[ola] Re: English Week vs. English Day
- From: Stel Schmalz <sschmalz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:04:09 -0400
I agree with Ashley (who I teach with BTW). I try to keep all English out
of my room. I want them to feel like it's "weird" to speak English in
there. Once you cross my threshold... No Ingles!
I did have 3 days of English for "housekeeping" and debriefing, but they
were ready and happy to go back to Spanish.
Stick with the Spanish!
Stel
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Ashley Uyaguari <
auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do learning journals in English. It's a homework assignment on google
> docs every other week where they reflect on the acquiring a language. I
> respond to them in English. It's a nice way to ge tthese types of things
> in. I wouldn't have a regular English day/time each week. Stick with the
> Spanish! They really don't need it. If you want more info on the learning
> journal, I can send it along. I teach middle school and my 6th graders
> (first year) did fine last year with just one English week and then maybe
> another check in after a quarter. I didn't assign much homework the first
> quarter because they couldn't understand exactly what I was asking them to
> do. But, if they don't understand they are not ready to do it. By quarter
> two I was able to assign more homework.
>
> Another homework option is to take a short English time at the beginning
> of each quarter and assign reoccurring assignments and give dates then. I
> do this with Edmodo and LEarning Journals. So they do have homework, but
> they know when to complete the tasks and I don't need to worry about them
> not understanding when I remind them of the homework in Spanish because
> they already have it all written down.
>
> By the end of the year you can talk about debriefs, self evals and other
> stuff while staying in Spanish! It's amazing!!! I really encourage you to
> stick with 100% for OWL.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Kate Kuravackal <donakuravackal@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> What do you all think about having one English day a week (or a part of
>> that one day a week), especially toward the beginning of the year for
>> Spanish 1 classes? My school has so much housekeeping kind of stuff to do
>> through my first hour classes and I'm new (less than a year) doing OWL. I
>> have tried it - jueves ingles I call it - and we debrief, watch a TED
>> talk, discuss, make sure they know what the week's expectation is for
>> homework, etc. I started off all in Spanish for the first week. I have
>> middle schoolers.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:00 AM, Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Mine lasted 5 days this year. We did the circle and stayed in Spanish
>>> the first 15 minutes or so every day, though. I've found that helps to keep
>>> the experience fresh in our brains so it is easier to refer to WHY we do it
>>> when we go to English...
>>>
>>> Enviado desde el iPhone de Caleb Zilmer
>>>
>>> El 20/09/2013, a las 05:45, Ricardo Linnell <hurricanetumbao@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> escribió:
>>>
>>> 3. We have a set agenda and that extends out to 3 days.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 12, 2013, JoAnna Coleman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hola OWLers - how many days do you dedicate to doing English week
>>>> stuff?
>>>> Gracias!
>>>>
>>>> JoAnna Coleman
>>>> Spanish Teacher
>>>> Wilson High School
>>>> 503-916-5280 ext. 75231
>>>> joannac@xxxxxxx
>>>> http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>
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> Ashley Uyaguari
>
> Spanish Teacher 6/7/8
> Team Curriculum Coordinator
> Innovation Academy Charter School
> Tyngsboro, MA 01879
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