Welcome

It's that time again. School starts tomorrow and I'm stuck wondering where my summer went. I sat down last week to continue to work on lesson planning and realized I didn't know where to start. Even though it is my second year and I should feel a little more at ease there are so many ideas and possibilities floating through my head that make the whole process as nerve wracking as last year.

What should I change in the curriculum?

How can I incorporate more culture in the classroom?

Do I continue to try to 'flip' my classroom or do I try a more blended approach?

How can I hold students accountable and show their growth as a language acquirer?

How do you quantify language levels?

How can I incorporate what I learned about TPRS into the classroom?

Etc, etc, etc...

Anyhow I've decided to start a new blog (see my old blog at http://flippinginmyfirst.blogspot.com/) to organize my ideas and continue to reflect on what I'm doing inside my classroom. Last year I was focused on curriculum development and flipping my classroom. This year I'd like to focus on organizing my ideas, reflecting and implementing change based on last year and trying new teaching methods such as Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. At this point I guess we cross our fingers, hope for the best and keep reflecting! I'll let you know how it goes! I'd love to hear from fellow teachers on their preferred lesson planning methods/templates and how they implement and remember change from one year to the next.