When I was in high school, the series Extr@ had just come out and I have vivid memories of watching it in both my French and Spanish classes.  My classmates and I loved it, so much so in fact, that Sam even made it onto our French Club t-shirts! Now, over 15 years later, my colleague and I watch Extr@ every spring with our Spanish 2 students.  Honestly, every year I get a little nervous and think “This will be the year when kids don’t like the show anymore,” but every year I know I was wrong when I hear them laughing and talking about the characters and story.  Yes,…

Like countless teachers around the world, my district is moving to online instruction this week due to Covid-19.  Our schools have already been closed for 2 weeks, but our goal is to ease into online instruction and do the best we can.  Each week I will be creating a couple 20 minute lessons my students will do independently and then be available for daily office hours.  During this time of social distancing I have spent a lot of time brainstorming different activities my students can do at home and reflecting on what the most essential parts of my curriculum are.  I don’t know if I’ll see my students again in…