Watch our latest webinar, "Érase una vez: Bring Spanish to Life Through the Power of Storytelling." Whether you're new to teaching with readers or looking to deepen your practice, this session offers practical tools and inspiration to bring your reading program to life.

Watch our latest webinar, "Érase una vez: Bring Spanish to Life Through the Power of Storytelling." Whether you're new to teaching with readers or looking to deepen your practice, this session offers practical tools and inspiration to bring your reading program to life. 

Watch the live Poolside Proficiency webinar recap!

Watch the live Poolside Proficiency webinar recap!

Nualang™ now offers real-time, AI-enhanced feedback that keeps students speaking more, speaking better, and staying in the target language.

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You may have heard in December of 2024 year two parents filed a class-action lawsuit against renowned early literacy educators Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, along with their publishers, complaining that their texts and pedagogical approaches were failing kids.

Stop me if this sounds familiar: You’re preparing your students for an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA), and you’re wondering, “Am I doing this right?”

“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience” is a paraphrased quote from John Dewey. Even though these were not his exact words, the meaning behind them is true.

Exciting but stressful! – these are common teacher sentiments at the end of the school year. There is excitement to spend the summer break recharging but it is also stressful to try and finish everything before the end of the year. *Free downloadable prep guide included below

A Mid-Year Refresh

When I started teaching, I used very little target language in my classroom. I struggled with classroom management and the only way I knew to handle it was to speak in English, try to keep students busy with work that I explained in English, and teach vocabulary and structures using English. I was in survival mode and, frankly, I didn’t know any better.

Second language acquisition researchers and world language educators alike agree that providing input in the target language is essential for language learners to be able to produce output in the target language. ACTFL agrees by recommending that 90%+ of classroom instruction takes place in the target language! But what does input look like?

If you are striving to create a proficiency-based classroom this year but are not sure where to start, we are here to help! These quick, low-prep tips will help you embark on your journey to proficiency-based teaching starting on the first day of school.

That opening scene starts off with a bang! The viewer is immediately thrust into a high-powered action thriller, be it a car racing around hairpin curves, a speedboat jumping a dock, or a hang glider weaving between mountain crevices