Preaching To Acquire

Kaitlin explains what anchor charts are and how to use them in the world language classroom.

Kaitlin gets real about how school is going. She shares a bunch of different ways to take a "break" in your classes for your well-being.

Kaitlin explains how to use class and community surveys in your classes for input and how to personalize them in order to go beyond the original questions.

Kaitlin gives you 4 tips (and a whole lot of passion) to create assessments that are simple, equitable, and aligned to the standards. This podcast episode pairs with her free presentation for the World Language Teacher Summit that will be live for 48 hours on October 21st, 2021. Click here to register FREE or visit linktr.ee/preachingtoacquire

Kaitlin explains how students can create their own characters and 2 options for ways to use these characters once they're made. One option relies more on output and one more on input.

Kaitlin talks you through the class character creation process for making a one word image.

Kaitlin shares different strategies for student application and assessment as well as the mindset and perspective she has when looking at student work from this portion of class.

Kaitlin explains different strategies for shared reading.

Kaitlin explains a few different strategies for shared writing, including ways to differentiate for more advanced learners.

Kaitlin shares about the quick but powerful part of the framework known as scaffolded oral review.

Kaitlin explains how guided oral input is the heart of the lesson, how to support comprehension, and why keeping it short is the way to go.

Kaitlin shares 5 different ways to get students' eyes on text during reading workshop.

Kaitlin is breaking down all 7 parts of the daily lesson framework. Today is about part 1: norming the class. It is usually 5 minutes or less of Kaitlin's lessons.

Kaitlin explains how she would use the writing continuua that are a part of the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework to help students set individual writing goals and feel empowered in their writing.

Inspired by Bryce Hedstrom and Annabelle Williamson, Kaitlin shares the point system she uses in her classroom to motivate students to make good choices and use the target language.

The purpose of this activity is for students to work collaboratively together to create sentences using familiar words that have been used in the guided oral input/shared writing texts before. Students try to make as many sentences as possible using as many words as possible. And there are even blank cards for students to write their own extra words on to level up their sentences. This will help b...

Looking for a more fun way to teach a boat load of vocabulary so your students have been exposed to what they "needed to learn" before going to the next teacher that uses the textbook? The Word Off is a great activity to do with them. You could also do this with any class where you create a fun vocab list based on class interest and have a little competition.

Kaitlin breaks down how she prepares her students to be in a more traditional Spanish 2 class that uses a textbook with a heavy focus on grammar and vocabulary.

Kaitlin explains how to do the reading activity called Volleyball Translation/Reading (Ping pong reading).

Kaitlin explains how to do the strategy called reading from the back of the room. This world be used during the shared reading part of the daily framework.

Kaitlin shares about the 3 main types of assessment in the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework: daily formative assessment, end of phase checkpoint assessments, and end of cycle summative assessments. Here is the summative assessment reflection sheet .

Kaitlin breaks down how you can use the kid grid strategy as a scaffolded oral review OR guided oral input strategy. She shares how she would organize her spreadsheets for this and some extensions for once you've gathered all of the information on the grid!

Ben shares his journey as a student and teacher as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He also shares experiences about students in his own classes and tips for how we, as educators, can support our LGBTQ+ students so they know they are loved and safe in our classrooms. Connect with Ben on Twitter at @mrfishersays and on his website mrfishersays.com !

Kaitlin explains the strategy called Write Inside the Story that can be used during shared writing or reading workshop if you are using the daily lesson framework. It can also provide a great opportunity for differentiation during shared writing.

Join Kaitlin as she chats with Esmeralda Mora, the president of the Language Learner Literature Advisory Board.  You can read more and access their reviews at wearelllab.org ! The mission of the Language Learner Literature Advisory Board (LLLAB) is to provide well rounded feedback about Classroom Library material as it pertains to race, ethnicity, cultures, social class, gender, sexual orient...