Teaching La Vida Loca

Send me a message! FULL of gratitude. FULL of it. Click here to join the waitlist and learn more! Email me with your questions!: annabelle@lamaestraloca.com YAY! Connect with me! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My TikTok My Website We will have our FOURTH Annual LFL PLC Summer Conference this July 30th and 31st! Check it out here! This is included in a La Familia Loca PLC Membership! Let's Co...

Send me a message! HOORAY for getting to meet some of you this summer IN PERSON or connect virtually!!! CI Summit Conference in the Cloud La Familia Loca PLC (email me if you want in today!) - annabelle@lamaestraloca.com Connect with me! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My TikTok My Website We will have our FOURTH Annual LFL PLC Summer Conference this July 30th and 31st! Check it out here! This is...

Send me a message! I've always approached student feedback a little differently! I am excited to share WHY and HOW with you in this episode! Click here to download my free end of year student survey! Click here to read a really old blog about WHY I do this! Click here for the first of my episodes on building a culture of risk taking! Connect with me! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website...

Send me a message! You are incredible, and I SO appreciate the work you do (seen and unseen) every day, week after week with your students! In this episode, I share 10 ways you can share gratitude for and appreciate the teachers in your building this year! Which is your favorite idea!? Go share on my Instagram post! I can't wait to hear what you try and how it spreads JOY to your colleagues,...

Send me a message! Hello from Florida! I wanted to give you some ideas this week to boost engagement since Springtime can always feel challenging! Here are the various resources and links I mentioned during this podcast: Claudia Elliott's podcast on Gallery Walk Songkran Cultural Mini Unit in Spanish French and English Running Dictation Blog It's Art video of students playing It's A...

Send me a message! It took me FOREVER to try using Special Person Interviews in my classes, and now I can't imagine NOT having them! Here's all the links I mentioned in the episode! There's quite a few! Special Person Interview Resource - Spanish Special Person Interview Resource - English Special Person Interview Resource - French My TPT store Brain Breaks Part 31: Quick Feet! Blog...

Send me a message! SCOLT23  was in Alabama this year. It was both inspiring and exhausting as most conferences tend to be. I am always very intentional about having three specific takeaways for my classroom. I recorded them in this episode for you! If you were at SCOLT I would love to hear YOUR takeaways! Here are the links mentioned in this podcast: Episode 9 of Teaching La Vida Loca Conferencing...

Send me a message! OMG! I needed to feel motivated and inspired before recording for you this week and that "inspiration" hit me like a ton of bricks this morning! SO freaking excited to share this way to "gamify" a reading/listening comprehension activity with you! Here are the resources/links mentioned in this episode: Video of kids PLAYING  Pass it up. .. the visual HELPS SO...

Send me a message! YAY for Part 3! I'm so happy you're here for this part of the podcast series I'm doing on introducing and talking about global cultures in our world language classrooms. Links Mentioned Join La Familia Loca PLC Dr. Christopher Emdin part 1 Dr. Christopher Emdin  part 2 Brain Break Pikachu YouTube Pikachu Profe Bennett Instagram Connect with me: My Blog My YouTube...

Send me a message! Welcome to part 2 of this podcast series on introducing and inspiring our students with Global Cultures in our World Language classrooms! I am STOKED to talk to you about the "what" in this episode and stay tuned for the "how" in part 3! - Cécile Lainé - the tree analogy is from Zaretta Hammond.  Here is the link to learn more! - Quebec winter festival - Lead...

Send me a message! In this episode, I'm talking about the importance of teaching global cultures in our world language classes. I am super excited to share this episode with you! Subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss part 2. Links & Resources Mentioned in Episode Dr. Christopher Emdin part 1 Dr. Christopher Emdin  part 2 Hand Jives Waze: Check out these custom turn-by-turn voice...

Send me a message! I really, really, REALLY needed a week to sit and check in with students and not feel so "on"! If you're needing the same, stations might be JUST the thing you're looking for! Below find the various links mentioned during this podcast! Blog Freebie, Station Expectations sheet! Classroom Jobs Course Old Blog on Stations TPT coloring page for Black History Blac...

Send me a message! Let's jump in!!! In this episode, I'll be answering the NUMBER ONE question I get asked! In fact, last month I tracked how many times people asked it and I hit #43!!! Here are the links mentioned in my podcast! Obstacle Course (better at 2x speed) Blog Obstacle Course Tuesday Tip- My Fave YouTube Channels Fadi - ( Fadi Abughoush) Thank you soooo much for listening and...

