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Rebecca Blouwolff

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Middle school French teacher who's all about thematic units & proficiency. ACTFL TOY 2020. NBCT. My thematic units shared here: https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com/

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Grade 6 Unit 4 Spot It.pdf

Here's what they look like printed out: drive.google.com/file/d/1fOBt...

02.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Make your own Spot It clone

I think I used this website: aaronbarker.net/spot-it/spot...

02.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, is that what's happened? I was frantically looking for the sample Can-Dos a few weeks ago and couldn't figure out where they'd gone! Thanks for sharing.

19.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be honest, a HUGE pain to make... but, then you have them forever to play and it's the perfect game for 6th grade Novice Mid.

15.02.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Images of various classes and other unit vocab. They have to "spot" the one image that matches between the two cards, and name it in French before their partner does.

15.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dobble aka Spot It for the pre-vacation game win... We start with a very calm round where the whole class plays against me in pairs. Then they go head to head. #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

12.02.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Delivering 60+ teacher Valentines in French filled my heart this afternoon! One chutzpadik kiddo even wrote one to the principal with the English note "I hope u read this" 😍. #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

12.02.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a picture of snoopy and woodstock dancing with the words happy dance above them ALT: a picture of snoopy and woodstock dancing with the words happy dance above them

When your 6th graders vote to dance to Magic in the Air at the schoolwide French FΓͺte! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

12.02.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect our communities from ICE in Massachusetts courts Re: Stop ICE Operations at Massachusetts Courthouses Dear Chief Justices Kimberly Budd and Heidi Brieger, Senate President Karen Spilka and Speaker Ron Mariano, We, the undersigned organizations, co...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Protect our communities from ICE in Massachusetts courts. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

11.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too

Love this language liberation story! #langchat #actfl

NYT gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...

08.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A PRIVATE LIFE | Official Trailer (2026)
A PRIVATE LIFE | Official Trailer (2026) YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics

French teachers, don't miss Une vie privΓ©e with Jodie Foster www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIE... Daniel Auteuil! #fle #Frenchteachers

06.02.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

28.01.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are part of the bird-loving, WL teaching crowd!

26.01.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a...

Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...

21.01.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intermediate Low speaking workout! Yesterday I asked students how they wanted to prepare: 1 suggested that we focus on 1 topic at a time. Did in concentric circles. I called on non-volunteers, then had class decide if answer qualified as complex/not & why/why not. #langchat #ilovetimers

14.01.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
covers of 2 novels: La Maison poussière by Valérie Péronnet and Plage Laval by Rafaële Germain

covers of 2 novels: La Maison poussière by Valérie Péronnet and Plage Laval by Rafaële Germain

Adored all of the quΓ©bΓ©cois culture we soaked up in Magog and Montreal. Highly recommend the new film Les Furies and the musical Pub Royal about Les Cowboys Fringants. Excited to read these!

#langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

03.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nudging my Novice High students towards Intermediate Low with some very explicit work on personalized vocabulary... page 3 is where they're invited to record "other language that might be interesting to know & use" (credit: Thomas Sauer). #langchat

16.12.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such an intimate journey into families' complex dynamics and finances. Glad it's over.

11.12.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our school went proactive and had the vice principal make a big deal about it over morning announcements, which pretty much killed it early on in the day!

10.12.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have managed to get all 36 8th graders registered for the Quebec trip with deposits paid/promised from school, so I feel like a superhero! #langchat

10.12.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Adorable French neologism from one of my French 6 students! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

09.12.2025 23:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I learned so much from this podcast about the history of queer Jews in Washington DC!

04.12.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"I really want this exhibit to teach other young LGBT people about our own history"

In our new podcast episode, step into the history of queer Jews in DC as we tour the Capital Jewish Museum’s exhibit, β€œLGBTJews in the Federal City” with curators Jonathan Edelman and Sarah Leavitt: buff.ly/fp87pqW

04.12.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Spotify: Wrapped in complicity

Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/7YTH73n1

03.12.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, exactly! They have to figure out which family I'm describing.

30.11.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's how I do it. There's an info gap aspect which makes it more communicative & interesting in my opinion. I call it a dictΓ©e because middle schoolers can't handle the real name. #langchat

25.11.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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851: Try a Little Tenderness - This American Life

I trust you've listened to this episode? www.thisamericanlife.org/851/transcript

24.11.2025 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

3 out of 14 attendees at current #ACTFL session on teacher-led change in WL are from #MAFLA πŸ‘ #langchat @traversteach.bsky.social

23.11.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favorite things is learning from someone else how to improve on an idea. My students are already familiar with BeyoncΓ© as our heuristic to remember the French accent aigu, but the tipped hat is next level! Thank you Erin Fell for a great presentation on Accommodations at #ACTFL! #langchat

22.11.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you find that today's students don't quite believe they're writing to other humans when it's all digital? This has kept me doing a mix of digital and snail mail.

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