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Rebecca Blouwolff

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

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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just signed an open letter from Stand Strong Brown re: Brown's Next President. Sign here: standstrongbrown.org/browns-next-...
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Brown's Next President Must Stand Strong
Action Alert: Brown's Next President Must Fight Authoritarianism
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzF1... #votingrightsact @bendthearc.bsky.social
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What I learned from Fannie Lou Hamer and Freedom Summer (feat. Heather Booth)
YouTube video by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Just a few awesome takeaways from Day 1 of #MAFLA Proficiency Academy 2026. I love this work!
I love the swimming analogy to explain how you actually become proficient in a language and what needs to happen in a classroom to develop proficiency in our studentsI felt badly about my teaching this year because I had hoped my students would be further along, but the minutes-in-class math actually validates where they are on the proficiency scale.I need to teach the skill and let them play with the skill more. My more advanced students may do it organically but I think it could be a useful level upper for all my students.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
When a student stays after class to let you know that her big sister (former student) earned the Seal of Biliteracy in French! 😍🔥🥇👏 #langchat #actfl
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This student response yielded 5 different answers! I love when Novice students can show off deep thinking with simple language. And no... their French is not perfect! 😜 #langchat #actfl
With your partner, make up a "one of these things is not like the other" question for the class. Use 4 new words. Ex. FRONT la banane, le thé, le pamplemousse, le fromage. BACK le thé parce qu'il n'est pas jaune.une tomate, une cerise, une fraise, une orange
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Keeping it *really* clear with my 8th grade French students! This is what counts for the 10% of your grade that is NOT perofrmance-based assessments, this is how we measure participation, this is how I track if you're using French in class. #langchat #actfl
10 points = all homework in, consistent participation, nearly 100% in French, etc.card where student marks date and how many times they volunteered, were called on and/or asked a questionposter where I track every student each week on if they spoke English at a time when we were working all in French (1 = success, 0 = did not)
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Awesome episode for word-lovers everywhere! #langchat #actfl
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran
Trump's unauthorized war in Iran has already taken the lives of US servicemembers and at least 1,000 Iranian civilians. It has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes,...
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Yes!
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda act.indivisible.org/sign/reject-...
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Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda
Tell your Members of Congress to publicly oppose any warehouses or detention centers being expanded in your community or anywhere in the country.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Manie Musicale 2026, grand format pour la première fois! In awe of elementary teachers who actually know how to do this with skill. In my defense, no glue sticks or color ink left at this point in the school year! #langchat #maniemusicale
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
When your 6th graders vote to dance to Magic in the Air at the schoolwide French Fête! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers
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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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Protect our communities from ICE in Massachusetts courts. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...
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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...
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Love this language liberation story! #langchat #actfl NYT gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...
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Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
French teachers, don't miss Une vie privée with Jodie Foster www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIE... Daniel Auteuil! #fle #Frenchteachers
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A PRIVATE LIFE | Official Trailer (2026)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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...
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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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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...
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Adored all of the québécois 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
covers of 2 novels: La Maison poussière by Valérie Péronnet and Plage Laval by Rafaële Germain
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Adorable French neologism from one of my French 6 students! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I learned so much from this podcast about the history of queer Jews in Washington DC!
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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"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, “LGBTJews in the Federal City” with curators Jonathan Edelman and Sarah Leavitt: buff.ly/fp87pqW
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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
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Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
3 out of 14 attendees at current #ACTFL session on teacher-led change in WL are from #MAFLA 👏 #langchat @traversteach.bsky.social
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
One of my favorite things is learning from someone else how to improve on an idea. My students are already familiar with Beyoncé 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
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Just had my best ever French 6 class with a very bouncy group on a Friday afternoon!? This game really builds focus and listening in my experience. Pictures (to print as thumbnails and place in plastic sleeves here): docs.google.com/presentation... #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
We did it! French 6 students finally know enough French to write postcards to their ePals in the French Alps! #langchat #fle
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Are you mad about the employees of Allston Carwash who were kidnapped last week? Here's how you can help! gofund.me/a86d8b4a9
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Donate to Stand with Allston & Brighton Immigrant Families, organized by Allston-Brighton LUCE hub
11/5 update - we are currently supporting the families impact… Allston-Brighton LUCE hub needs your support for Stand with Allston & Brighton Immigrant Families
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I've canceled our subscription (much to my teens' chagrin) because it's wrong to recruit for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/uMrnjfJH
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Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Fun listen! #langchat #Frenchteachers #fle www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/p...
