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Episode 125: 3 Creative Ways to Keep Students Engaged and Learning as the Year Ends
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Are your students tuning out as the school year winds down?
Keeping students focused during the last weeks of school can feel like an impossible task. But what if you could turn this tricky time into a fun, engaging learning experience—without burning yourself out?
In this episode, I’m sharing 3 powerful strategies that will keep your students active, learning, and excited to participate—all while giving you space to breathe and teach with intention.
Plus, I’m giving away a FREE Ready-to-Use Resource Pack with templates for 10 station activities that will transform your classroom. Download it now!
🎯 Key Takeaways:
✅ Why Year-End Engagement Feels So Hard: Learn why students lose focus at the end of the year—and how to reset the learning vibe.
✅ Strategy 1: Stations for Focused Learning: Discover how to set up simple stations that boost reading, and interaction while you work with small groups.
✅ Strategy 2: Rotations for Recap & Review: Use rotations to reinforce what students have learned with creative brain dumps, illustrated one-pagers, and group summaries.
✅ Strategy 3: Pre-Recorded Listening & Reading Tasks: Create audio and video tasks students can complete independently using tools like EdPuzzle or Formative.
💻 Tool of the Week:
Chrome Extension: Mote
Looking for an easy way to record audio for your class? Mote is a Chrome extension that lets you record short audio clips directly from your browser. It’s a game changer for teachers looking to integrate more listening without extra prep!
📢 Resources & Links Mentioned:
The Spanish Teacher Academy Waitlist
🎁 Download Your Free Resource Pack:
“10 Ready-to-Use Station Activity Templates”
🎙️ Related Podcast Episode:
Episode 32: “How to Use Stations for a Low-Stress, High-Engagement CI Classroom”
Episode 118: Low-Stress Assessments with AnneMarie Chase
Episode 64: Teaching Without Tears: Effective Technology in Language Classes with Meredith White
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👉 Ready to keep your students engaged through the end of the year? Don’t miss this episode and grab your freebie today!
🎉 FREE RESOURCE FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS!
“10 Ready-to-Use Station Activities to Keep Students Engaged!”
✅ Reading & Easy Tasks – Print & go!
✅ Engaging & Interactive – Keep students focused!
✅ Low-Prep & Time-Saving – Less work!
Perfect for those moments when students seem more distracted than ever.
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