Category Archives: Teaching

Blog posts on blog posts on blog posts!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by madamedcash

This year, our school has 3 school-wide goals.  Here’s the 3rd goal: This year, as a district, we will be focusing on two of the eight science and engineering practices from the Conceptual Framework of the Next Generation Science Standards: … Continue reading →

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Tic Tac Boum

Posted on August 19, 2015 by madamedcash

This morning I had to drive my husband to work, and I thought it was going to totally throw off my plans.  Usually I arrive at school at least an hour before the first bell because I do my best … Continue reading →

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La Rentrée 2015-2016

Posted on August 15, 2015 by madamedcash

Another school year! Like many foreign language teachers, I’m teaching many levels this year.  Luckily, I have teachers around me who are open and willing to share, whether it be other languages teachers at my school or the other high … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Seniors!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by madamedcash

Félicitations!!!!  Congratulations, Seniors! This group of girls have been with my since my very first day at Hoover High School.  They were all just freshman students in French 1.  Most of them were planning to only take two years of … Continue reading →

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Spring Fling 2015

Posted on April 22, 2015 by madamedcash

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything.  When this happens, I usually post something fun and silly just to get back into the flow of blogging.  Here are some silly pictures from Spring Fling 2015. TACKY DAY- This is typically … Continue reading →

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September Class Photo Challenge

Posted on September 2, 2014 by madamedcash

Septembre en Images French teachers, if you haven’t requested to join the Facebook group “French Teachers in the US,” you should!  It’s where I got this wonderful idea to do a class photo-a-day challenge. I’m having my students email their … Continue reading →

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Tuez la Tortue!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by madamedcash

It’s a good day when my students look like this during class!  We went super low-tech last week for our review of present tense verb conjugations with the best review game ever: Tuez la Tortue. I wish I could take … Continue reading →

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StrengthsFinder

Posted on August 5, 2014 by madamedcash

I love my school district because they agreed that the whole system’s  foreign language department would benefit from finding out what our Clifton Strengths are and discussing how we can use these strengths to better our department and classrooms. Here … Continue reading →

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Live a Thousand Lives Before You Die

Posted on August 4, 2014 by madamedcash

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies,” said Jojen.  “A man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons If you’ve had a conversation with me in the past few years, you … Continue reading →

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French through Art- Impressionism

Posted on June 27, 2014 by madamedcash

This year during National French Week, we decided to celebrate French art by learning about Impressionism and giving our students the chance to do their own paintings.  There’s a great PBS video about Impressionism that I showed my students that … Continue reading →

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