Preaching To Acquire
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsI'm here preaching to help your students acquire languages! My goal is to inform, transform, inspire, and entertain you in efficient and effective episodes! Something you want to hear? Let me know! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
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Changes to Star of the Day
August 20, 2023 20:09 - 10 minutes - 9.81 MBKaitlin shares some reflections on using Star of the Day/Special Person Interviews in her classes and some changes she's making to it this year to improve her students' experiences with it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
The Quote Board
July 07, 2023 23:05 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBKaitlin shares about a fun tradition she developed in her classroom during COVID that has continued to live on. She shares the quotes and stories behind them from the '22-'23 school year. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
A Win is a Win
April 28, 2023 00:02 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBKaitlin shares a happy story about some of her most challenging classes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Farewell For Now ❤️
April 04, 2023 23:45 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MBKaitlin shares some updates. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Preparing for Wooly Week 2023!
February 23, 2023 23:40 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBKaitlin shares about the 3 new resources being released during Wooly Week and more details about the lessons plans that were written for them. She also shares what her plans are to complete the activities with her different classes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Preparing for Wooly Week 2023
February 13, 2023 01:40 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBKaitlin breaks down all the details she is allowed to share ahead of Wooly Week 2023 including what background the students need in order to enjoy the new content being released, which classes she will be using each resource with, and many other FAQ answers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
Using ChatGPT/AI to Generate Content For Your Classes
January 14, 2023 18:29 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBKaitlin talks about her experience using ChatGPT to try to generate different content in Spanish for her classes. She gives tips to helped her get information at an appropriate language level and also shares how it can give your creativity muscles a much needed break. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
A Different Kind of Engagement?
November 30, 2022 01:51 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBKaitlin rambles about her struggles engaging students in class since her usual activities don't seem to be working the same way. She also shares some things that have worked to engage these students and ends with a plea for help and ideas! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
29. What? How?: Tower of Knowledge (La Torre de Saber)
October 05, 2022 14:59 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBKaitlin shares about a fun collaborative writing activity that she learned from Carrie Toth who learned it from Nelly Hughes. Students are challenged to write as much as possible so they can build the tallest tower. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
A Letter of Encouragement
October 03, 2022 16:56 - 5 minutes - 2.73 MBKaitlin shares a letter she received from a former student this morning and good it encourages her to keep teaching. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
Going Beyond Language Acquisition
September 29, 2022 04:01 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBKaitlin shares her reflections on how sometimes activities we can do in the classroom can serve a purpose beyond driving aquisition for our students. Don't forget to check out this year's FREE World Language Teacher Summit by registering here. (linktr.ee/preachingtoacquire) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
First Week Thoughts
August 29, 2022 23:35 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBKaitlin shares her (very tentative) plans for the first week of classes! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
Going Back To School
August 22, 2022 00:46 - 12 minutes - 5.9 MBKaitlin shares her honest feelings about heading back to school this year --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
Summer Update
June 27, 2022 02:21 - 4 minutes - 2.14 MBKaitlin shares a personal update. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
28. What? How?: Parallel Texts
May 22, 2022 14:57 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBKaitlin shares a few different ways she has been using parallel texts to extend input and provide repetition to her students while giving them scaffolded opportunities to be creative and silly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
27. What? How?: Smash Doodles
May 19, 2022 00:11 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBKaitlin shares how she has used Smash Doodles this year as a way for students to respond to different books by analyzing characters and events in an artistic way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
26. What? How?: Running Dictation
April 26, 2022 00:59 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBRunning dictation is a fun, active, and collaborative way for students to work with a text! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
An Exciting Announcement! I Opened a Teachers Pay Teachers Store!
April 20, 2022 17:16 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MBKaitlin shares in depth about some of her first products that are posted in her Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Check out the free download and listed products! The store is called Preaching to Acquire. Thanks for your support!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
A Twist on Classroom Library Story Projects
April 12, 2022 23:32 - 15 minutes - 14 MBKaitlin explains the fun twist that she added to her 8th grade students' story book projects. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
25. What? How?: Reverse (Backwards) Charades
March 17, 2022 16:58 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MBKaitlin explains how to play this fun collaborative activity in your classes to review a story. Thanks to Señora Chase's blog post and La Maestra Loca's blog post about this awesome game! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 3: Cycle 1 Phases 3 & 4 (Describing People Inside & Out and Past & Present)
January 19, 2022 19:05 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBKaitlin talks you through her 4 year spiral curriculum map using the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework. This episode focuses on Cycle 1 Phases 3 and 4, which are all about describing people inside and out in the past and present. You can see her work in progress curriculum map here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Extend, Extend, Extend!
