Hi all, Re Ruthie's "Pan Tostado" Check Sr Wooly's version using expressions with "tener". We also have added huracán, (middle student spins around while the 2 on either side go in a circular motion around), Charlie's Angels, etc. Students also help to invent others. Jody On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 >