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Le Heist
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Trying to cement another best practice into my repertoire this year. Ss said these were tough, which was my goal. They were shocked when I explained that hard Qs are actually better for retrieval! @retrievelearn.bsky.social #langchat
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/10/2025
The Israeli military said on Monday that it had received the 20 remaining living hostages released by Hamas under the terms of the cease-fire deal. On today's episode of "The Daily," Rachel Abrams speaks to families of those hostages, and to other Israelis, about the long-anticipated moment.
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Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return
Families of the released captives spoke of their emotions as their loved ones headed home.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A student whose home language is French is frustrated by their lower score on writing assessments. I'm hoping studying these exemplars will help. How do you build your collection of exemplars and how do you use them with students? #langchat
Meets NH and levels up, uncorrected: Dans ma ville il y a des supermarches, des piscines pour natation et des écoles comme WMS. Dans ma ville il n'y a pas de mosquée de hôpital ou de centre commercial.Meets NH and levels up a bit, uncorrected:  Bonjour! Dans ma ville il y a beaucoup d'endroites. Il y a des café, des école, une synygouge, mais il n'y a pas de mosqueé.Meets NH and levels up, uncorrected: Dans ma ville il a une synagogue, une piscine, des restaurants, des écoles, et des hôtels. Par contre, il n'y a pas de centre commercial, de cinéma, ou de mosquée.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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‘It’s extortion’: Brown faculty resist White House bid to reshape higher education - The Boston Globe
If Brown signed the compact, one professor said, “We’d become an instrument of the state.”
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
When you do the thing you know you should do but never manage to actually do (studying exemplars 🥇)... next thing you know, I'll be leaving time for exit tickets ⏰!!! #langchat
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Still learning how to train 6th graders (in year 7 of teaching them!?). This slide felt heavy-handed and ridiculous to me, but has been extremely effective. #langchat
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I have updated my brain break slide and I am quite pleased with the results. #langchat
Grey-haired teacher does yoga, gives the Time Out sign, and dances the disco. Heading reads "pause-cerveau" or brain break.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
My ePals collaborating teacher had her French 6th graders make notebook covers for English class, and my 6th graders are to vote on their favorites! I think my students will be surprised by the small place of the US in French students' imagination (just a 🌭 & 🚚!). 🤣 #langchat #fle
student drawing of Big Ben, UK flag, London, double-decker bus, etc.student drawing of Big Ben, UK flag, telephone booth, double-decker bus, etc.Student collage of world map, Big Ben, UK flag, hot dog, 18 wheeler, etc.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Favorite classroom organization hack (discovered during COVID!): put tape to indicate where desks go in your classroom. Then direct students to push desks back to their proper location anytime! Helpful when you've got a lot of kids and backpacks navigating a too-small space. #langchat
Yellow electrical tape placed in V shapes at corners of groups of desks to indicate proper placement.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Classroom set-up complete! A 6th grade ELA teacher helped me figure out how to hang the francophone flags in an attractive & non-chaotic manner, I reused my composition books for a 4th year of L1 reflective journaling, and I've already had a canary in the coalmine moment. #langchat
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
As a former Fulbright Teaching Scholar, I want to see this program continue. p2a.co/d9Q0fqH #langchat #actfl
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Take Action for International Education!
I just took action to increase funding for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays! Join me and take action here.
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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks, Leslie!
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Public media has been defunded, but there’s still a chance to restore it. I just signed up for updates from Protect My Public Media, so I’ll know exactly when and how to take action. Join me: bit.ly/45puWl4
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Laurent Valière @laurentvaliere.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"Le Sens des choses" : "Je suis un peu Mary Poppins, sans la magie" (Elsa Guedj) www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio...
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"Le Sens des choses" : "Je suis un peu Mary Poppins, sans la magie" (Elsa Guedj)
L'apprentissage d'une femme rabbin qui tente de résoudre les problèmes des familles la consultant à la manière d'une Mary Poppins sans la magie : c'est le crédo du "Sens des choses", la série libremen...
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