January 18, 2022 01:12 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBKaitlin shares some different ways that she is extending and recycling content in order to save her sanity and prevent too much burn out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 2: Cycle 1 Phase 2 (Describing Preferences)
December 14, 2021 19:10 - 7 minutes - 7.08 MBKaitlin talks you through her 4 year spiral curriculum map using the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework. This episode focuses on Cycle 1 Phase 2, which is all about describing preferences (likes/dislikes.) You can see her work in progress curriculum map here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
4 Year Curriculum Map Part 1: Cycle 1 Phase 1 (Describing Settings)
December 08, 2021 18:14 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBKaitlin talks you through her 4 year spiral curriculum map using the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework. This episode focuses on Cycle 1 Phase 1, which is all about describing settings. You can see her work in progress curriculum map here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
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December 01, 2021 03:04 - 7 minutes - 3.41 MBKaitlin shares her feelings about the just recent school shooting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Backwards Planning & Breaking Lessons into Small Pieces
November 27, 2021 21:07 - 17 minutes - 16 MBKaitlin has struggled this year with one of her classes that needs extra support. In this episode, she details how she is backwards planning from assessments and activities to break things down into small pieces to ensure understanding and success. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Happy Thanksgiving (students' thank you messages)
November 19, 2021 19:27 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBKaitlin had her homeroom class write thank you cards to other people in the school including teachers and classmates. Listen as she reads some of them to you, and know that you're students are thankful for you, too! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Input is Input
November 10, 2021 00:23 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBKaitlin shares her recent experience teaching a unit to her 6th grade with an emphasis on reading as input instead of listening and how it was successful! It also kept the classroom community a positive place for all students to acquire language. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Teaching a Class Novel The Fast Way
October 16, 2021 20:53 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MBKaitlin shares about how she approaches teaching a class novel in her classes and how she uses them as a springboard for content and cultural connections. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Free PD With Over 30 Presentations Next Week! (October 18-22)
October 14, 2021 16:49 - 5 minutes - 2.46 MBKaitlin gives you a preview of next week's World Language Teacher Summit. Click here to register for free or go to linktr.ee/preachingtoacquire! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/preachingtoacquire/support
24. What? How?: Anchor Charts
October 12, 2021 22:51 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBKaitlin explains what anchor charts are and how to use them in the world language classroom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Give Yourself A Break
October 06, 2021 00:08 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
23. What? How?: Class and Community Surveys
October 03, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Creating Assessments for Student Success
October 02, 2021 04:02 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBKaitlin 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
22. What? How?: Individually Created Characters (Invisibles)
September 29, 2021 01:35 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
21. What? How?: One Word Images (OWI)
September 27, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBKaitlin talks you through the class character creation process for making a one word image. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 7: Student Application and Assessment
September 26, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 6: Shared Reading
September 25, 2021 08:30 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBKaitlin explains different strategies for shared reading. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 5: Shared Writing
September 25, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBKaitlin explains a few different strategies for shared writing, including ways to differentiate for more advanced learners. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 4: Scaffolded Oral Review
September 24, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.01 MBKaitlin shares about the quick but powerful part of the framework known as scaffolded oral review. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 3: Guided Oral Input
September 24, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 2: Reading Workshop
September 23, 2021 17:43 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBKaitlin shares 5 different ways to get students' eyes on text during reading workshop. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Daily Lesson Framework part 1: Norming the Class
September 23, 2021 17:24 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Using the Stepping Stones Writing Continuua to Set Student Writing Goals
September 13, 2021 01:17 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Keeping My Students Motivated With Class Points
September 11, 2021 22:13 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBInspired 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
Scaffolding Student Writing with Word Card Sentences
September 10, 2021 00:42 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThe 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 build their confidence before their writing assessment so they can see how much they already can ...
20. What? How?: The Word Off!
September 09, 2021 00:43 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBLooking 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
I use CI, but my students will need to use a textbook next year. Help!
September 07, 2021 21:48 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
19. What? How?: Volleyball Translation
September 06, 2021 01:12 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MBKaitlin explains how to do the reading activity called Volleyball Translation/Reading (Ping pong reading). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support
18. What? How?: Reading From the Back of the Room
August 30, 2021 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBKaitlin 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support