This is an activity I've done with both elementary and middle school students. It's essentially a color by number, but once the students are done coloring, they have to try to figure out what country/territory the flag belongs to.

Here's a guessing game I made to get students talking about family members (without having to talk about their own family). There are four similar families, and through asking and answering questions, students figure out which family their classmate belongs to.

I am a big fan of Nearpod. I have been using it for years. One feature that I never used before now is drag & drog. It allows you to give students words to drag & drop into categories, & you can arrange it to be self grading. The one thing I didn't like was that it didn't show students their score.

(1/2) Here's a fun no-tech, out of your seat activity. Students work in groups. The questions and answers in these dialogues are scattered all over the floor on crumpled up pieces of paper. One at a time, a group member grabs one piece of paper and brings it back to the group.

Just ran through my presentation for the @nysaflt.bsky.social Annual Conference! Just need to make a few tweaks this week. I'll be presenting on Friday at 1 PM! #nysaflt25

Every year I show my students an illustration I made in
@procreate.com about myself. I updated it this year to reflect my current interests.

Debuting a new design for my Canvas page this year. I designed this in Canva and I also ordered a poster of it to hang outside my door.

2 Truths and a Lie is one of my favorite community building activities. It's a great review of the vocabulary we learned all year and reinforces writing and listening skills. Read more about this and my other favorite community building activities: thefrenchcorner.net/2022/03/acti...

My students recently wrote poems about themselves and about others. Read my 2023 post about it for more info: thefrenchcorner.net/2023/06/they...

Some teachers think of a crossword puzzle as busy work, but they can be useful learning tools. The boxes help students know the right number of letters and the shared letters help them with spelling. I made this crossword puzzle using Discovery Education's puzzle maker.

I tell my students that a bûche de Noël is a work of art. No two are alike. This year the students were really creative with their interpretations of this traditional French dessert!