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		<title>Teaching the Colors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that there are lots of ways to teach the colors but the following technique has worked really well for me over the past few years and I thought that I would share it. I&#8217;m sure that I didn&#8217;t invent the wheel here, but it is something that just developed rather than my reading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2008/08/31/teaching-the-colors/</link>
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		<title>Starting Day 1 in the Target Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As good language teachers, we all know the more we stay in the target language, the better it is for our students. We know that immersion is the best way to learn a language and want to recreate as much of that &#8220;immersion&#8221; atmosphere as possible inside of our classroom.
For most of us, it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2008/08/16/starting-day-1-in-the-target-language/</link>
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		<title>NTPRS Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for coming to the presentation!
I hope you learned a lot and I know you have questions! You can add them to the comments section here or you can email them directly to me! I love questions and I want to support you in getting this implemented in your classroom.
I know we didn&#8217;t have enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2008/07/24/ntprs-presentation/</link>
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		<title>SWCOLT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to thank those of you who attended my workshop at SWCOLT in Salt Lake City, Utah!
You guys were really great and I appreciate all of your input!
We did have to rush it a bit at the end and I apologize for that.
You can download a copy of the presentation here.
Also, we mentioned Zamzar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2008/02/28/swcolt/</link>
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		<title>My &#8220;págame&#8221; system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of questions on the moreTPRS list regarding various participation systems. This is what I do in my classroom.
For me, participation cannot be a graded item. What I mean by that is, that participation, effort, behavior, cannot be calculated into the letter grade of the student. At my school, like many, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2007/10/09/my-pagame-system/</link>
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		<title>best of Ben from moreTPRS on transitioning from PQA to story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In PQA, I always try to remember to take the first bit of information that lends itself to being bent into something weird and I go with it. I push it, if I have to, but generally, if the kids are doing their job of supplying cute answers, and if I am doing my job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2007/09/24/best-of-ben-from-moretprs-on-transitioning-from-pqa-to-story/</link>
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		<title>from moreTPRS on classroom management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In regards to management, I always take the first two weeks to get to know my students, they get to know me,and we establish and practice procedures for almost everything. For example, there is a procedure for entering the classroom when one is tardy, there is a procedure for homework turn in, there is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2007/09/23/from-moretprs-on-classroom-management/</link>
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		<title>best results ever!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I have been using TPRS® for the past six years and have had excellent results, this year, I have had the best results ever in a level-one class! My Spanish 1s are learning at a far greater rate than ever before and have been understanding Spanish since day one!
All of this thanks to Ben [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachforjune.com/2007/09/22/best-results-ever/</link>
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