[ola] Re: First days!

  • From: Antonio Torres <antonio_torres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:55:56 -0700

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!
>
>
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> Ashley Uyaguari
>
> Spanish Teacher
> Spanish Team Curriculum Coordinator
> JV Girls Basketball Coach
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> *Andrew Van Wagenen
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> Department of World Languages
> Corner Canyon High School
> Draper, Utah
>
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