by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jul 29, 2022 | Comprehensible Input, Reading, Teaching
I saw a recent post in a Facebook group about using Comprehensible Input in a high school classroom, and students taking it seriously. When I first started using Comprehensible Input (CI), I was working at a college prep high school. This was one of those no-nonsense...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jun 29, 2022 | Spanish 2, Teaching
As I said in my post about Spanish one, Sometimes we get lucky and our school offers us a curriculum, and sometimes we create the curriculum ourselves. I prefer to create my own curriculum because it gives me more flexibility, opportunities to teach my students what...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jun 29, 2022 | Back to School, Planning, Review, Teaching
When it comes to planning your Spanish 1 class, sometimes you have a textbook and sometimes you have nothing. In my case, I have usually had to develop my own materials. No time to read? Get my free Spanish 1 curriculum map right here. Developing your own materials...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jun 21, 2022 | Back to School, Community, Comprehensible Input
I’m going to admit something scary: there have been years where I couldn’t learn all the students’ names. I know, that’s WILD. I once had 500+ students that I saw once every two or three weeks, and that was impossible. To make things easier on myself, I told...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | Jun 1, 2022 | Planning, Review, Teaching
Ah, summer school. Some teachers love it, some teachers hate it, some teachers avoided like the plague, while other teachers (like you) have picked up summer school for some extra cash. I’ve been in your shoes. I know it’s tough. Let’s talk about how to squeeze a year...
by Kathryn @ Kosmik Teaching | May 3, 2022 | Planning, Review, Teaching
It’s that time of year: review time. We start to wrap up the year, finalize content, and review the concepts students have seen this year. One great way to review is with games. I’ll keep this short and sweet. Here are my favorite freebie review games....
