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Preaching To Acquire — 104 episodes · page 1 of 2
Smarter Storyasking
Changes to Star of the Day
The Quote Board
A Win is a Win
Farewell For Now ❤️
Preparing for Wooly Week 2023!
Preparing for Wooly Week 2023
Using ChatGPT/AI to Generate Content For Your Classes
A Different Kind of Engagement?
29. What? How?: Tower of Knowledge (La Torre de Saber)
A Letter of Encouragement
Going Beyond Language Acquisition
First Week Thoughts
Going Back To School
Summer Update
28. What? How?: Parallel Texts
27. What? How?: Smash Doodles
26. What? How?: Running Dictation
An Exciting Announcement! I Opened a Teachers Pay Teachers Store!
A Twist on Classroom Library Story Projects
25. What? How?: Reverse (Backwards) Charades
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 3: Cycle 1 Phases 3 & 4 (Describing People Inside & Out and Past & Present)
Extend, Extend, Extend!
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 2: Cycle 1 Phase 2 (Describing Preferences)
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 1: Cycle 1 Phase 1 (Describing Settings)
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Backwards Planning & Breaking Lessons into Small Pieces
Happy Thanksgiving (students' thank you messages)
Input is Input
Teaching a Class Novel The Fast Way
Free PD With Over 30 Presentations Next Week! (October 18-22)
24. What? How?: Anchor Charts
Give Yourself A Break
23. What? How?: Class and Community Surveys
Creating Assessments for Student Success
22. What? How?: Individually Created Characters (Invisibles)
21. What? How?: One Word Images (OWI)
Daily Lesson Framework part 7: Student Application and Assessment
Daily Lesson Framework part 6: Shared Reading
Daily Lesson Framework part 5: Shared Writing
Daily Lesson Framework part 4: Scaffolded Oral Review
Daily Lesson Framework part 3: Guided Oral Input
Daily Lesson Framework part 2: Reading Workshop
Daily Lesson Framework part 1: Norming the Class
Using the Stepping Stones Writing Continuua to Set Student Writing Goals
Keeping My Students Motivated With Class Points
Scaffolding Student Writing with Word Card Sentences
20. What? How?: The Word Off!
I use CI, but my students will need to use a textbook next year. Help!
19. What? How?: Volleyball Translation
18. What? How?: Reading From the Back of the Room
Assessment in the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework
17. What? How?: Kid Grid
Teachers' Lounge: Kaitlin & Ben Fisher chat about supporting LGBTQ+ students in the WL classroom
16. What? How?: Write Inside the Story
Teachers' Lounge: Kaitlin & Esmeralda Mora chat about the Language Learner Literature Advisory Board
Stepping Stones Unplugged
First Day of School: Diving into Input
15. What? How?: Calendar (& Weather) Talk
14. What? How?: Special Person Interviews
13. What? How?: Card Talk (Slide Talk)
What is the Daily Lesson Framework?
Story Time: Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater
Reflecting on the 2020-2021 School Year: Connection Through Chaos
The Joy of Independent Work & Projects
Blank Stares and Silence: Perception ≠ Reality
Using L1 (English) in an L2 Class to Address Big Questions, Conversations, and Facts
For Days When You Just Can't
Stepping Stones in Elementary Classes
How do I fit Señor Wooly into the Stepping Stones curriculum?
Your Best is Good Enough. These are Not Normal Times.
Transitioning from Hybrid to 100% Virtual Learning
Helping My Students Listen with Graphic Organizers
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
4. What? How?: Write & Discuss
Extending and Using Write & Discuss as a Bailout Move
3.5 Weeks in and Things are Getting Better!
This is not sustainable. I'm not okay, but I will be.
How Should I Set Up My Gradebook?
Teachers' Lounge: A.C. Quintero & Alicia Gonzalez on Putting Equity Into Practice
Stepping Stones and Required Grammar and Vocabulary
Which Hard Is Worth It? A Pep Talk About Making Decisions
Teachers' Lounge: Kaitlin & A.C. Quintero Chat About Equity in the World Language Classroom
Teachers' Lounge: Kaitlin & Bertha Delgadillo Chat About Creating a Safe Space for Heritage & Undocumented Students
Teachers' Lounge: Jodi Stokdyk & Kaitlin Chat About The Textbook + CI
Today I Choose To Be Resilient
Teachers' Lounge: Kristen Wolf & Kaitlin Chat About Differentiation
12. What? How?: Back At'Cha/Ping Pong Recall (a lower stress whole class output game)
11. What? How?: No Detail Left Behind (previously: Circle the Wagons): A Low Stress Collaborative Output Activity
10. What? How?: Using a Story Mountain to Recycle and Process Input + Extensions
9. What? How?: Quick Quiz
8. What? How?: The Question & Answer Game
7. What? How?: Visual Story
6. What? How?: Narrative Input Chart
5. What? How?: Clip Chat (Movie Talk)
3. What? How?: PQA (Personalized Questions and Answers)
2. What? How?: Visual Survey
1. What? How?: Picture Walk
You Are Enough.
A No Prep, Low Stress, Collaborative Output Activity