Day 22

Breakfast: pretty smoothie (celery, banana, strawberries, blueberries), almond butter

Lunch: Italian-style slow roasted spare ribs with cauliflower "rice"

Snack: almond butter

Dinner: same as lunch, cherries

Day 21

Breakfast: 2 poached eggs (overcooked, again), almond butter

Lunch: protein-style burger from "The Habit" (free; tomatoes, grilled onions, a ton of lettuce, jalapenos), green grapes

Snack: plantain chips, almond butter

Dinner: chicken, cauliflower "rice", red grapes, cherries

Day 20

Brunch: almond butter, smoothie (organic kale, melon, blueberries, banana), 2 poached eggs

Snack: green grapes, mango, plantain chips

Dinner: chicken with French thyme, oregano, basil, cajun seasoning, brocoli, carrots, egg, melon

I marinaded a bunch of chicken & sent everything to the freezer.  That way, it will be all ready to be cooked next time:
1) cilantro lime chicken marinade (cilantro, lime, olive oil, garlic)
2) jerk chicken (spice galore, lime, olive oil)
3) lemon ginger chicken (lemon, ginger, olive oil, red pepper flakes, ginger)
4) balsamic chicken (garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary)
5) Italian chicken (mustard, garlic, herbs, vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper)
6) Mexican chicken (olive oil, lime, salt, cumin, garlic, vinegar, oregano, pepper, paprika, onion powder, chili powder)
7) basic Greek chicken (olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, thyme)
8) Middle Eastern chicken (cardamon, cumin, all spice, garlic, salt, olive oil, lemon juice)

Day 19

Breakfast: omelette with mushrooms & onion (looked ugly because of the mushrooms but it was fine), a spoon of almond butter

Lunch: at "Urban Plates" with friends (steak, roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts), pineapples, melons

Dinner: not hungry but ate still (chicken, mushroom, cauliflower "rice")

"Urban Plates" was a nice option for "The Whole30".😋

Work Crap

Since I'm so tired of working like a maniac, I've been doing some research on how to be a more effective teacher.  Here are some cool stuff I've learned the past 4 weeks:

Aww Board - whiteboard platform, students can draw (?) (=whiteboard tech. version)

Breakout EDU - can be done in class physically or digitally with Chromebooks, to create/start a Breakout, go on "Google Sites".  FAQs
Canva - more sophisticated than "PiktoChart", to create bumper stickers, blogs, etc.  Must be able to use "Google Drawing"?

Crashcourse French - lessons on any French stuff by John Green

EdPuzzle - take YouTube videos (6-11 minutes) to be loaded on, convert to MP4 (online video converter); look for pre-made ones, I can edit videos, add questions that I want to put, videos pass by themselves, students type answers on the website, good for listening comprehension, vocab. & grammaire
AATF Edpuzzle resources

Flipgrid - students can record their own presentations & the class can view them in class & put comments (?)

Free Technology for Teachers - most of the apps are free

French grammar activities worksheets
GOOGLE

• Google Cardboard - $450, set of 30 OR $10/glasses OR $5/cardboard
• Google Expedition app - students download the app (iamcardboard), use their own phones
• If students don't have cellphones, they can share: one will be the guide OR ask the community to donate their old phones & they get a tax deduction
• Google Classroom - to create a class & invite our students via access code, we can easily email students
• Google Cloud Search - to look for anything I've ever saved!!!
• Google Drawing
• Google Form - create surveys, MC questions, T/F questions BUT it doesn't save answers?
• Google Keep - post-its / reminders for self :)
• Google Screen Castify - to make videos, students record & submit them

JeNeSaisPas - from a workshop at ACTFL "Planned purposeful target language & Engl. use for teachers & students"
Kaizena - right after students submit their recording/work online, I can orally give feedback
LetsRecap - better than "Flipgrid" because "LetsRecap" is free!  Students can record themselves talking, etc.  Similar to "Screen Castify".  Must create prompt.
Nearpod - PPT already created by other teachers, it's interactive
Padlet - to capture what students have learned, same questions everytime ("Today, I learned...", 2-3 sent.), done the last 10 min. of class or beginning), to gather questions, students can see the questions or it could be private
PiktoChart - to create stats in the form of charts, present maps, graphs, photos, text, infographic, brochure, report, presentations
Plickers - using QR codes, we can scan students' answers.
PushingTheEdge - ????????????????
QR code generators - ??????????????????
Qui est-ce? - jeu de société, à acheter sur "Amazon.com"

