Organizing!

I found out this past week that I will be starting my teaching career in a Grade 3/4 French Immersion class, and I couldn't be more excited! One of the first things I thought of was: How am I going to organize everything? So I started pulling from all my resources and found some phenomenal blogs and websites on classroom organization and I had to share. Below are my two favourite websites so far with really great ideas, both of which I found on Pinterest! I hope you find it as useful as I do! And if you have any other great websites to share, please do!
"Getting Organized":

"Teaching Takes Heart":

Curriculum Resources

During a learning cycle with a group of Core French teachers, I was pointed to this website. It has fabulous curriculum resources, especially for French! It includes videos on examples of effective practice in FSL instruction and much more! Browse around and see what you can find!

General website: Click here

French project "On est capable": Click here

Math Needs a Makeover

For any teacher, tutor, parent, or other people that teach Math, I encourage you to watch this video that is not only funny but extremely truthful and helpful. Pass it on to any Math teachers you may know. 
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

Pinterest in Education

"It’s startling the way that children communicate with their teachers in today’s schools... But does Pinterest have a role to play?  An infographic by OnlineUniversities.com takes a look at just that and comes up with a whole lot of ways that an educator can use Pinterest." (Click here for the link)


I have to say I have not discovered the world of Pinterest just yet but it is on the top of my "Summer To-Do" list... let me know what you think or what peoples' opinions are of this!

5 reasons to raise your children bilingual

Do you have young kids about to go into the school system? You may want to think about putting them in French Immersion - here's 5 reasons why.

Weekly Language Live Stream

For all you Twitter junkies and language enthusiasts, join your language colleagues every Thursday evening at 8pm EST to discuss the latest topics in the world of education. You can follow along and/or participate using the #langchat hashtag. If you'v missed it, not to worry! Check out their summaries at http://langchat.pbworks.com/w/page/39343677/FrontPage.  

French Texting!

I saw this and had to post it... it made me laugh! French abbreviations for text messages!!! Amazing... check it out: http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-texting.htm