Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners: The Blog

 This is a new tool I'm really excited about because I just see SOOOOO many possibilities with these stickers! Scratch-off stickers are a thing  - did you know?! You can grab them on Amazon alongside your colleagues and get super creative! Here is a slide deck with some initial templates, but I can't wait to see what you come up with! Please go to FILE and MAKE A COPY so you can edit and create your own versions! The slide deck also tells you which stickers I've ordered, AND the original space I found this idea!  From vocabulary tasks, to randomized groupings, to dividing up student roles within a group, to oracy prompts, AND MUCH MORE... you've got a few quick templates to get you started! Enjoy! Tag me in what you create - I'd love to feature it here! :) Or email me at carlymspina@gmail.com to be added to this blog post! :) 

For students in 6-12 especially, we know they spend a lot of time consuming content online. I love bringing social media trends into the classroom in low-lift ways. There's a current TikTok trend that I could see having some value in our classrooms for building a sense of community, bonding, and getting to know each other (plus lots of languaging happening here as well! WOOT WOOT!). For us grownups reading this blog, check out the full breakdown on this trend by reading this blog post by Cosmopolitan . It's got a few samples for you as well. Again - that's a blog post for grown ups, not for our students - lol don't come at me.  Now let's see how we might do one for ourselves. I'll start! "Unfortunately, I do love... Wearing bright pink everywhere I go. Surrounding myself in neon colors no matter what the season. Stopping at 7brew for a very sugary caffeine-heavy pick-me-up.  Filling up shopping carts at online retailers then closing the screen. Laughing lou...