[ola] Re: My first day.....
- From: ANGELA STEPHENS <ASTEPH1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:15:30 -0700
Ok so day one is done. I managed to stay in the target language 99% of the day
and my 2 slip-ups were "Sweet" and "Nice job" when kids who had never spoken
Spanish "got it"... I did not have any tears, though a few came close. My
exploratory (grade 6) level kiddos are the most stressed out but they will get
there. Each and every one of my 110 kiddos I saw today can introduce
themselves in Spanish (Mi nombre es....) and some can even tell the names of
other kiddos! I feel accomplished. Tomorrow is another day! :) More to
learn. Thanks so much for all of your ideas and input.
One "helper" that I have is a soccer ball that (I bought in the infant section)
has many holes in it and is squishy. My idea is to use it to get kids to talk
to each other, toss the ball to who you want to talk to sort of thing. (I have
used it many times in the past but have forgotten all the ways).
Hope all is going well for the rest of you!
Angie
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Troy Longstroth
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:48 PM
To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ola] Re: My first day.....
Hey all,
It's great to hear people's reports about getting started. I too, am
exhausted. I did come up with an idea that I like, though. I'm sure it's been
done before, but it's new to me.
I bought a beach ball and put numbers 1-30 all over it with a Sharpie. I then
had my returning kids (levels 2 and up) come up with questions you might ask
someone to get acquainted. I wrote those on the board with numbers by them.
We then tossed the ball around and kids answered the question that matched the
number their right thumb landed on.
You don't need 30 questions. It'll work with less. You just assign multiple
numbers to a single question.
You could easily adapt this to small groups (multiple balls) or whole class
activities. You could use it for learning numbers or other simple things in a
first year class too.
Anyway, it's active, all in L2, and gets kids super involved.
Have a great rest of the week!
Troy
Troy Longstroth
Spanish and Outdoor Recreation Teacher
Redmond Proficiency Academy
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On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:32 PM, John Mangan
<MANGAN_JOHN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:MANGAN_JOHN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hallo Ricardo!
Just finished the first full day with all of my students, levels 1-4. I think I
lost about 10lbs in sweat from all of the circle activities we did, I think Noe
probably did too. I went well, very well. Only in 6th period, a first year
class, did I have to continually remind them: "Englisch verboten!" Now the real
challenge is sustaining things and keeping it fresh and interesting.
John M
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Ricardo Linnell
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:25 PM
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Subject: [ola] My first day.....
Hello Everyone,
My first day is complete! Granted, I didn't have Spanish 1 yet, but let me tell
you that my Spanish 3 students ROCKED today! It is a beautiful thing when you
don't have to push much for "solo español"! Granted, I did a little tiny bit,
but for the most part, the students were staying in Spanish and communicating
near the level at which they last tested. It is a fabulous day, though I am
utterly exhausted.
Ricardo
Days Activities
1. Pásame/Tú quieres? Game
2. SMOOSH
3. Correr y Saltar (just physical, no language)
4. Wrote vocab on the vocab list and pulled topics from the vocab and created
question hook sequences to use for the middle part of the class.
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