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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/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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 with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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

If you've ever wondered whether or not you have the "right" personality to teach for acquisition, the answer is, yes, you do! Join our discussion on why you should give it a try even if you don't feel like you are a performer 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Why would you want to plan your own unit? How can you fit new things into an existing curriculum? Kristy and Carrie discuss the whys and hows of backward planning coherent, compelling and exciting units that will engage your students. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Acquisition-driven instruction can make teachers feel like they always have to be "on." Carrie and Kristy share some ideas to help you deliver comprehensible input without expending all of your energy. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

When you are teaching in a way that's considered a little "different" from others in your department, you are bound to get questions. Carrie and Kristy discuss preparing for and handling these questions as well as heading off issues before they become problems. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Kristy and Carrie realized that there is something they disagree on! Planning! Do you plan in a book or digitally? Get some insight on managing all of the resources for each unit you teach. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Do you SSR? Carrie and Kristy discuss getting books for your classroom library, setting up a comfy reading space, connecting kids with books, and making reading enjoyable for all! 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Join Kristy and Carrie as they discuss returning to school, shutting down the schoolmares and Sunday scaries, getting your mind ready to approach the new year with optimism, and setting the right tone to create an amazing school year! Whether the year is already underway or you are about to head back, you will love the "real talk" from these two master 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Ready, Set, Go! Carrie and Kristy wrap up their three part series on reading by getting into the nitty gritty. They share how to actually process the reading together with students as well as follow-up activities to reinforce the text. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

In Part 2 of “Robust Reading”, Carrie and Kristy discuss how to select reading material for your students that is level-appropriate while still providing a comprehensible and robust learning experience. 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

This episode is the first in a 3-part series called "Robust Reading." Kristy and Carrie discuss pre-teaching vocabulary, also known as establishing meaning. Whether you are teaching a reader or novel, a short story, an information text, or any other type of text, we will guide you through how to prepare your students for a meaningful and comprehensible experience. Visit the 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 Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Teaching is a marathon, not a sprint. Join Kristy and Carrie as they discuss how to make it for the long haul by nurturing your own mental and physical well-being, forming connections, and refreshing your teaching practice. Visit the CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/qzqqmQlj_QQ Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Carrie and Kristy share their experiences with holding comprehensible target language discussions from day one of level 1. Learn more about asking different types of questions and holding discussions in upper level classes. Visit the CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/qzqqmQlj_QQ Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

What is the difference between thematic teaching and teaching topics? What makes a theme a theme? What elements make a good thematic unit? Carrie and Kristy describe their interpretation of teaching themes that are narrow and deep versus shallow and wide topics. Visit the CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

In this episode we discuss the differences between the terms Comprehensible Input and Acquisition-Driven Instruction. What is the role of output? How much language needs to be comprehended? What's the learning curve for teachers in all of this? Here's our take! Visit the CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

Welcome to premiere episode of the CI Diaries Podcast! In this episode, you'll meet our hosts Kristy Placido and Carrie Toth. They will tell you about what comprehensible input means to them and how they got their start in teaching more comprehensibly. Visit the CI Diaries on Twitter @cidiaries - https://twitter.com/cidiaries Connect with Kristy Placido @placido - https://twitter.com/placido Connect with Carrie Toth @senoraCMT - https://twitter.com/senoraCMT Have a comment or question? Email us at cidiaries@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com