When a student stays after class to let you know that her big sister (former student) earned the Seal of Biliteracy in French! 😍🔥🥇👏 #langchat #actfl

This student response yielded 5 different answers! I love when Novice students can show off deep thinking with simple language. And no... their French is not perfect! 😜 #langchat #actfl

Keeping it *really* clear with my 8th grade French students! This is what counts for the 10% of your grade that is NOT perofrmance-based assessments, this is how we measure participation, this is how I track if you're using French in class. #langchat #actfl

Awesome episode for word-lovers everywhere! #langchat #actfl

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Manie Musicale 2026, grand format pour la première fois! In awe of elementary teachers who actually know how to do this with skill. In my defense, no glue sticks or color ink left at this point in the school year! #langchat #maniemusicale

Dobble aka Spot It for the pre-vacation game win... We start with a very calm round where the whole class plays against me in pairs. Then they go head to head. #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

Delivering 60+ teacher Valentines in French filled my heart this afternoon! One chutzpadik kiddo even wrote one to the principal with the English note "I hope u read this" 😍. #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

When your 6th graders vote to dance to Magic in the Air at the schoolwide French Fête! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

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Love this language liberation story! #langchat #actfl NYT gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...

French teachers, don't miss Une vie privée with Jodie Foster www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIE... Daniel Auteuil! #fle #Frenchteachers

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Intermediate Low speaking workout! Yesterday I asked students how they wanted to prepare: 1 suggested that we focus on 1 topic at a time. Did in concentric circles. I called on non-volunteers, then had class decide if answer qualified as complex/not & why/why not. #langchat #ilovetimers

Adored all of the québécois culture we soaked up in Magog and Montreal. Highly recommend the new film Les Furies and the musical Pub Royal about Les Cowboys Fringants. Excited to read these! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

Nudging my Novice High students towards Intermediate Low with some very explicit work on personalized vocabulary... page 3 is where they're invited to record "other language that might be interesting to know & use" (credit: Thomas Sauer). #langchat

I have managed to get all 36 8th graders registered for the Quebec trip with deposits paid/promised from school, so I feel like a superhero! #langchat

Adorable French neologism from one of my French 6 students! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

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3 out of 14 attendees at current #ACTFL session on teacher-led change in WL are from #MAFLA 👏 #langchat @traversteach.bsky.social

One of my favorite things is learning from someone else how to improve on an idea. My students are already familiar with Beyoncé as our heuristic to remember the French accent aigu, but the tipped hat is next level! Thank you Erin Fell for a great presentation on Accommodations at #ACTFL! #langchat

Just had my best ever French 6 class with a very bouncy group on a Friday afternoon!? This game really builds focus and listening in my experience. Pictures (to print as thumbnails and place in plastic sleeves here): docs.google.com/presentation... #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

We did it! French 6 students finally know enough French to write postcards to their ePals in the French Alps! #langchat #fle

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Fun listen! #langchat #Frenchteachers #fle www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/p...

Trying to cement another best practice into my repertoire this year. Ss said these were tough, which was my goal. They were shocked when I explained that hard Qs are actually better for retrieval! @retrievelearn.bsky.social #langchat

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A student whose home language is French is frustrated by their lower score on writing assessments. I'm hoping studying these exemplars will help. How do you build your collection of exemplars and how do you use them with students? #langchat

When you do the thing you know you should do but never manage to actually do (studying exemplars 🥇)... next thing you know, I'll be leaving time for exit tickets ⏰!!! #langchat

Still learning how to train 6th graders (in year 7 of teaching them!?). This slide felt heavy-handed and ridiculous to me, but has been extremely effective. #langchat

I have updated my brain break slide and I am quite pleased with the results. #langchat

My ePals collaborating teacher had her French 6th graders make notebook covers for English class, and my 6th graders are to vote on their favorites! I think my students will be surprised by the small place of the US in French students' imagination (just a 🌭 & 🚚!). 🤣 #langchat #fle

Favorite classroom organization hack (discovered during COVID!): put tape to indicate where desks go in your classroom. Then direct students to push desks back to their proper location anytime! Helpful when you've got a lot of kids and backpacks navigating a too-small space. #langchat

Classroom set-up complete! A 6th grade ELA teacher helped me figure out how to hang the francophone flags in an attractive & non-chaotic manner, I reused my composition books for a 4th year of L1 reflective journaling, and I've already had a canary in the coalmine moment. #langchat

As a former Fulbright Teaching Scholar, I want to see this program continue. p2a.co/d9Q0fqH #langchat #actfl

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