Since ⁦Viking⁩ won’t extend the deadline to use our travel vouchers (in spite of their not operating for an entire year) & since they won’t answer my request to interpret the text in the email, I wonder if any colleagues would offer their interpretation?

Author Daniel Pinkwater: “Rewarding children for reading seems to say ‘Look, kids – reading is a drag … but if you’ll do it, we’ll pay you.’”

Join me in Helena, MT Oct. 20. (My 1st F2F conference since COVID & “retirement.” 😃🥳🤯) The Principles of Acquisition-driven Instruction (aka: CI is a Habit) & Backward Planning from Readers/Resources. Reg. is now open. montanalanguageteachers.org/fall-conferenc…

Retirement is a misnomer. It just means I get to direct my attention exclusively to the things I LOVE: family, teaching #MLB, reading & writing (for FUN), languages, SLA, travel, the great outdoors… (Notice social media didn’t make my list.)

Jeff McQuillan: Where Do We Get Our Academic Vocabulary? “reading is between two and six times more efficient than explicit teaching of academic vocabulary.” readingmatrix.com/files/20-d7cey… FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

After 2+ years of virtual presentations, I'm beyond excited to be F2F at #MALTconf #MFPE where I'll share strategies to optimize input & make #ADI / #CCLT a settled or established practice that is hard to give up. IOW: a HABIT! Hope to see you there!😃 montanalanguageteachers.org/fall-conferenc…

The great thing about dogs is they will never grow out of date or obsolete. Always relevant and near and dear to our hearts. 🐩🐕‍🦺🦮 (unless you are a cat lover, of course 😂) Fluency Matters waysidepublishing.com/languages/span…

Many thanks to Fluency Matters / Wayside Publishing for donating readers to the #maltconf ADI workshop! You made teachers very happy! 😃

Looking forward to this discussion on Thursday. Join us.

Should you plan your own unit?👩‍🏫 How can you fit new things into an existing curriculum? Kristy Placido Placido & Carrie Carrie Toth (Tō-th), NBCT talk *⃣Unit Planning*⃣ on the NEW CI Diaries #14! Apple Podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ci-… & YouTube 📺 youtu.be/lTuUo9Rhipc #langchat #fluencymatters

Did you attend FM-IFLT in 2022? We want you back! We had such a great time last year! Do you remember when we danced with Paulino? When CI Diaries broadcast live from the cafeteria? Watching fantastic lab teachers? We’re doing it again this year! More: bit.ly/3DmS4Cs

Wayside is hiring! As an Instructional Strategist, you'll work closely with world language teachers as they make instructional shifts to implement Wayside's proficiency-driven, standards-aligned language learning programs. This is a fully remote position: bit.ly/3HqkLj9

The first of our assessment chats! #cidiaries

1/2 If you read for pleasure, I would appreciate hearing from you. I’m writing a fictional novel (in English) that has 3 distinct pieces with one overarching plot. Each part has its own crescendo/climax. As a reader, would you rather…

A) Read a trilogy (3 separate, shorter stories) that ultimately tie everything together. B) Read the WHOLE story with all parts woven into a longer back-and-forth format. Thank you for taking time to share your opinion! 😊

It’s the movie they really don’t want you to see: #WhatIsAWoman? Watch the explosive documentary starring Matt Walsh FREE on Twitter for 24 hrs. x.com/realDailyWire/…

“Why did I have to deny reality in order to be polite…” @Megynkelly explains why she will no longer use “preferred pronouns” as trans ideology grows. Watch below and download: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… youtube.com/watch?v=FxB0LH…

ESPN definitely didn’t want this answer

Greg Price YES. A biological male playing women’s sports can be dangerous to the biological women. This is a fact. It’s not subjective. If you can’t acknowledge a plain Jane fact nobody should take you seriously.

"Sen. Durbin ... you had mentioned this 'rhetoric.' You had mentioned 'what message does it send to trans individuals?' My combat to that is: what message does this send to women, to young girls ... their rights to privacy and safety thrown out of the window?" Riley Gaines