Thoughts on Cafecito Quizzes for next year:
Keep a list of students who failed previous organizational quizzes and check in with them while they are completing Cafecitos to make sure they are dating them, correcting their answers, and filing them appropriately afterwards. Keep list in weekly plans.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Conversational Portfolios
I was thinking of doing "interviews" of students in the primary grades as a review of the conversational Spanish they've learned this year when an idea came to me..
It would be really neat to videotape students "interviewing" each other in Spanish to document their conversational skills that school year. The videos could be compiled into a portfolio that would help students visualize their progress over the years. As the students move to the junior yard, they could document their own progress on iMovie by reciting a poem, filming a conversation, etc. This assignment could also double as a pronunciation assignment, grammar concept project, etc.
It would be really neat to videotape students "interviewing" each other in Spanish to document their conversational skills that school year. The videos could be compiled into a portfolio that would help students visualize their progress over the years. As the students move to the junior yard, they could document their own progress on iMovie by reciting a poem, filming a conversation, etc. This assignment could also double as a pronunciation assignment, grammar concept project, etc.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Syncing a 2x/week class with a 3x/week class
This year I attempted to keep 5th and 6th grade on the same track throughout the year. I had an idea that I wouldn't get through as much material with the 5th grade as I would the 6th grade, but it was important to keep them somewhat synced for next year when they will both have Spanish three times a week. At the end of the year, the 5th graders are exactly 10 weeks behind. Eek!
While this problem won't come up for another two years when the current 3rd and 4th graders are in the same situation, I want to document some ideas:
- More projects and cultural days at the 6th grade level to keep them from getting too far ahead
- Give the fifth grade students required homework (This hasn't been the case this year, and assigning homework also includes the added component of more complicated grading structures, procedural changes, etc. I would need to run this by the 5th grade teacher)
- Don't include projects/cultural days with 5th graders to keep them on track academically. (I don't prefer this idea at present.)
While this problem won't come up for another two years when the current 3rd and 4th graders are in the same situation, I want to document some ideas:
- More projects and cultural days at the 6th grade level to keep them from getting too far ahead
- Give the fifth grade students required homework (This hasn't been the case this year, and assigning homework also includes the added component of more complicated grading structures, procedural changes, etc. I would need to run this by the 5th grade teacher)
- Don't include projects/cultural days with 5th graders to keep them on track academically. (I don't prefer this idea at present.)
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