[ola] Re: ola Digest V2 #59
- From: Annie Tyner <annietyner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola crew <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:10:56 +0000
Ashley,
Starting "teacher for a day" next month! Middle schoolers are sooooo fun to do
this project with! Yipee! I am stoked to hear how deep they went with it, I am
going to encourage my kids to switch up the classroom. Thanks for sharing!
Besos a todos,
AT
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 01:05:06 -0400
> From: ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: ola Digest V2 #59
>
> ola Digest Mon, 08 Apr 2013 Volume: 02 Issue: 059
>
> In This Issue:
> [ola] Ideas from my "teachers for the day"
> [ola] Leaping into Facebook
> [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
> [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
> [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
> [ola] Re: Ideas from my "teachers for the day"
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:56:25 -0400
> Subject: [ola] Ideas from my "teachers for the day"
> From: Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all!
> I have started the "teacher for the day" project. And wanted to share with
> you all that it's going really well! I highly recommend it. The students
> are enjoying the project and so far the results are great. I wanted to
> share some ideas that they've come up with. I'll probably e-mail again
> later in the week.
> *
> 1. Fiesta Theme-*
> Two girls chose a fiesta theme. They decorated the classroom and handed out
> party hats and other fun things. Changing up the atmosphere of the
> classroom was a lot of fun and grabbed everyone's attention.
>
> *2. "CSI: ACTFL"*
> Another group transformed the classroom into a courtroom. They created a
> whole background story for a case and then gave each person in the class
> pieces of the story as well as a role to play (they had to share their
> piece of the story in order for the class to get the full picture). There
> were 4 suspects (each with a lawyer), 8 people on a jury. 3 witnesses, and
> the teachers played the judges. The students were really interested in
> vocab like guilty, innocent, jail etc. They had the jury vote on who they
> believed was guilty and then at the end the revealed the true culprit. The
> class actually guessed correctly. They did the court proceedings while
> randomly practicing their vocabulary and gestures throughout the class
> block.
>
> *3. Games/Activities:*
>
> *Charades game (no prep)*
> Another teacher pair led a quick game of charades. They split the class
> into two and each team got 30 seconds at a time to go get as many
> vocabulary words guessed as possible. Whoever wanted to would jump out
> into the middle doing an action and his/her teammates would guess the
> vocabulary word. If it was correct they got a point and then someone else
> quickly jumped out. The kept going until their 30 seconds were over. It
> seems pretty straight forward, but there was something about it that got
> even my quietest, most English speaking kids jumping out into the middle
> doing the best actions. Often when we play charades they pick a word from a
> hat or I give them a word, so maybe this freedom of choice got them
> participating?
>
> After 30 seconds, the other team goes and you switch back and forth as long
> as you want. No repetition of vocab.
>
> *Description dice game*
> One person starts and is given a word to describe for his/her team. Then
> he/she roles a die. The number on the die dictates how many words the
> student can use in his/her description. 1 word rolls are tricky, but it
> gets students to really think. This was a fun twist on taboo/circumlocution
> games. I have a big fuzzy die that they love to roll.
>
> *Volleyball*
> One team played volleyball with a beach ball. They set up chairs across the
> room as a "net". When the ball dropped someone had to use a new vocab word
> in a sentence. And lead the class in repeating that word and doing its
> action. They did a few rounds. In the second round, you couldn't use your
> right hand, and in the third you couldn't use either hand.
> --
> Happy OLAing
> -Ashley
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Nanosh Lucas <nanoshlucas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ola] Leaping into Facebook
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:51:44 -0700
>
> Hello,
>
> I decided to make a Facebook page. I haven't announced it to students yet. I
> have permission from my Principal, and figure it might be another way to get
> information out to students, even though Facebook is probably going out of
> style. If you are into Facebook, please "like" me. I can't believe I'm saying
> that.
>
> Best,
>
> Nanosh
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
> From: Nanosh Lucas <nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:54:10 -0700
>
> Oh - here's that address: https://www.facebook.com/spanishwithlucas
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Nanosh Lucas <nanoshlucas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I decided to make a Facebook page. I haven't announced it to students yet.
> > I have permission from my Principal, and figure it might be another way to
> > get information out to students, even though Facebook is probably going out
> > of style. If you are into Facebook, please "like" me. I can't believe I'm
> > saying that.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Nanosh
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:24:38 -0700
> From: "Jody Soberon" <JodySo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
>
> Hi Nanosh,
>
> There is an even faster more immediate and safe way to keep in touch with
> students, several in my district now use it and like it: Remind 101 touted as
> "A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with
> parents. Free: and no one has anybody else's personal info. I have just
> signed up.
