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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
Teacher's gotta do what teacher's gotta do!
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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 · 09/09/2026
I've been doubling the size of my lunch... daily!!!
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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 · 30/06/2026
Sending you comfort!
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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 · 30/05/2026
I'd suggest modes instead of skills - this gets you down to just 3 standards. Waaay more manageable!
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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 · 06/05/2026
#3 Tu peux manger toute la fraise, la cerise et la tomate. Tu ne peux pas manger l'extérieur de l'orange.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#2: L'orange, la tomate et la cerise sont rondes. La fraise n'est pas ronde.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#1: La tomate, la fraise et la cerise sont rouges. L'orange est orange!
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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 · 16/04/2026
It's like tracking what you eat! Facts don't lie.
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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 · 01/04/2026
Which I definitely learned from Laura Terrill!
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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 · 15/03/2026
My first answer is always, "There are no points. Are you asking if it matters...?"
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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 · 02/03/2026
Here's what they look like printed out: drive.google.com/file/d/1fOBt...
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Grade 6 Unit 4 Spot It.pdf
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I think I used this website: aaronbarker.net/spot-it/spot...
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Make your own Spot It clone
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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.
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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 · 26/01/2026
You are part of the bird-loving, WL teaching crowd!
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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 · 11/12/2025
Such an intimate journey into families' complex dynamics and finances. Glad it's over.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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!
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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 · 30/11/2025
Yup, exactly! They have to figure out which family I'm describing.
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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 dictée because middle schoolers can't handle the real name. #langchat
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Rebecca Blouwolff @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I trust you've listened to this episode? www.thisamericanlife.org/851/transcript
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851: Try a Little Tenderness - This American Life
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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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