Fearless, step 4: Just go for it

Did you forget about my #oneword2015: fearless? To be honest, I almost did. If you haven't gathered based on my last several posts, I am moving school districts for the 2015-2016 and I'm really excited about it. I am very sad to leave my students, but really excited about where this opportunity takes my career...

Intro to passé composé: film story

As a new teacher to comprehensible input, I always wonder how much I'm impacting my students. Clearly, I am not doing a perfect job, but I hope that the strides I am making will help my students each day. One day, I'll be totally 90%, but this first transition year is hard. That's one of...

Fearless – step 3: Post a story for all to see

Okay, so I said that I'd post my story here. And even though I'm still nervous to do so, I'm going to post it anyway. Constructive criticism is the best kind, right?! Right. So, please remember that I'm a non-native speaker, and that I'm not perfect in any sense of the word. And that while...

Fearless – step 2: Listen to advice

Hi everyone! I can't believe that it's finally Saturday - even with only 4 days this school week and two of those days where we were delayed for weather, I thought this week was the longest week EVER! Much like that first sentence. Since my post last year about storytelling, I've gotten really into it....

Fearless: step 1 – Target language use

Before I get into this post, I am not advocating that you charge ahead into decisions before you think them through. That would be irrational. And I am only occasionally irrational. Okay, so I've gotten some great feedback and varied interest about my #oneword2015 - fearless. Really, this was the push that I needed to take...