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Bienvenidos a mi wiki. Me llamo Sra. Rhodes y enseño las clases del primer y segundo año del español.
= = =**APRIL 28, 2015**= My Spanish 1 students just finished learning places vocabulary and how to invite others to go places. They also practiced accepting invitations and declining them with an excuse. To make this a little more "real world" I had students go out into the community and take "selfies" at various places like the library, the restaurant, the post office, the supermarket, etc. They upload their selfies to Voicethread and recorded themselves saying that they were going to the pictured place on a certain day at a certain time. They invited the listener to go with them, using differing invitation expressions for each picture. They published their Voicethread and allowed others to view and comment. They uploaded the link to their project on a google doc

Then, in class, students opened the google doc and chose 8 different classmates to respond to. They accepted four invitations and declined four others, giving excuses for not being able to accept. They recorded their answers on Voicethread and filled out a calendar with their "dates".

My students enjoyed this project and can now issue invitations and respond to others' invitations. = = = = =**JULY 14, 2014**=
 * I'm very excited to be presenting at TechSplash 2014 in SW Virginia. Below is my flipchart for my presentation.**



Download ActivInspire from the Planet Support page www.prometheanplanet.com/.../Support.aspx The personal version is free and will allow you to view your old flipcharts which are .flp files. =**JULY 4, 2014**=

I've been re-evaluating my teaching after reading //Teach Like a Pirate// by Dave Burgess and studying gamifying my class. I keep reminding myself, "Small Steps."

Well, I want to "hook 'em" from day 1 in my Spanish 2 class. I plan to open by standing at the door handing out boarding passes and welcoming students aboard. The classroom will have chairs set up like an airplane with two seats on the side of the aisle. Our secretary used to be a flight attendant and she's willing to dress the part and come in and do the "flight safety instructions" as I play a recording of them in Spanish. We have a cart that we will roll up and down the aisle and give pretzels and drink. Then I plan to tell them about their journey--earning badges for each Spanish--speaking country as they show mastery of the concept assigned to the country. I've been working up the quests on this [|website]. Please take a look and feel free to offer me suggestions.

=**AUGUST 21, 2013**= As the 2013-14 school year approaches, I am committed to making this an outstanding year for my students. I hope to allow technology to facilitate students' demonstrating knowledge and to practice Spanish with authentic sources. I'm also planning to blog about the lessons I create or "borrow" from other teachers in the hope that other teachers can benefit from shared ideas.

My Spanish 1 students will learn Spanish beginning on Day 1. They come to class excited (I hope) about learning a language, and frequently teachers bore them with rules and copying their personal information for the umpteenth time. I would rather have them leave with some Spanish, so I teach them chico/chica, profesor/profesora/estudiante, si/no, and definitely "algo" so that when someone hears they are studying Spanish and asks them to "say something in Spanish", they can do just that!

My Spanish 2 students will begin each class with a Spanish meme related to our vocabulary or grammar. Here's an example of one I plan to start with.

I have a fun example of class rules below.



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