In this workshop, La Maestra Loca will present how she uses high frequency vocabulary and acquisition driven instruction to develop proficiency and communicative competence in her students. Participants will experience these strategies hands on in a workshop model, feeling first hand what it is like to acquire language like our students do, through listening and reading. She will also demonstrate how she progresses to writing and how students begin to output through speaking. Join us for a day full of learning, collaboration, and fun!