Quizizz - more sophisticated than Kahoot, 15 questions, can work at your pace or against "ghost mode" (their own best scores), questions are on each person's own screens

Quizlet - good for 12 vocabulary & definitions, can use other teachers', can be done live (played in class), grouped by Quizlet, 5 teams at least

Snap & read - to highlight, will read in French

Storybird - to create story books
TagXedo - word clouds in any shape (here's how to use it)
Tolerance - ??????????????
TV5Monde

• apprendre le français (vidéos, exercices): usage autonomie pdt. la classe 
• enseigner le français (800 fiches pédagogiques, vidéo + fiches): mise en route et découverte (pour introduire le vocab.)
• parlons français, c'est facile (on suit 4 personnes et leurs histoires...)
• paroles de clips (clips de musique...)

VideoNotes - similar to EdPuzzle (good for listening exercises, look for old ones, edit & share; we type questions with time on the side, students watch & click on questions & time easily)
Wizerme - worksheets done online --> I type them there, students work on them online in class
WordClouds - similar to TagXedo (see above)
Wordle

ASK DPT. TO BUY THIS:

• Google Cardboard - $450, set of 30 OR $10/glasses OR $5/cardboard
• Google Expedition app - students download the app (iamcardboard), use their own phones

Great video on "Summer secrets for a stress-free fall":
Secret # 1: Eliminate unintentional breaks
Secret # 2: Work ahead by batching & avoid task-switching
Secret # 3: Use scheduling to create boundaries around your time
Secret # 4: Figure out "the main thing"& do it 1st
Secret # 5: Look for innovative ways to relax any standards that create unnecessary work

Arcadia Innovation Summit:
-"If you want change to happen, you crawl, walk or run, you can't just stand still."
-Jaime Casap was the speaker.:)
-"Generation Z has a different process of learning due to the environment they grow up in."
-Stop asking "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  Ask "What problem do you want to solve?  What do you need to learn in order to solve that problem?"


Day 1 (Thursday)
New lesson (i.e., notes)

Day 2 (Friday)
Oral practice, listening activities, written exercises in textbook, Quizlet (need Chromebook!), Edpuzzle (take YouTube video & include questions in them)

Day 3 (Monday)
Quizlet (need Chromebooks!), worksheet (on paper or Wizerme), correction

Day 4 (Tuesday)
Game (flashcards, Kahoot, Quizizz, Edpuzzle, Pictionary)

Day 5 (Wednesday)
Quiz!

To check for understanding
Padlet (need Chromebooks, to be done just for 10 min.)

To supplement lessons
"Bien Dit" videos, Crashcourse French, Free Technology for Teachers

To reinforce concepts
Chansons
Poèmes
Lectures

End of chapter review activities
Jeopardy
Breakout EDU
Snap & read

End of chapter projects
Storybird (to create a book)
Flipgrid (to record presentations)

Day 18

Breakfast: smoothie (organic kale, banana, strawberries, melon; I added the melon because it tasted too much like vegetables), my sister's Lara bar

Lunch: pick-2 deal salads at Panera (lettuce, spinach, cucumber, apples, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, almonds, balsamic vinaigrette)

Snack: apple

Dinner: sausage, cabbage, carrots, green grapes.

 Here's a useful site about eating out.

Whole30 Recipes

I just finished reading "The Whole30" book by Melissa & Dallas Hartwig & here are my favorite recipes.

EGGS
perfect poached eggs (page 150)
spinach frittata (page 206)

DRESSINGS
basic mayonnaise (page 179)
basic vinaigrette (page 184)
chimichurri (page 306)
cilantro-lime mayonnaise (page 310)
hollandaise (page 314)
pesto (page 315)
whole30 ketchup (page 323)
herb citrus vinaigrette (page 326)
raspberry walnut vinaigrette (page 328)
balsamic vinaigrette (page 328)
Asian vinaigrette (page 330)

ONE POT MEALS
chicken chowder (page 336)
roasted pork shoulder with butternut squash, kale, & tomatoes (page 344)
Thai coconut soup (page 352)

FANCY MEALS
backyard BBQ - I don't like BBQ sauce & it has none!:)
                Dallas's watermelon salad (page 359)
                pesto shrimp with cherries tomatoes (page 359)
                BBQ seasoning mix for grilled steak (page 360)
                grilled vegetables with balsamic glaze (page 361)

DRINKS
rosemary berry mash (page 391) - without the sugar and alcohol
mocktails