I also had them select at random and had two or three atchi patchis with my class of 39 students. Will pay it forward by passing along other game ideas soon! :) On Sep 20, 2012 8:16 PM, "Ruth Whalen Crockett" <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So pleased to hear that Atchi Patchi was a hit. I must credit my dear > colleague Emily West for teaching it to me. Where did she get it? More on > that later. What games are you all using to build your classroom community > and get kids involved in speaking Spanish. > > ruthie > > ________________________________________ > From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of > Lisa Jones [lisajones12@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:45 PM > To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ola] Re: Meeting notes from OLA Ideas listserve > > Yes, ditto! I played Atchi Patchi and my students really liked it. I'm so > grateful for the ideas you all share on this platform. I never really chime > in, but I do read and I'm grateful. > > Lisa > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Ashley Uyaguari < > auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > Atchi Patchi was a total hit today! Even my brand new students (who are > sadly mixed in with my 2nd years) were trying to recombine vocab words for > their answers! Lots of fun. Thanks Ruth. Hope to see more of you online > next week! What a great way to be inspired! > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Thomas Hinkle < > thinkle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:thinkle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > From Ruthie: > Atchi Patchi. Like who is in the middle. Students sitting in circle. One > student is standing in the middle. Everyone closes their eyes as student is > in the middle thinking up a question to ask the group. While they are > closing eyes touch one student on the shoulder. This person is the Atchi > Patchi. Then ask everyone to open their eyes. Student in the middle (not > knowing who is the Atchi Patchi begins asking everyone the same question. > When the student who is the Atchi Patchi is asked the question, they > respond, "Atchi Patchi". At this moment everyone stands up and moves to a > different spot in the circle. The student who remains standing is the > question asker. Again, everyone closes their eyes. The teacher selects the > Atchi Patchi and the questions start again. > > > Curious: where does the phrase "Atchi Patchi" come from? Google yields no > interesting results... > > Tom > > > > -- > Ashley Uyaguari > Innovation Academy Charter School > Tyngsboro, MA 01879 > 6/7 Spanish, Room 301 > 978-649-0432 x3301<tel:978-649-0432%20x3301> > > This email may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient, please advise by return e-mail and delete > immediately without reading or forwarding to others. > > > >