Preaching To Acquire
Preaching To Acquire
Kaitlin Leppert
I'm here preaching to help your students acquire languages! My goal is to inform, transform, inspire, and entertain you in efficient and effective episodes!
Smarter Storyasking
Kaitlin shares her recent experiences with storyasking that provided students with a voice without the chaos that this activity can sometimes bring!
Apr 26, 2024
10 min
Changes to Star of the Day
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.
Aug 20, 2023
10 min
The Quote Board
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.
Jul 7, 2023
12 min
A Win is a Win
Kaitlin shares a happy story about some of her most challenging classes.
Apr 28, 2023
15 min
Farewell For Now ❤️
Kaitlin shares some updates.
Apr 4, 2023
7 min
Preparing for Wooly Week 2023!
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.
Feb 23, 2023
11 min
Using ChatGPT/AI to Generate Content For Your Classes
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.
Jan 14, 2023
15 min
A Different Kind of Engagement?
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!
Nov 30, 2022
18 min
29. What? How?: Tower of Knowledge (La Torre de Saber)
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.
Oct 5, 2022
12 min
Going Beyond Language Acquisition
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)
Sep 29, 2022
14 min
Load more