CI Diaries

Spring has so many "look forward tos," add March Music Madness to the list in your language classroom! New music offers an opportunity for students to learn new language, new cultures, and a new love for our subject area! Justin - https://twitter.com/spanishplans https://www.waysidepublishing.com/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidi

What better way to build classroom community than to teach about the same topics across all levels of study. Join Carrie and Jodi Stokdyk as they talk about Jodi's planning practices and recycled units. Jodi Stokdyk https://twitter.com/@SraStokdyk https://www.waysidepublishing.com/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episod

It isn't easy to change your plans from year to year. Sometimes it is more comfortable to get into a routine and stay there! In this episode, Carrie will talk about ways to shake up the routine to keep yourself and your students engaged in acquiring language. https://www.waysidepublishing.com/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch

Join Carrie and her guest Martina Bex as they talk about follow up activities that are meaningful, fun, and aid acquisition. From sit down style activities to team competitions, Martina and Carrie will give you the What, Why, and How. https://www.waysidepublishing.com/teaching-resources/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this epis

Join Carrie as she shares ideas for helping your students feel like they are part of the decision making in the classroom. How can their voice influence your choice of what content to teach? https://www.waysidepublishing.com/teaching-resources/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/way

Do you ever feel like your classroom activities, lessons, and units are failing? Does it feel like you're the only one who experiences these failures? Join Carrie as she shares about her classroom failures and ways to turn failure into part of the process of growth in the language classroom https://www.waysidepublishing.com/teaching-resources/podcasts Visit CI Diaries on Twitte

Output isn't bad! Carrie and Kristy discuss output and its real benefit and purpose for students and teachers. Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT

Kristy and Carrie unpack the purpose of rubrics; finding, adapting and calibrating rubrics with colleagues; and how to have realistic expectations for grading with rubrics. Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect w

Carrie and Kristy welcome special guest, Spanish teacher Luke Worthington, to answer his questions about assessment. Visit CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraC

Carrie and Kristy break down the topic of assessment from modes to skills and everything leading up to the assessment! You can do this!