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Un site dédié aux petits gestes qui font une différence pour la planète!

comment analyser des personnages d'une histoire

Great ideas from Renée for French teachers.

Le programme national nutrition et santé - recettes, idées saines, photos, textes, posters... Un site super!

In my Learning Through Projects series, I wrote about crafting questions that drive projects. Developing interesting, relevant, and meaningful driving questions is challenging. To help teachers with project based learning, Global Digital Citizenship Foundation has free publications with ideas and resource links. The publications are PDFs and are licensed under Creative Commons, so you may distribute or print them as long as you do not modify them in any way.

A new resource from the National Capital Language Resource Center - a must read for WL teachers who are seeking to implement a true standards-based, proficiency-oriented language program.

A new resource from the National Capital Language Resource Center - a must read for WL teachers who are seeking to implement a true standards-based, proficiency-oriented language program.

Tips for Close Reading: 1- Select Short Passages 2- Make Your Focus Intense 3- Extend Focus Through the Text 4- Students Markup the Text as They Read 5- Encourage Exploratory Discussions 6- Encourage Rereading 7- Read in Every Subject Area 8- Annotate the Text 9- Use Close Reading Marks Independently 10- Use Close Reading Strategically in Small Bites

Une vidéo sur l'histoire de la Tour Eiffel

WL rubrics from NJ 

You know the hardest thing about teaching with project-based learning? Explaining it to someone. It seems to me that whenever I asked someone the definition of PBL, the description was always so complicated that my eyes would begin to glaze over immediately. So to help you in your own musings, I've devised an elevator speech to help you clearly see what's it all about.

Project-based learning (PBL) demands excellent assessment practices to ensure that all learners are supported in the learning process. With good assessment practices, PBL can create a culture of excellence for all students. We've compiled some of the best resources from Edutopia and the web to support your use of assessment in PBL, including information about strategies, advice on how to address the demands of standardized tests, and summaries of the research.

Good articles on language acquisition and phonological considerations for L2 courses.