Teachers That Teach Podcast

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-04-01

  027: Rumors Spread Like Wildfire

Welcome new listeners to the podcast! Thank you so much for joining in. This week, students were convinced that someone was planning a school shooting. Both the parents and students were very worried about this event taking place, but thankfully, it wa...
2017-03-25

  026: Getting Creative with Señor Wooly’s El Banco video.

It’s two weeks before spring break and the students always get a bit angsty around this time of year. Louisa loves to play a game from one of Señor Wooly’s videos, called ‘El Banco,’ to help the students get completely immersed in the material and temp...
2017-03-18

  025: Student Case Studies!

Louisa invites three students on to the show, two of whom have been through Louisa’s class. Sonya describes the experience of working via textbook and the other two students, Dulce and Nana, describe what benefits they’ve received long after attending ...
2017-03-11

  024: Assigning Students Jobs Part 2

Louisa continues her discussion on the various jobs she assigns her students in the classroom. Giving students jobs is an excellent way to keep them engaged and interactive while you’re teaching!   Key Takeaways: [:50] Every other Monday, students are ...
2017-03-04

  023: Fantastic CI Conferences to Attend

Today’s tip is brought you by Dave! Dave’s CI journey started 2.5 years ago. When he read the material online, he knew there were a number of ways to apply it in the classroom. Not sure where to start, Dave dived head first, and started attending CI co...
2017-02-25

  022: Assigning Students Jobs

Louisa discusses why it’s important that certain students are assigned jobs while she is teaching in the classroom. There are several different positions Louisa needs filled when a class is in session and she details the process in this week’s episode!...
2017-02-18

  021: Maylen Loves Comprehensive Input Techniques!

Louisa talks with a fellow Spanish-speaking colleague who teaches at a different high school in her district — Maylen! Maylen knows three different languages, Spanish, English, and French, and at her school, she teaches French to her students. Today, w...
2017-02-11

  020: Teach Your Students the Same Words, but Just in a Different Context

Louisa shares a quick, ten-minute audio clip of Carol Gaab, from Fluency Matters, discussing ways you can teach the same word 100-250 times without the student getting bored. The key here is to introduce the word in a different context each time so tha...
2017-02-04

  019: A Breakdown of JGR

Louisa discusses how she uses the JGR (Jenn’s Great Rubric) method in her classroom, and some of the modifications she’s added to it that differ from Ben Slavic’s way of teaching the JGR. Louisa explains how she breaks down her grading system, and what...
2017-01-28

  018: Quick Tips on Making Movie Talk Successful.

Louisa was able to catch up with Dustin Williamson, who teaches Spanish and French, and get his take on how he teaches movie talk in the classroom. He shares tips and walks us through what he does before movie talk, during, and after! Don’t forget to c...