Inspired Proficiency
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Ashley talks about her struggles with distance learning and interviews a former student, Araceli Schmalz, who shares her proficiency journey. Includes a new game from Sarah Breckley and a calm tip from Julie Speno! Detailed show notes to follow at Season sponsorship brought to you by: Wayside #followtheowl Episode sponsors: World Language by Josh Cabral El Mundo de Pepita in Spanish, French, Russian, German and ESL A.C. and Jennifer and their classroom readers
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Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside at Detailed shownotes availble at Resources and links mentioned on the show: Ashley’s slideshows from Weeks and of Distance Learning. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Gottlieb. Glenda’s slideshow from ACTFL 2019: Big Experiences for Little Learners Let the Children Play Old episode about Glenda’s Playlists to from her Youtube channel Julie’s mat’s from her TPT Thank you to guests Glenda DeHoyos, Sarah Breckley & Julie Speno!
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Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside here: Gale Stafford and Ashley discuss their presentation from ACTFL about bringing play and student interests into our teaching.Also includes Sarah Breckley's game segment and Julie's calm tip. Detailed notes to be published soon at Presentation slides are here: tinyurl.com/y4wwpou2
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Thank you to our guests! Detailed shownotes will be added within a week at below are links to resources that have been shared by WL teaching community, compiled by Emily Loughlin. Thank you to presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing! List of links for school closures: 2 free weeks of Senor Wooly.com The Comprehensible Classroom and Martina Bex 1o+ days of lessons for class (and other language activity ideas) Instructional for how to use 9 activities for ANY text in ANY language Garbanzo Fluency Matters free to closed schools Duolingo mobile app to practice languages Duolingo ...
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A note from Ashley: This was recorded before all the schools began closing because of Covid-19. I hope you can still be inspired by what we share, an interview on feedback, a new game and new calm tip! But, I understand if this is something you prefer to listen to later on. I will share this episode again when things are settled down. I will release a special edition #Covid19wl episode by Friday of this week. Featuring Meredith White, Diego Ojeda, Samara Spielberg and Stephanie Carbaneau. Thank you to everyone who has been sharing in this difficult time. Please let me know if you have...
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Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside at and be entered to win a prize! Thanks to our presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing! Updates for season 5! Sarah is back with 10 more games! YAY! Julie Speno from Mundo de Pepita will talk to us every episode about being calm in the classroom. Thank you to Joshua Cabral and World Language Classroom for your continued support of the podcast. He’ll be the guest on episode 2 of season 5! Today’s Interview: Julie Speno talks to us today about her why and and other information for a calm classroom. You might know Julie from the EVER episode of...
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Ashley Uyaguari gives you some info about what to expect during the upcoming season of Inspired Proficiency!
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Featuring an interview with Jade Cintron @erijade, 10th game segment with Sarah Breckley @SarahBreckley. Ashley also shares her gratitude as she wraps up this 4th season. Inspired Proficiency will be back again in March 2020! Detailed show notes available within a week at
info_outlineWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 7 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com
Do you want to contribute a blog post for Wayside Publishing with classroom tips, a fun activity, or a success story in the classroom? Head on over to their website to see what types of contributions they are looking for or email [email protected].
Congrats to Caitlin Frantz for winning the last episode giveaway from A.C. Quintero!
This awesome podcast will be coming back in the fall for a fourth season and Wayside Publishing is going to be the presenting sponsor!
On this episode Ashley chats with Kia London. The variety segment offers a few game ideas to add fun at this time of the school year when energy levels from all of us might be low. Ashley is also offering her workshops in Tyngsboro, MA this summer and details are on her website here.
Interview:
Kia London teaches middle school Spanish to grades 6-8 (Novice level) in Northwest Suburb of Chicago, IL. In the past she has also taught high school Spanish grades 9-12 as well as elementary learners.
Kia discusses:
- Incorporating Student Interest into Our Classes
- Student Culture in the Classroom
- Equity in the Classroom
See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com
Variety Segment:
Here are some fun game ideas to help continue to build community within the classroom and lower that affective filter while using language in an authentic way. Ashley is always happy to share these games but it’s so much more fun to share them in person so considering heading to a workshop she’s running this summer. See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com
Resources and links mentioned on the show:
Guests:
Kia London on Twitter @MaestraLondon
Episode sponsors:
- Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
- ACTFL Membership - If you join online at actfl.org using the code “INSPIRED” by May 31, 2019, we’ll take 20% off your first year’s membership! What are you waiting for?
- Tina Hargaden and CI Liftoff
- El Mundo de Pepita
- World Language Classroom
- Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt
See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com