Send me a message! Yay! I am so glad you're here! I've linked the various people and resources mentioned in the podcast below! Classroom Jobs Course! - Utilize Classroom Jobs to create a positive and supportive learning environment while freeing up time for what matters most – building relationships and connecting with your students. Classroom Jobs LIVE Numbers! Brain Break! - get them u...

Send me a message! I am NOT one for New Year's Resolutions (because I hate feeling like a failure) but I am ALL for dropping things that aren't working in my classroom and continuing and enhancing things that are 🔥🔥🔥🔥! Resources & Links: Here is the classroom norms resource I mentioned in the episode. I talk about it in this blog! This is Claudia Elliott's Growing with Profi...

Send me a message! No matter what rest looks like for you, I hope that you find lots of it this winter break, dear teacher! Claudia Elliott Growing with Proficiency, The Podcast Claudia Elliott Blog - Growing with Proficiency Growing with Proficiency Instagram Claudia Elliott Facebook Community Growing with CI Claudia Elliott Facebook Bertha Delgadillo Bertha's Blog Profesora Delgadillo Berth...

Send me a message! You are going to love hearing about Ben Tinsley, if you haven't already! Get ready to be blown away! Claudia Elliott - Growing with Proficiency Growing with Proficiency - Podcast Episode 9 Cultivating Classroom Environment Podcast - Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 Ben Tinsley Website Ben Tinsley Instagram Express Fluency Donna Tatum Johns Website Donna Tatum Johns' Game: The...

Send me a message! This is urgent work. Here is Abelardo's blog and reflection on the conference. Here is my blog and reflection on the conference Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez Françoise Thenoux Videos shared in Abelardo’s session: Video 1 Video 2 Follow, listen to, and learn from these folx: Ace Schwarz - https://www.instagram.com/teachingoutsidethebinary/ Skye Tooley - https://www.instagram.com/...

Send me a message! PUMPED to address these huge misconceptions with you today! Here are the links mentioned in this podcast! All of my Brain Break Blogs 10 Day brain break challenge Rock, Paper, Scissors Brain Break Blog Hand Jive Brain Break Blog Connect with me: My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website  My TPT store This episode is available on Spotify and Apple podcasts! Subscribe so you&apos...

Send me a message! OOHHHH EMMMM GEEEEE! I'm so excited to share my FAVORITE Classroom Jobs with you today! Here's  the people and links mentioned in this episode! This episode is inspired by John Sifert who joined our Familia Loca PLC in August to present on Classroom jobs and completely transformed my classroom because of it! Want to join La Familia Loca PLC and transform YOUR career!?...

Send me a message! Join me in this challenge! I can't wait to hear how it positively impacts you! 💜 Here's the blog on positive phone calls so you can read some scripts of how to keep them short and sweet! Let's connect! Connect with me: My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website  My TPT store This episode is available on Spotify and Apple podcasts! Subscribe so you're notifie...

Send me a message! This is the final episode in the three-part podcast series on cultivating a culture of risk taking in your world language classroom! I will be bringing it all together in this episode as we talk about teaching our students how to circumlocute! I am SO excited! Here are the various links and resources I mentioned in this podcast: Brain Breaks High Fives Brain Breaks Brain Bursts...

Send me a message! Short and sweet and to the point. Here's a link to John Bracey's website who I mentioned during this podcast! Let's connect! Connect with me: My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website  My TPT store Sign up for weekly inspiration to your inbox!! This episode is available on Spotify and Apple podcasts! Subscribe so you're notified of new episodes! We will have...

Send me a message! I am super stoked to bring you this three part podcast series on how to cultivate a culture of risk taking in your classroom! It is going to be awesome! These are the links/resources I mentioned in this episode: Brain Break- Hachi Pachi Grant Boulanger - Rejoinders La Maestra Loca Rejoinders in Spanish La Maestra Loca Rejoinders in French Emily Meador- St. Andrew's School ...

Send me a message! I am so excited to share how I've been engaging my students in rich conversations this Latinx Heritage Month! These are the various accounts and individuals I mentioned during this episode: Françoise Thenoux - @thewokespanishteacher - Her course Brave Spaces is wonderful @tlacaeleloficial on Instagram It was there I found this video made by Cycling Atlas on YouTube @project...