That rocks!!! Great idea, thanks for sharing. I'll be taking a trip to the hardware store soon :) Enviado desde el iPhone de Caleb Zilmer El 24/08/2013, a las 20:27, Stel Schmalz <sschmalz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > 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 >