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Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin shares a happy story about some of her most challenging classes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support

Kaitlin shares some updates. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preachingtoacquire/support

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Kaitlin 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

Running 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