Get in the mode!

No department meeting for WL on Feb. 24th. 

Mix It Up! Authentic Activities for the World Language Classroom

This time of year can make you feel like your in a rut in planning-- get into the Mode

Make Teaching VISIBLE
Click on Visible to get the link

Top 10 Spanish-language movies with civil rights themes (Please add to the list, especially in other languages!)
1.Voces Inocentes
2. Romero
3.Cautiva
4. La MIsma Luna
5.Una Mejor Vida
6.Che
7. Walkout
8. Los Olvidados
9. Pidele Cuentas al Rey
10. Bwana

Spanish in the presidential elections- cause to think (Thanks to Cindy)
Cruz- Rubio .. Who speaks Spanish?

ACTFL Update
To see opportunities for OPI testing and other profesional development
Click here 

Flava news and notes, including National Foreign Language Week (March 7-13)

NECTFL 2016 Report: (Thanks to Michele..see her if you want to know more)

NECTFL: Highlights/Nuggets!

Here are some apps for classroom use/projects:

Faces iMake: create faces

Tellagami: creates avatar you can make talk

Popplet: graphic organizer

Puppet Pals

Book creator:record student speaking with text and pics on the page; ex: science connection with two penguins (comparisons: es más grande que, es más pequeño que, describing body parts using tener)

Faces iMake

Pic collage: you can put yourself in a picture; insert different types of pictures into a collage (photo editing app)

Sock Puppets

Educreations

Dikie and Dukie Caras: create a face by appscapital (spelling?)

Explain Everything

Quizzizz (similar to Kahoot, but you can integrate into Google Classroom and this allows students to go at their own pace); some teachers use this for homework assignments

Tiny Tap: semi-interactive quiz game; you can record your voice and create a quiz; students can also create quizzes; multiple choice style

Poll Everywhere

Busuu

My Story app: students can record and take pictures to create stories; hitting play will read their story back to them; teacher and user friendly; can be divided into classes

Student Portfolios:

In the MS, we now use Google Sites for student portfolios. Last year, we used Weebly in the MS for portfolios. One presenter recommended a digital portfolio program called Seesaw for student portfolios. These portfolios are used year after year, with students able to reflect back upon what they had done in previous years.

Appsmashing: You can create a pic collage, face from Faces iMake, or another picture and then use these images in other apps, such as Book Creator, Explain Everything, or another voice recording program. Tellagami is great for creating a student avatar.

Other resources:

www.teachingotherlanguages.weebly.com

OWL: Organic world language www.owlanguage.com

www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-acquisition-overview

Motivation & Collaboration Activities/Ideas for Students:

ESPN deportes

Duolinguo

Create a movie trailer in Spanish

Field trips!!
Field trips are great extensions to what we do in the classroom.  It can be difficult to organize a whole group but they are worthwhile experiences that have an impact on our students. Each division schedules them a bit differently. 
HERE is the form to fill out in the Upper School.  Happy trails!

Shout outs!

THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY

On Tuesday morning, 5th graders welcomed the Chinese New Year with a festive parade through the school's hallways, complete with a Chinese dragon, lanterns, and cymbals. Later, the students engaged in a variety of activities and enjoyed a delicious Chinese food lunch with Upper School Chinese language students.

LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER

Let the good times roll! On Tuesday, IS French students celebrated Mardi Gras as if they were in New Orleans. In the morning, 7th graders put on masks and paraded through the hallways passing out candy and beads to the tune of Cajun music. Later, they joined 8th graders for a feast consisting of traditional French Quarter dishes and desserts. Special thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped make this celebration possible. Click More for additional photos.

MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR VISITS CHINESE STUDIES CLASS

Last week, martial arts instructor Ching-Yin Lee demonstrated several fighting styles and discussed the history and philosophy of martial arts in China with students in Ms. Larsen's Chinese Studies class.

Congrats Carolina Covarrubias for getting each of her US Spanish III students out to join Michele Maxson and MS Buddies for Spanish math games.

Language Accent Buttons

Gone are the days of memorizing accent shortcuts (and getting them wrong), opening up international keyboards and clicking keys manually, and copy/pasting from other documents. If you ever find yourself writing in a language other than English, the "Easy Accents" add-oncould save you a lot of time. It lets you insert accents for 20 different languages directly from a sidebar in your document.

To find the add-on, click here or open your document and click Add-ons from the menu at the top of the page. Choose Get add-ons... and search for "Easy Accents."