

Comprehensible Iowa 2017
Comprehensible Iowa happened the weekend before last. Thanks in great part to the talented and hard-working duo Elizabeth Dentlinger and...
Value of Good Spelling
I'm reading Timed Writes from my Spanish 1 and 2 students and pondering the relative value of good spelling in the first 100-200 hours....


Many Paths, One Mountain
Rita commented yesterday on this post about non-targeted instruction, and how to communicate to kids that words and stories will be...
Vocabulary Timelines Are Arbitrary And (In General) Unnecessary
The other day I was chatting with my Spanish 4 students (my first year with them) about why I had missed work the day before. So I was...


No-Prep Final Exam For Non-Targeted Classroom
(Click here to read the updated version of this post) I am expected to give a 90-minute final exam at my school. The next time, I think I...





























