> https://www.remind101.com/
>
> Jody
>
> >>> Nanosh Lucas <nanoshlucas@xxxxxxxxx> 4/8/2013 9:51 AM >>>
> Hello,
>
> I decided to make a Facebook page. I haven't announced it to students yet. I
> have permission from my Principal, and figure it might be another way to get
> information out to students, even though Facebook is probably going out of
> style. If you are into Facebook, please "like" me. I can't believe I'm saying
> that.
>
> Best,
>
> Nanosh
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Nanosh Lucas <nanosh.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ola] Re: Leaping into Facebook
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:27:21 -0700
>
> Yes - I use this, too and like it very much.
> About 1/2 to 3/4 of students in each of my classes made the effort to sign
> up, even when I had them take out their cell phones on two separate
> occassions and led them through it. There are very few who don't have cell
> phones (like how my daughter might turn out to be).
>
> Thanks for posting this.
>
> Nanosh
>
> On Apr 8, 2013, at 10:24 AM, "Jody Soberon" <JodySo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Nanosh,
> >
> > There is an even faster more immediate and safe way to keep in touch with
> > students, several in my district now use it and like it: Remind 101 touted
> > as "A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with
> > parents. Free: and no one has anybody else's personal info. I have just
> > signed up.
> > https://www.remind101.com/
> >
> > Jody
> >
> >
> > >>> Nanosh Lucas <nanoshlucas@xxxxxxxxx> 4/8/2013 9:51 AM >>>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I decided to make a Facebook page. I haven't announced it to students yet.
> > I have permission from my Principal, and figure it might be another way to
> > get information out to students, even though Facebook is probably going out
> > of style. If you are into Facebook, please "like" me. I can't believe I'm
> > saying that.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Nanosh
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:09:01 -0700
> Subject: [ola] Re: Ideas from my "teachers for the day"
> From: Lori Leedy <lori.leedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ashley, thanks so much. Could you please send us the assignment you gave
> them? I want to know details (# in groups, how much prep time, how long did
> they teach for, what limits/points did they have, was it completely open
> topic)?
> Thanks- Lori
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ashley Uyaguari <
> auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> > I have started the "teacher for the day" project. And wanted to share with
> > you all that it's going really well! I highly recommend it. The students
> > are enjoying the project and so far the results are great. I wanted to
> > share some ideas that they've come up with. I'll probably e-mail again
> > later in the week.
> > *
> >
> > 1. Fiesta Theme-*
> > Two girls chose a fiesta theme. They decorated the classroom and handed
> > out party hats and other fun things. Changing up the atmosphere of the
> > classroom was a lot of fun and grabbed everyone's attention.
> >
> > *2. "CSI: ACTFL"*
> > Another group transformed the classroom into a courtroom. They created a
> > whole background story for a case and then gave each person in the class
> > pieces of the story as well as a role to play (they had to share their
> > piece of the story in order for the class to get the full picture). There
> > were 4 suspects (each with a lawyer), 8 people on a jury. 3 witnesses, and
> > the teachers played the judges. The students were really interested in
> > vocab like guilty, innocent, jail etc. They had the jury vote on who they
> > believed was guilty and then at the end the revealed the true culprit. The
> > class actually guessed correctly. They did the court proceedings while
> > randomly practicing their vocabulary and gestures throughout the class
> > block.
> >
> > *3. Games/Activities:*
> >
> > *Charades game (no prep)*
> > Another teacher pair led a quick game of charades. They split the class
> > into two and each team got 30 seconds at a time to go get as many
> > vocabulary words guessed as possible. Whoever wanted to would jump out
> > into the middle doing an action and his/her teammates would guess the
> > vocabulary word. If it was correct they got a point and then someone else
> > quickly jumped out. The kept going until their 30 seconds were over. It
> > seems pretty straight forward, but there was something about it that got
> > even my quietest, most English speaking kids jumping out into the middle
> > doing the best actions. Often when we play charades they pick a word from a
> > hat or I give them a word, so maybe this freedom of choice got them
> > participating?
> >
> > After 30 seconds, the other team goes and you switch back and forth as
> > long as you want. No repetition of vocab.
> >
> > *Description dice game*
> > One person starts and is given a word to describe for his/her team. Then
> > he/she roles a die. The number on the die dictates how many words the
> > student can use in his/her description. 1 word rolls are tricky, but it
> > gets students to really think. This was a fun twist on taboo/circumlocution
> > games. I have a big fuzzy die that they love to roll.
> >
> > *Volleyball*
> > One team played volleyball with a beach ball. They set up chairs across
> > the room as a "net". When the ball dropped someone had to use a new vocab
> > word in a sentence. And lead the class in repeating that word and doing its
> > action. They did a few rounds. In the second round, you couldn't use your
> > right hand, and in the third you couldn't use either hand.
> > --
> > Happy OLAing
> > -Ashley
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Lori Leedy
> *English Language Development/Spanish
> Crater Renaissance Academy
> 541-494-6329*
> *
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of ola Digest V2 #59
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>
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