[ola] Re: Use those color sample cards from Home Depot for endless speaking activities
- From: Antonio Torres <antonio_torres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 22:36:59 -0700
me too Stel!
antonio
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Stel Schmalz <
sschmalz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm so doing this! I picked up colors today. Thanks for sharing.
>
> Stel
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Ruth Whalen Crockett
> <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Wow! Jody, this is awesome! I love your tossing criteria. Today I
>> found myself saying out loud to my colleagues, "As long as you're speaking
>> Spanish and building community, it's all good!" There is a beauty in
>> simplicity. Yes, I know there is more to teaching Spanish, but I also
>> don't want to let too much get in the way.
>>
>> Here is a fun activity we practiced in preparation for kids. Collect a
>> bunch of paint sample cards from your local hardware store. Pass them out
>> in the circle. Now begin to imagine all the conversation starters.
>>
>> In pairs or small groups...
>> Five words to describe the color
>> A place you visited that is related to the color
>> A food you ate is summer
>> A movie, book or piece of art
>> Etc...
>>
>> Then I separated the group in two. One group was the shirt group, the
>> other the pants group. They had to match up with someone from the other
>> group that went with their color. Then we voted on what pairs had the best
>> fashion sense.
>>
>> We also separated into cool and warm color groups and talked about
>> feelings related to the color group. It was a great ice breaker to get to
>> know each other and it felt like the possibilities were endless.
>>
>> One piece of advice, before passing out color samples cut off the names
>> of the colors, they can be distracting.
>>
>> Here's to another great year!
>>
>> Ruthie
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of
>> Jody Soberón [jodysoberon@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:29 PM
>> To: ola
>> Subject: [ola] Tossing years of worksheets, etc
>>
>> Hello fellow OWLers,
>>
>> It was fabulous to meet so many of you this past week! I am having a bit
>> of a recycling/tossing dilemma: I have years of my own others' work in 4
>> tall filing cabinets and am hoping for some helpful clarification and for
>> you all to tell me to TOSS IT if
>>
>> 1) It has instructions in English
>> 2) Is grammar based
>> 3) is worksheets from text days. (I haven't used a text book in 6 yrs.)
>> 4) It is vocab sheets or
>>
>> I am thinking about keeping it if
>>
>> 1) It can be used for HW or absence make-up and has cultural or review
>> value
>> 2) It can be used for review when there is a sub.
>> etc.
>>
>> Thanks for your input!!
>>
>> Jody
>>
>>
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