Linguacious Review and a Giveaway!

Hello everyone! I am back today with a fabulous resource you can use with your bilingual students or even your own kiddos. Have you heard of Linguacious? Linguacious is a company that provides language learning products in Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, English/ESL, Russian. I have been trying out a few of their products and am here with an in depth review AND a giveaway. 

Linguacious focuses on both the expressive and receptive language domains and their materials target all language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Keep reading to see how I've used them.

~Flashcards~

We all use flashcards with our students, well, wait until you try these! The Linguacious flashcards have:

1) vibrant, real life photos

2) easy to read text

3) a QR code that you can scan to listen to the correct pronunciation from a native speaker

The flashcards include suggested games you can try at home or at school. It is a great way to practice and truly internalize a new language. I have used them with my 2nd graders in a word study center where they scan the QR code, listen to the word, then they'll try to use it in a sentence. I've also used these with my 18 month old baby girl. Of course, she's not speaking in sentences, yet! With her, I'll point to the picture, say the word, then scan it with the phone QR reader (she LOVES to listen to the word pronunciation).

~Posters~

The posters are a quick way to have the same words as the flashcards. I have these displayed around the classroom and they are easy to scan whenever you want students to practice their words. There are 3 posters which include: a side of things around the home and a side of animals. 

Giveaway & Coupon Code

Linguacious and I have teamed up to bring you a 10% discount using MMBILI10 on your Amazon purchase. Take advantage before it expires on February 12th! Furthermore, we will be giving away a poster set to one lucky follower. All you have to do is follow the rafflecopter instructions below. Good luck and until next time, friends!

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Using GradeCam in the Classroom

Welcome to our September Linky!! Thank you for stopping by my blog, make sure to read all the way to the end for EXCLUSIVE FREEBIES and an AMAZING GIVEAWAY!!!

Today I am here to share about an awesome app I discovered and used all of last year: GradeCam. Grading papers, tests, and assignments... oh what joy!! Before GradeCam I used to stay late to grade and even then I'd take home manila folders full of my student's weekly assignments and Friday tests to grade over the weekend (which translated to Sunday night grading parties) :/

Since using GradeCam, my 2nd graders started to take their assignments and tests home that SAME Friday afternoon... already graded and recorded in my gradebook. Yayyy!!! Happy teacher and happy parents that knew their child's test score that same day.

I LOVE that all this data is instant. I can download reports and easily access during 504's or parent/teacher conferences! Honestly, this app helped me immensely throughout the year, and I am definitely going to continue using it. 

Keep reading to learn how to set up your own account. 

First of all, click this link to create your account: 

www.gradecam.com/signup?referrer=qpj2by

By using this link, you will get access to a FREE 2 month TRIAL and it will allot me 2 free months! Thanks in advance!

1) Create an account here: www.gradecam.com/signup?referrer=qpj2by  

2) Create a class to add students and ID numbers for each

3) Print out blank forms OR forms that already have students names and ID's

4) Create an assignment and answer key

5) Scan students responses for immediate feedback

You can also: generate reports, attach standards to your answer keys, create rubrics, and even sync to your gradebook.

Check out the GradeCam blog for more ideas and 50 Ways to be a SuperHero Teacher with GradeCam. 

Please try it out, I promise it's a definite time saving app!

Last but certainly not least, here is a resource that will ALSO save you time. My Comprehension Skills Flipbooks available in SPANISH. Read about them here, download a FREE SAMPLE, and please SHARE with your bilingual colleagues. XOXO until next time friends!

Thank you for joining our September Linky and good luck with the giveaway :)

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