Author Archives: bryankandel

Mobile locations

Posted on February 11, 2013 by bryankandel

I have pictures of places hanging around my room to use for stories (the beach, the movies, a pool, the city . . . etc.).  I wanted to add more, but I didn’t have the wall space for it.  I … Continue reading →

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Screencast-o-matic

Posted on February 10, 2013 by bryankandel

Here’s another website that I’ve found to be valuable.  Screencast-o-matic (screencastomatic.com) allows me to easily make videos of what is on my computer screen while I narrate with my voice.  There are other programs that can be used for the … Continue reading →

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Embedded Reading – The Lady or the Tiger – Base reading

Posted on February 7, 2013 by bryankandel

Recently, I began an embedded reading in my Spanish 3 classes.  I built the plan using a top-down approach, sort of.  I decided that I wanted  students to read the story, “The Lady or the Tiger” in Spanish (¿La dama … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Ads – Freeze Frame

Posted on February 5, 2013 by bryankandel

I was using Movie Talk with the Super Bowl commercials today, and I was getting frustrated at constantly moving back and forth from my computer to pause it.  I also felt like we were wasting some time by re-watching every … Continue reading →

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Movie Talk – Super Bowl Commercials

Posted on February 4, 2013 by bryankandel

I did some Movie Talk activities in a few classes with Super Bowl Commercials.  Some were better than others based on the content, dialogue, images . . . etc. Here is the Power Point I made with links to most … Continue reading →

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Movie Talk – Dog Commercial

Posted on February 3, 2013 by bryankandel

I tried “Movie Talk” for the first time on Friday.  It was a light version just to get a feel for it.  There is a tutorial for movie talk here.  I tried it in two sections of Spanish 2.  Basically, … Continue reading →

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Class Dojo for participation

Posted on January 31, 2013 by bryankandel

How to assess and score participation is an often discussed topic.  Over the years, I’ve used different methods.  A few years ago, I was using a clipboard to add and subtract points for anything students did or didn’t do in … Continue reading →

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Note to self – keep it personal

Posted on January 30, 2013 by bryankandel

It’s funny how we sometimes need reminded.  For me recently, it was the value of personalized and relevant readings.  I had been re-using some of my homemade readings in Spanish 2 and 3 (a good time-saving idea whenever possible).  To … Continue reading →

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Reading focus – Get more out of it

Posted on January 30, 2013 by bryankandel

 Reading is an important part of any TPRS class.  I didn’t completely understand that when I first started.  In my first year or two, I would do one reading per unit.  Since then, I have moved to reading something every … Continue reading →

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Chain Reaction

Posted on January 30, 2013 by bryankandel

I got this idea from martinabex.com.  I’ve been wanting to try it out, and today I was able to use it in Spanish 3.  I created seven cards with questions and answers.  I chose seven because all of my sections … Continue reading →

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