[ola] Re: OWL gem of the day!
- From: P Cooke <pcooke2003@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 07:30:15 -0800
Hola listeros,
Who else out there works in a high poverty middle school with 30+ kids per
class (and 7 classes/day) or a similar situation? I'd like to connect with
you!! Thanks!!
Patricia
อย่างจริงใจ
* patti*
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Kate Kuravackal
<donakuravackal@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> That's awesome! Here's another fun one - last year one of my first year
> students was trying to tell me which snack she had brought to school. She
> covered her one eye and said "arrrg" and then said "nalgas" (one of the
> MANY words for your bottom in Spanish).
>
> Wait for it . . . . "Pirate booty" - the popcorn snack. It took me a few
> minutes and then I burst out laughing and of course everyone else wanted to
> know.
>
> Priceless.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Stel Schmalz <
> sschmalz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Today in my 6th grade class (1st years), as we were going over
>> vocabulary, one kid interrupts me to ask me "Que es zanahoria de hielo?",
>> Hmmmm I ask him to repeat b/c I don't get it but another kid figured it
>> out and added "en la casa" at which point a few others got it and were all
>> saying "si, si" and adding, agua, mucho frio, hielo, casa, zanahoria!
>>
>> Finally I figured it out- they were all circumlocuting "icicle". We
>> then had a great time learning the word "Carambano"! When would you ever
>> teach that word in a regular/non-OWL class?
>>
>> So much fun! I love OWL!
>>
>> Stel
>>
>
>
Other related posts:
