[ola] Re: Transitions!
- From: Calysta Phillips <cphillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:14:59 -0700
Nanosh-- what's the correlation between the names on the left side and
conversation topics on the right? Why not just a list of conversation
topics? Gracias.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Nanosh Lucas <
nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I might have seen this from another person, but I set up a table with the
> names of my students down the left side, then I put conversation topics.
> Each topic represents a 3min conversation. When there is a lull, I’m using
> this to get students to talk to one another about something. Got pretty
> decent feedback from it today. Works well in a 2nd-year class.
>
> I also got a book called “The Ultimate Icebreaker & Teambuilder Guide” by
> John Tucker at a leadership conference this weekend. That has some fun
> stuff for keeping people active engaged.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nanosh
>
> On Nov 10, 2013, at 5:55 AM, Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> One thing I learned from Helena Curtain at the MAFLA conference was to
> have students move to different partners by constantly asking them a
> question. I know I also learned this with you all, but learning things for
> the fourth or fifth time often works. Here is what I mean:
>
> Students are responding to a prompt. It is time to move. “The student with
> the shortest hair move clockwise to the next partner.”
> Another prompts for speaking…time to move. “The student who lives closest
> to school move clockwise to the next partner.”
> Another prompt for speaking, maybe a physical activity, etc….time to move,
> “The student who can jump the highest move to the next partner.”
>
> There are probably a billion versions of this.
>
> Another thing that I started using were color cards from Home Depot. I
> think I wrote about this in the past. Using color cards that you pick up
> for free when trying to decide on paint colors, give students a card. Have
> them pair up with people that are their same color. Then when shifting
> groups have them look for an opposite color hue, or a color that
> compliments theirs, etc.
>
> I know I’m talking more about pairing than transitions. I think in many
> ways they are one in the same. I often hear teachers talking about how to
> pair up kids and who can work with who. I think what is essential here is
> that groups are fluid and that the expectation is that kids work with
> everyone. This is huge in community building.
>
> One final thing, I can’t remember if I wrote about this before…geez the
> fall has been a long one. Pan Tostado has become a really fun game in my
> classes and it might serve as a transition between activities. You yell
> out “Pan Tostado” and point to a student. That student is the toast and the
> two people on either sides of that students are the toaster. They
> physically form a toaster around the toast and the toast jumps. Then you
> say, Elefante! And again you point to a student. This student is the trunk
> and the two students next to that student are the ears. They make a loud
> sound together. In my upper level class I asked the students to come up
> with other versions. The versions are:
> Flamingo
> Extra-Terrestrial (person in the middle is ET, students on sides are extra
> legs, arms, etc)
> Whacka-mole
> Lumberjack (person in the middle is the tree, other two are sawing the
> tree down)
> Zen Diagram (my personal favorite!, this is when two students make circles
> with their arms and the person in the middle puts their head in the
> intersecting circles).
>
> Annie, thanks for getting me thinking about what I’m finding challenging
> and the things that I’m also making progress on.
>
> Ruthie
>
> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ] *On Behalf Of *Annie Tyner
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:45 AM
> *To:* ola crew
> *Subject:* [ola] Transitions!
>
> Hey crew!
>
> I feel like I am doing the same transitions over and over again in my
> class! My creative juices just aren't flowin'! Can you help me out?
> Thanks!!! I hope you are all doing wonderful!!
>
> Annie
>
>
>
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