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La casa de la Dentista…part 1: My Review

Posted by: Kelly    Tags:  , , , ,     Posted date:  October 17, 2017  |  Comment


When Jim Wooldridge (Sr. Wooly) asked me to review his new graphic novel, I JUMPED at the chance!! You can't blame me for not resisting a sneak peek of what he calls "...the best story I've ever created in any medium. ", right?  So I was over the moon when the book landed in my mailbox. But does it hold up to the hype?  Is it really that good? Yeah.  It is. A young girl has nightmares about her...la Dentista.  And at school the folklore continues as the world remembers the incident...so long ago...well,...

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El capibara con botas–critical thinking in early level 1!!

Posted by: Kelly    Tags:  , , , , , ,     Posted date:  March 28, 2017  |  No comment


This year I read El capibara con botas by Mira Canion in my Spanish 1 class.  We started this book on roughly our 8th day of every-other-day of block scheduling classes.  Which means in a typical HS schedule, this was about Day 12.  I can't stress how impressed I am that Mira was able to write a   book that is comprehensible this early in the year.  There are very few books that would be approachable this early in the year.  The only other one I know of is Pobre Ana by Blaine Ray. What...

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The Best Ideas are Stolen (Vol. II)

Posted by: Kelly    Tags:  , , , , , , ,     Posted date:  March 21, 2017  |  No comment


In today's edition of thank goodness people are generous, I bring you the best new idea I didn't think of, and basically didn't understand until I saw it in action: Running Dictation. To give credit where it is due, I have to thank Martina Bex, who got it from Michele Whaley, who got it from Jason Fritze. What is running dictation? A great activity for my energetic and squirrely freshmen in Spanish 1, although clearly would be great at any level (I can't wait to try this with my 4's next...

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