Gracias Andrew! me encantaron los juegos---son fantásticos, y se los recomiendo a todos! Antono On Monday, August 26, 2013, Andrew Van Wagenen wrote: > This is my first year teaching and thus my first year doing OWL/OLA. I'm > lovin every minute of it so far. I started school a week ago here in Utah > and for the first couple weeks I tried to do a lot of community building > games that included using people's names and short conversations where > students simple asked the names of other students. I really wanted to > emphasize building the community and getting all of my students to know one > another. On youtube there are a lot of these team/community building games > and activities. If you search "Mark Collard" or "Tom Heck" in youtube > channels you should be able to find a lot of fun activities. ¡Mucha suerte > a todos! > > Andrew Van Wagenen > Corner Canyon High School > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ashley Uyaguari < > auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's so good to hear from everyone! It's an exciting start to the school > year. I've done OWL for over a year now, but I'm still nervous. I know that > once we get going, the nerves will go away. I have a unique situation this > year because two of my classes are the same groups I had last year and > three are new. I've never gotten a second year with the same class. It > should be fun! I'll share which activities work well after I meet with them > tomorrow! Happy First Days everyone! > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Antonio Torres < > antonio_torres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Buena Suerte Heidi!!!:) > > A. > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Heidi Ambrozaitis < > ambrozaitis-heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ** > Hi everyone, > > I'm freaking out about tomorrow, my first OWL day. :) > > I am planning to bring in a few random items (to be determined...maybe a > stuffed turtle or a flag, etc.) to talk about. Annie had told us during > bootcamp that she has her students close their eyes in the circle and she > goes around and collects a few things from them to make it more personal. > I'm a little nervous about that in case of a bad student reaction. SO, I'll > bring in the items or I may take some things from the kids if there are > things laying around - we'll discuss what the item is, the color, then what > else is that color in the room, whose is it, etc. I'm sure more questions > about it will come up as I go (or at least I hope so!). That's my plan and > I hope I can keep them to it. Eeeek! > > Good luck getting started, everyone. I'm looking forward to hearing other > first day/week activities. > > Heidi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Cc:* > *Date:* Monday, August 26 2013 03:12 PM > *Subject:* [ola] First days! > What activities are people planning for the first days of school? > > I love Ruthie's color activity! > > > -- > Ashley Uyaguari > > Spanish Teacher > Spanish Team Curriculum Coordinator > JV Girls Basketball Coach > Innovation Academy Charter School > Tyngsboro, MA 01879 > 978-649-0432 x3301 > > This email may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient, please advise by return e-mail and delete > > -- > *Andrew Van Wagenen > * > Department of World Languages > Corner Canyon High School > Draper, Utah > > andrewvanwagenen.blogspot.com >