?that's great! JoAnna Coleman Spanish Teacher Wilson High School 503-916-5280 ext. 75231 joannac@xxxxxxx http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/ Si usted necesita ayuda en traducir este mensaje, llame al 503-916-3582 para español. Haddii aad u baahan tahay gargaarka turjumida fariintan Soomaaliga ah fadlan waxaad wacdaa 503-916-3586. ???????????????????????? 503-916-3585. N?u quí v? c?n d?ch tin nh?n này b?ng ti?ng Vi?t xin g?i 503-916-3584. ???? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ? ????????? ????? ????????? ?? ??????? ????, ??????????, ????????? ?? ???????? 503-916-3583. ________________________________ From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Harris Levinson <hlevinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:45 AM To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ola] Re: Are Your Courses Semester or Year-Long? Congratulations, Warrne, on getting your admin to listen to you and/or to be so responsive. Es mejor para sus estudiantes, sin duda. Harris 2015-03-17 10:26 GMT-07:00 Warren Billings <wbillings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:wbillings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>: Thanks, everyone. Full year 55 min. classes it is! On Monday, March 16, 2015, Harris Levinson <hlevinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:hlevinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: All language classes at our public high school are now yearlong, though we were on a trimester schedule for 12 years that meant students had one trimester without a language class. Our classes are typically ~60 minutes in length, though we have block periods every other week that last for about 1'45". I'd strongly suggest that your administration consider the fallout from moving from full-year to one-semester-long language classes. Harris Levinson 2015-03-16 14:36 GMT-07:00 Eliza Pfeifer <epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx>: One and two are year long and 43 minutes. Three, Four, Film, Culture and Conversation and AP are semester courses and are 90 minutes. This works relatively well. On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Shahla Brown <sbrow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I used to teach 94-minute blocks and it would have been difficult for lower level students to stay only in Spanish for that long. I taught more traditionally then and it was still a challenge some days. Once they are in the higher levels it was fine except that then they would have semesters or even almost an entire year between one level and the next. On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Martin Kathryn <kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Semester long is tough if they are doing a year's worth in one semester. Sometimes they have months between semesters and forget a lot. From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren Billings Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 11:58 AM To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ola] Are Your Courses Semester or Year-Long? My guidance dept. is asking about switching from year to semester-long, I don't know what to do! What do you do? Thank you! -- Warren Billings Spanish Teacher Pittsfield Middle High School Pittsfield, NH Telephone: (603) 435-6701 x4226<tel:%28603%29%20435-6701%20x4226> Visit our Website! http://pittsfieldspanish.weebly.com/ -- Eliza Pfeifer Spanish Instructor | St. Mary's Academy _________________________________ 4545 S. University Blvd., Englewood, CO 80113 303.762.8300 x 393<tel:303.762.8300%20x%20393> | fax: 303.783.6201<tel:303.783.6201> | epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/V-DPcKI82YFYE63jZZfZyK7xBdPJIZ8ZpbUfvj6_CQvSJYr3GWAuGsgHcKxTOQBkcEFaV47Bfj1Ypz3oSRj0tr5e4Uhb52LPl8sjSNDUC6Df02aB_rm3K20JxxUDMm1HKdnGtgAtZzE] -- Harris Levinson Teacher, Adviser Vashon Island High School Tel: 206.463.9171 x141<tel:206.463.9171%20x141> -- Warren Billings Spanish Teacher Pittsfield Middle High School Pittsfield, NH Telephone: (603) 435-6701 x4226<tel:%28603%29%20435-6701%20x4226> Visit our Website! http://pittsfieldspanish.weebly.com/ -- Harris Levinson Teacher, Adviser Vashon Island High School Tel: 206.463.9171 x141