Scaffolding Student Writing with Word Card Sentences
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. Student...
10 Syys 202120min
20. What? How?: The Word Off!
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...
9 Syys 202111min
I use CI, but my students will need to use a textbook next year. Help!
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.
7 Syys 202114min
19. What? How?: Volleyball Translation
Kaitlin explains how to do the reading activity called Volleyball Translation/Reading (Ping pong reading).
6 Syys 20216min
18. What? How?: Reading From the Back of the Room
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.
30 Elo 20214min
Assessment in the Stepping Stones Curricular 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...
28 Elo 202121min
17. What? How?: Kid Grid
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...
26 Elo 202111min
Teachers' Lounge: Kaitlin & Ben Fisher chat about supporting LGBTQ+ students in the WL classroom
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 LGB...
23 Elo 202154min
