[ola] Re: First days!
- From: Andrew Van Wagenen <andrewvanwagenen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:57:55 -0600
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><auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <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
>>>
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>>> Spanish Team Curriculum Coordinator
>>> JV Girls Basketball Coach
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>
>
> --
> Ashley Uyaguari
>
> Spanish Teacher
> Spanish Team Curriculum Coordinator
> JV Girls Basketball Coach
> Innovation Academy Charter School
> Tyngsboro, MA 01879
> 978-649-0432 x3301
>
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*Andrew Van Wagenen
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Department of World Languages
Corner Canyon High School
Draper, Utah
andrewvanwagenen.blogspot.com
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