These are wonderful! Thank you for sharing. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:41 PM, ALISSA FARIAS <AFARIAS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We only have 5 minutes between classes. If they owe me 30 seconds they > are seated and waiting for me to release them to go. Sometimes I finish > the activity if what we are doing would be something that could take > another 30 seconds. For instance, a simple question and answer could be 30 > seconds, a more detailed activity that takes a few minutes, then I just > have them sit quietly and wait for me to release them. We also teach bell > to bell and they are not allowed to pack up their things until the bell > rings. > > > > *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Colin Oriard > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2015 8:08 AM > *To:* 'ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > *Subject:* [ola] Re: partner cards > > > > Alissa, > > How much passing time do you have in between classes? And when the > students are waiting after are you just continuing the lesson? Or, are they > doing something else? > > > > > > Colin Oriard > > Profesor de español 1/2 & 3/4 > > Grant High School > > Room 112 > > Phone extension - 75612 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of > ALISSA FARIAS <AFARIAS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2015 7:11 AM > *To:* 'ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > *Subject:* [ola] partner cards > > > > Hey, so I created a set of 30 cards which have different items on them so > I can partner kids up with different students. Besides the obvious, the > animal, number, day/month, shape and color, I figure there are even more > combinations. Such as, partner up with the same first letter, an animal > that is similar, a color that is an opposite… and so on. > > > > Also, I have tried several things to get ONLY Spanish in the class. So > far, these two have worked the best so I wanted to share. In 3 of my > classes I write ESPANOL on the board and take off a letter each time I hear > English. When the whole word is gone, they owe me 30 seconds after the > bell. So far only one class had to do it. Then, in my AP class, I ended up > counting every time I heard them speak English, and every 5 is 30 seconds. > I also agreed that if I slipped up and spoke English that I’d take away a > number. SO, if I had counted to 4 because I heard someone speak English 4 > times but then I slipped then I had to go back to 3. This also counts for > those little words I’m trying to get them not to say, such as “so”, “like” > and if I say them. >