195: How to practice Spanish listening comprehension with Suzette Laporte-Ayo In episode 193, Suzette, the Spanish teacher at show sponsor FundaFunda Academy shared apps and websites for learning Spanish. In this episode, she expands on the last website she mentioned in that episode and explains how one could use it to practice Spanish listening comprehension. The website Suzette uses in her online classes is spanishlistening.org Listen to the episode to hear Suzette explain what to get your children to do with this website to improve their ability to understand spoken Spanish. You can find Suzette at her website Spanish Fun and on Instagram at spanishfunwithsuzette All her Spanish classes (from K – 12th grade) are available here. —————————————————————————————————————- Take a...
New research found errors that pose hurdles for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, or whose first language isn’t English By Kaveh Waddell Data visualizations by Andy Bergmann When William Albright watches tutorial videos about coding on YouTube, sometimes the presentations stop making sense. That’s because Albright, a software developer in San Francisco who is deaf, uses automatic captions to follow what people are saying in videos—and those captions are often awash in errors. “Sometimes it’s just gibberish,” he says. “I can deal with ‘SQL’ spelled as ‘sequel,’ ” says Albright, referring to a widely used programming language. “But if the whole sentence is littered with mistakes like that, and the material itself is supposed to be challenging,...
Fall is here and so is apple season! Book companions are a fun and engaging way to get students interacting with a read aloud picture book! When I was teaching I had a lot of difficulty finding leveled book companions that would meet the needs of students in my self-contained classroom, so I made my own. Here’s a look inside the best book companions for special education classrooms (apple themed) ((This blog post contains affiliate links for your convenience. You don’t pay any more by clicking my link (and I actually find the best prices for you!) but I make a small commission off of sales. This helps me to test out more materials and bring you more quality content. Thanks for...
Let’s take a look at some adapted activities included in the Bad Apple Book Companion that are great to pair with this read aloud. Bad Apple by Edward Hemingway is a book about friendship and standing up to bullies. STORYMAP The Story map is used to find key elements of the story. I love doing this in the whole group setting on the board as a group. The visuals make this a differentiated activity! After completing the story map as a whole group, you can break off into small groups to review the story map activity at each students individual level. SEQUENCING Sequencing is also a great activity to do whole group and then split off to complete individually for review...
Let’s take a look at some activities included in the Applesauce Day Book Companion that are great to pair with this read aloud. Applesauce Day by Lisa J. Amstutz is about coming together as a family to make applesauce! STORYMAP The Story map is used to find key elements of the story. I love doing this in the whole group setting on the board as a group. The visuals make this a differentiated activity! After completing the story map as a whole group, you can break off into small groups to review the story map activity at each students individual level. SEQUENCING Sequencing is also a great activity to do whole group and then split off to complete individually for review and...
