23, 2014December 2, 2015mpeto

Blaine Ray and La Gran Sorpresa

August 17, 2014August 27, 2014mpeto

Syllabus and Norms for a TPRS class

July 29, 2014August 1, 2014mpeto

First Day of School

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014mpeto

Maybe… perhaps… the class novel should die

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

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013mpeto

Koi-Zora (movie talk for Span 1)

November 4, 2013November 4, 2013mpeto

A day with Blaine Ray

November 2, 2013November 2, 2013mpeto

Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)

October 6, 2013October 6, 2013mpeto

Experiencing los hipopótamos colombianos with level 3

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013mpeto

Back to school night

August 13, 2013August 14, 2013mpeto

A brief tour of my TPRS classroom

July 10, 2013July 10, 2013mpeto

First day of iFLT 2013

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013mpeto

Reflections on a good year

May 18, 2013May 19, 2013mpeto

My parents embarrass me: a sort of final exam

April 9, 2013April 27, 2013mpeto

Great student engagement

March 4, 2013April 28, 2013mpeto

You get out what you put in

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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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