Preaching To Acquire

Kaitlin shares her recent experiences with storyasking that provided students with a voice without the chaos that this activity can sometimes bring!

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.

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.

Kaitlin shares a happy story about some of her most challenging classes.

Kaitlin shares some updates.

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.

Kaitlin 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.

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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.

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!

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.