[ola] Re: My first day.....
- From: Troy Longstroth <troy_longstroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:48:28 -0700
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*
www.rpacademy.org
cell: 541-977-3143
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:32 PM, John Mangan
<MANGAN_JOHN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hallo Ricardo!****
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> 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. ****
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> John M****
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Ricardo Linnell
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:25 PM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] My first day.....****
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> Hello Everyone,****
>
> ****
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> 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. ****
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> ****
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> Ricardo****
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> ****
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> Days Activities****
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> ****
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> 1. Pásame/Tú quieres? Game****
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> ****
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> 2. SMOOSH****
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> ****
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> 3. Correr y Saltar (just physical, no language)****
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> ****
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> 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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