[ola] Re: Transitions!
- From: Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:41:56 -0600
Thanks friends I needed those!
A couple more to add to the mix:
Have students line up (in the circle) in order of:
Age
Birthday (yes, these are different)
Color of shirt (based on the rainbow)
Height
Not a whole lot of variations available, but the whole act if the transition
also forces creative problem solving and communication and community as they
try and figure out what order they should be in...
Enviado desde el iPhone de Caleb Zilmer
> El 10/11/2013, a las 07:55, Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> escribió:
>
> One thing I learned from Helena Curtain at the MAFLA conference was to have
> students move to different partners by constantly asking them a question. I
> know I also learned this with you all, but learning things for the fourth or
> fifth time often works. Here is what I mean:
>
> Students are responding to a prompt. It is time to move. “The student with
> the shortest hair move clockwise to the next partner.”
> Another prompts for speaking…time to move. “The student who lives closest to
> school move clockwise to the next partner.”
> Another prompt for speaking, maybe a physical activity, etc….time to move,
> “The student who can jump the highest move to the next partner.”
>
> There are probably a billion versions of this.
>
> Another thing that I started using were color cards from Home Depot. I think
> I wrote about this in the past. Using color cards that you pick up for free
> when trying to decide on paint colors, give students a card. Have them pair
> up with people that are their same color. Then when shifting groups have them
> look for an opposite color hue, or a color that compliments theirs, etc.
>
> I know I’m talking more about pairing than transitions. I think in many ways
> they are one in the same. I often hear teachers talking about how to pair up
> kids and who can work with who. I think what is essential here is that groups
> are fluid and that the expectation is that kids work with everyone. This is
> huge in community building.
>
> One final thing, I can’t remember if I wrote about this before…geez the fall
> has been a long one. Pan Tostado has become a really fun game in my classes
> and it might serve as a transition between activities. You yell out “Pan
> Tostado” and point to a student. That student is the toast and the two people
> on either sides of that students are the toaster. They physically form a
> toaster around the toast and the toast jumps. Then you say, Elefante! And
> again you point to a student. This student is the trunk and the two students
> next to that student are the ears. They make a loud sound together. In my
> upper level class I asked the students to come up with other versions. The
> versions are:
> Flamingo
> Extra-Terrestrial (person in the middle is ET, students on sides are extra
> legs, arms, etc)
> Whacka-mole
> Lumberjack (person in the middle is the tree, other two are sawing the tree
> down)
> Zen Diagram (my personal favorite!, this is when two students make circles
> with their arms and the person in the middle puts their head in the
> intersecting circles).
>
> Annie, thanks for getting me thinking about what I’m finding challenging and
> the things that I’m also making progress on.
>
> Ruthie
>
> From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Annie Tyner
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:45 AM
> To: ola crew
> Subject: [ola] Transitions!
>
> Hey crew!
>
> I feel like I am doing the same transitions over and over again in my class!
> My creative juices just aren't flowin'! Can you help me out? Thanks!!! I hope
> you are all doing wonderful!!
>
> Annie
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