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    • Interpretive Mode
    • Authentic Resources
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    • Varied Approaches
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    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
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    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
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    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
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Varied Approaches


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Engagement wheel
Making adjustments to lesson plans in:

modality of presentation or activity type

length of learning sequence

level of interaction and engagement with and between students

flexible use of class time and classroom space.

Variations in...

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•Variations in modality

•Variations in communicative mode

•Variations in content

•Variations in groupings

•Variations in level of challenge
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​Variations in products students create

​Examples of Varied approaches

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—Teacher-led activities

Visual Strategies

Visual thinking strategies

Visual Notetaking

Sketchnoting

—Activities across the modes and integrating modes

Hands-on activities

Why Hands-On Tasks Are Good

Foldables

All Things Foldable Live Binder
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Foldables for ELLs

Lapbook Lessons.com (lots of free templates and ideas)

Foreign Language foldables templates, instructions, and examples

Foreign Language foldables How To videos

Foreign Language foldables implementation ideas

Cootie catcher template

Stapleless book resources from Read Write Think.org

Spanish comecocos (cootie catchers)

Cootie catcher template
cootiecatcher.gaillovely.com.ppt
File Size: 227 kb
File Type: ppt
Download File
Poof book template
poofbook_template.ppt
File Size: 164 kb
File Type: ppt
Download File
Scatter squares template
scatter_squares-matching_template.pptx
File Size: 68 kb
File Type: pptx
Download File
Spot it template
copy_of_spot_it_template__shareable_.xlsx
File Size: 74 kb
File Type: xlsx
Download File
Guess Who template (Ditch That Textbook)
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Other hands-on strategies

Cube template

Cube Creator (Read Write Think.org)

Custom Bingo Cards

Bingo board, dice, dominoes, game board maker

Free Printable Flashcards

Free Printable Flashcards, Worksheets, and Games

Jeopardy Labs- create an online jeopardy game

Flip Quiz: create gameshow-style boards

Student interactive activities on ReadWriteThink.org

Powerpoint Games and Game Templates​

Printable Game Boards

Tarsia (triangles) puzzle creator
  Games

Using Games to Enhance Student Achievement (Educational Leadership, ASCD, February 2010)

Using Games in the Language Classroom

Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles (Marc Prensky)

Why Games Engage Us (Marc Prensky)

Movement and Music

Let's Get Physical!


Instructional Strategies that Get Students Moving

Inside-Outside Circle

Step left, step right

Graffiti

Quiz-Quiz-Trade

Stand Up- Hand Up- Pair Up

Mix-Freeze-Pair

​​Chat Stations

​Speed Friending


Brain Breaks

Go Noodle

Energy and Calm: Brain Breaks and Focused-Attention Practices

Ten Simple Ways to Get Your Students Moving and Learning

Roll Some Brain Breaks

20 Three-Minute Brain Breaks

Classroom Brain Breaks Pinterest Board

What are brain breaks for kids?

Energizers Classroom-Based Physical Activities

Kindergarten-5th grade classroom energizers

Energizers: Classroom-Based Physical Activities

Brain Breaks for Kids (UNICEF)

3 Minute Brain Breaks

35 fun, quick, and easy brain breaks

Brain breaks freebie

Languages

Brain breaks for world languages (TPT free download)

Spanish

Brain Breaks from La Maestra Loca

Brain breaks for Spanish class

French

Pause Cerveau

La Pause Cerveau.   Icons

Pause Active En Classe

Bouger en salle de classe

Pauses actives à imprimer


Music
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Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom

Language Can Be Music to Students' Ears

Music and Language Learning

Songs in French aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts

Songs in Spanish aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts

Songs in Spanish aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts 2

Clarisse Les Chanteurs Français et Leurs Chansons

French songs for grammar and vocab 

German songs aligned to grammar concepts

The magic of music in the WL classroom

Viva la música! Music in the WL Classroom

—A mixture of whole class, individual, pair, and small group activities

—Use of technology

—Independent student activities
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—Simulations/demonstrations

Game-related vocabulary and expressions

ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wWKTuPGdVI
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    • Interpretive Mode
    • Authentic Resources
    • Intercultural Communication
    • Continuous Assessment
    • Assessment in World Languages
    • Responding to Student Data
    • Feedback
    • Grammar in Context
    • Questioning and Discussion
    • Meeting the needs of diverse language learners
    • Learning Centers
    • Supportive Learning Environment
    • Knowing the Learner
    • Student Engagement
    • Student Choice and Voice
    • Flexible grouping
    • Student Reflection and Self-Assessment
    • Varied Approaches
    • Lesson and Unit Planning
    • Guided Instruction
    • Intentional Skill Building
    • Thinking Strategies
    • Immersion Resources
    • Designing Performance Tasks
    • AI Resources for World Languages
  • Leadership
    • Leadership Resources
    • Teacher Leadership
    • Coaching and Mentoring Skills
    • Professional Learning
    • Effective Meeting Management
    • Team Building
    • Leading Through Change
    • Teacher Recruitment and Retention
    • Growth Mindset
    • Feedback for Teachers
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in World Languages
  • Workshops
    • Creating Learner-Centered Language Classrooms
    • Engaging Through Interactive Planning and CI
    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
    • Building Literacy Skills in Language Classrooms
    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
    • Using Authentic Text in the WL Classroom
    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
    • Designing to Learn
    • Engaging All Learners
  • Blog
  • Reflection Spinner
  • Resources for the Shift to Online/Blended Learning
  • Supporting Teachers' Wellbeing