Mrs D's Funny Little Classroom

On Ben Slavic's Professional Learning Community there has been an ongoing debate about how to obtain optimal learning conditions in clas...

Kelsey:" I  think I now comprehend the idea of circling, but I'm not sure how he is supposed to say what he has when he doesn...

This story was created by two students in a private TPRS lesson.  The goal was to use has, wants, gives. There is a girl.  Her name is L...

Kelsey wanted to know what circling was exactly, if I did it with adults and if it didn't get boring. This is why at TPRS workshops t...

I received an e-mail ... from a young American who is in France as a language assistant. She is going to give private lessons to an adult w...

From Jeff Klamka.... This was posted on the moretprs forum some time ago, and I saved it because I found it was an excellent description o...

When you ask a student to retell a story, it's doable because they've been hearing the structures and words they need over and ove...

Some sent me a message asking, "What is this circling all about?  Doesn't it get boring?" De ar Bunny, I would assume that...

As the school year kicks off in the United States, there are several postings on the moretprs forum of teachers who want to share the enthus...

Being Christian   Today politicians use the word "Christian" as a badge of honor.  They are quick to assert that they belong...

I think I was in my teens when I read my first Dr. Seus book.  I may have been babysitting with my Kunkel cousins, all six or seven of them...

I like to use country music with students because of the story element.  I've also found that country music, being old-fashioned to ...