[ola] Re: partner cards

  • From: Janet Lash <lashj1012@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 17:47:40 -0500

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.
>
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> *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
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>
> 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?
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> Colin Oriard
>
> Profesor de español 1/2 & 3/4
>
> Grant High School
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> Room 112
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> Phone extension - 75612
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> *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.
>

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