How many times have I started a blog post, saved it and then not posted it until weeks later? How many times have I looked at my never-ending “to do” list and then spent my half hour prep time scrolling through Twitter? And how many times have I left report card writing right down to […]
My goal for this year’s action plan was to increase student confidence in speaking French, to avoid hearing “I can’t” and replace it with “I can”. On Thursday I introduced the CEFR to my Grade 4 students: they watched a short video explaining that the CEFR is a tool used across Canada, Europe and many […]
When I was brainstorming my first HMW question a few years ago, one of my biggest frustrations was with hearing students constantly say “I can’t speak French”. Or even worse… “I don’t speak French so I don’t know how to do this”. Since my first year of teaching I have been working to build students’ […]