[ola] Re: Kahoot...
- From: P Cooke <pcooke2003@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 10:06:41 -0800
THANKS, Calysta! I appreciate it!!!!
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On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Calysta Phillips <
cphillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Patti,
> Great questions! First of all, I acknowledge you for teaching the
> population you do.... that right there is an act of courage every day. I
> had the privilege of going to Medford Oregon and seeing 12 public school
> classes in action... not quite as extreme as yours, but in many cases,
> close...30-40 was the class size.... If you have a chance to go observe
> them there, they are MASTERS! Ask Darcy if she is still doing OLA days....
> it was incredible!!! I cried I was so inspired.
> As for advice, your questions are many... I think concrete assessments are
> the hardest.... You can hold them to account for vocabulary that comes up
> if you need a "right/wrong" assessment....
>
> As for engagement, I find the key is FUN! If there's laughter, there's
> usually bonding or learning. From the laughter always come words. Start
> with pan tostado.... there must be an explanation somewhere.... I started
> with 3 themes and my class invented a 4th... They have to make
> shapes/things in groups of three--- In a circle, you point to person in
> middle. Then name the thing... ie, pan tostado. Person in middle crouches a
> little, person on each side makes a toaster by joining arms around them.
> The two people then lower arms and say "ding" as the pan tostado jumps. I
> did "Surfeador"-= person in middle is surfer, people on sides are hula
> dancers. I did rabbit-- middle person holds up ears, outside two people
> stomp outside foot on ground quickly. Then my kids made up "hippie"--
> person in middle holds out peace sign, side peope make rainbow over him....
> possibiliities are endless.
> How to play: one person in middle, points to a person in circle and says
> one of the words "Hippie" and counts to 5 in Spanish as fast as they can.
> If the group of three hasn't made the hippie by 5, the center person (the
> hippy, or if you want, whoever messed up in the group of three) goes to the
> outside.... Laughter, hysterics if you sell it to them and they start
> playing because they really get into the actions....
>
> From that, vocabulary always comes... from that, you have somewhere, if
> only somewhere small, to go....
> That's all for now. But my advice: Start with a game.
>
> Good luck!!! Calysta
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:00 PM, P Cooke <pcooke2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hola a todos --
>>
>> I am a beginner with OWL.
>>
>> My big questions have to do with class size & diversity, class level (as
>> in very beginning), maturity level, accommodation of diverse learning
>> styles, motivation as well as the difficulty of preparing kids for the next
>> level, where a very traditional approach is used. The first challenge for
>> me is involving everyone and keeping them involved in an inner city setting
>> where kids are all over the spectrum on any criteria you can think of
>> except age. Some are definite introverts, some have general trust issues or
>> conflicts with certain classmates, some learn best deductively &
>> systematically, some have suffered trauma as kids and have mistaken ideas
>> about how to 'belong' in the group [aka "they misbehave"], some are just
>> plain hungry and tired, and since electives at my school, including
>> language classes, can sometimes be a 'dumping ground', there are kids who
>> never wanted to learn a second language to begin with.
>> The second challenge is that we are DATA-obsessed so I need to have
>> specific goals with specific ways of measuring them at the end of the
>> year...
>> My questions concern:
>> How to begin discussing things in a meaningful and apparently (to the
>> kids) spontaneous way without much at all in the way of vocab.
>> How to hold kids accountable for their learning and have a (measurable)
>> record of this for the administration.
>> How to prepare kids for a traditional program with this type of
>> spontaneous ('hit & miss'?) approach to vocab and grammar.
>> How to involve 30+ kids many of whom would rather be sitting (perhaps
>> with heads down) or speaking only English or who don't have a clue what's
>> happening or who want to goof off... and keep them involved and speaking
>> the target language.
>> BTW, I want to thank all of you for your ideas, activities, etc --- I
>> very much appreciate all the sharing. I am only using the OWL approach
>> about 20% of the time, but I find your ideas very helpful both on OWL and
>> non-OWL days. GRACIAS :-)
>>
>> Small questions: How would you say 'creepy' in Spanish?? How do you
>> come up with different gestures for each vocab word?? (Wish I knew and
>> could incorporate ASL!)
>>
>> Thanks again. Happy 2014, everybody!
>>
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