[ola] Re: First days!
- From: Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:47:14 +0000
Heidi's email brings me back to my first days doing OLA almost two years ago.
It was scary, but I didn't know what was more scary, teaching using a new
strategy that felt challenging and right, or returning to the ways I had always
taught. I knew that I wanted to engage students more fully in speaking and
learning Spanish. I knew that I had to do something different and that my risk
taking would pay off.
Have fun tomorrow! Build community, speak a bunch of Spanish and make lots of
mistakes. It is exactly what we are expecting the kids to do. The students
will push back, you are asking them to do something really hard. Just keep
inviting them in.
I too am really looking forward to hearing how your first days go.
Ruthie
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Heidi Ambrozaitis
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 3:45 PM
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Subject: [ola] Re: First days!
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
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From: Ashley Uyaguari
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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
Innovation Academy Charter School
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