Hola panas,
We discussed a lot of interesting and creative ways to assess students in our methods class that were outside of the traditional paper and pencil realm. One strategy would be to set up a series of learning stations that require the students to perform a particular function of the unit. Students would continue to go through the series of stations while the teacher assesses students one at a time in a final station that synthesizes content from all of the stations.
I don't know exactly how we would facilitate this assessment process, but the idea sounds pretty interesting and more useful for promoting proficiency and competency in foreign language. Any suggestions?
El Profe
viernes, 13 de marzo de 2009
martes, 10 de marzo de 2009
Word Walls
Hola amiguitos,
I read about a pretty useful strategy today called "Word Walls". This strategy involves placing a variety of common, interconnected or thematic words on the wall of the classroom for students to refer to during reading, writing, and speaking activities. Once the words are on the wall in Spanish, students cannot say them in English. I would like to do this right away for common word such as: please, thank you, you're welcome, and bless you.
I would also use this strategy to show the relationships between verb conjugations or to list important vocabulary for the current unit.
This strategy would work in a lot of classes to explain concepts and define complicated words.
Inténtalo! (Try it!)
El Profe
I read about a pretty useful strategy today called "Word Walls". This strategy involves placing a variety of common, interconnected or thematic words on the wall of the classroom for students to refer to during reading, writing, and speaking activities. Once the words are on the wall in Spanish, students cannot say them in English. I would like to do this right away for common word such as: please, thank you, you're welcome, and bless you.
I would also use this strategy to show the relationships between verb conjugations or to list important vocabulary for the current unit.
This strategy would work in a lot of classes to explain concepts and define complicated words.
Inténtalo! (Try it!)
El Profe
lunes, 9 de marzo de 2009
Refranes (Hispanic Proverbs)
I saw my cooperating teacher do a really interesting activity today that got the students thinking in both English and Spanish. Using a Powerpoint presentation she first introduced to students to the concept of a Refran (which is essential a Hispanic proverb). She then showed the students a Refran and asked them to figure out what if meant in Spanish. Once the students had a good idea what it meant, she asked them figure out what the English/American version would be. Students were very engaged and interested throughout the activity. This is something that could be done at the beginning of class once or twice a week to help students understand Hispanic Culture and to get them to think more in depth about both cultures.
El Profe
El Profe
miércoles, 4 de marzo de 2009
Interpersonal speaking the easy way
Hola amiguitos!
At LHS I use a very simple strategy for interpersonal speaking practice that is easy to set up and can be done on a daily basis. Students write in their "diarios" at the beginning of each class and respond to a series of prompts. Each day we try to give them a new prompt that will review the previous day's lesson or prepare them for the upcoming lesson. Once they have written the prompt I ask them to share what they wrote with their neighbor. I give them about 1 minute to share then I ask individual students what they wrote. By this time students have had a chance to practice what they are going to say and are therefore more confident when speaking in front of class.
I also use this strategy to practice anything from tongue twisters to dialogue. It's like a mini think pair share that has become a regular feature of my class. I wish I had known about this one in my A placement.
El Profe
At LHS I use a very simple strategy for interpersonal speaking practice that is easy to set up and can be done on a daily basis. Students write in their "diarios" at the beginning of each class and respond to a series of prompts. Each day we try to give them a new prompt that will review the previous day's lesson or prepare them for the upcoming lesson. Once they have written the prompt I ask them to share what they wrote with their neighbor. I give them about 1 minute to share then I ask individual students what they wrote. By this time students have had a chance to practice what they are going to say and are therefore more confident when speaking in front of class.
I also use this strategy to practice anything from tongue twisters to dialogue. It's like a mini think pair share that has become a regular feature of my class. I wish I had known about this one in my A placement.
El Profe
lunes, 2 de marzo de 2009
El periódico
After talking with some MTE classmates about their newspaper projects in Social Studies class, I started thinking about doing something similar in my advanced Spanish classes. When I got to school today I mentioned it to my cooperating teacher then she took out a book that has preplanned ideas for making a newspaper in Spanish. I will probably pick and choose the ideas I want from the book and then modify them to fit our current lessons. The students will also be able to use Microsoft publisher to make a really slick presentation. We'll probably start this project after Spring Break. Any suggestions or ideas?
El Profe
El Profe
miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2009
Strategy for teaching songs
Hola amigos!
I really like teaching songs in my classes. One of my favorite strategies is to do a cloze activity with the lyrics of the song.
I start by introducing the artist, then giving students a copy of the song's lyrics with words missing in every line.
Students have to listen to the song and fill in the missing words which usually takes three to four listens.
To make sure every student has the correct lyrics I project a copy of the their lyric sheet onto the board with the video projector. Then students can come up and write the missing lyrics on the board in the blank spaces.
Then we sing the song and pay special attention to the chorus.
Disfrutalo!
El Profe
I really like teaching songs in my classes. One of my favorite strategies is to do a cloze activity with the lyrics of the song.
I start by introducing the artist, then giving students a copy of the song's lyrics with words missing in every line.
Students have to listen to the song and fill in the missing words which usually takes three to four listens.
To make sure every student has the correct lyrics I project a copy of the their lyric sheet onto the board with the video projector. Then students can come up and write the missing lyrics on the board in the blank spaces.
Then we sing the song and pay special attention to the chorus.
Disfrutalo!
El Profe
martes, 24 de febrero de 2009
Que locos!
Those kids were wild today! Was it something in the air or the water? It is frustrating to have a bad day right before going back to the University for classes. However, I learned a lot about what won't work in class today and I'll be more prepared for class next week.
El Profe
El Profe
sábado, 21 de febrero de 2009
Tongue Twisters
Hola amiguitos,
I really like using tongue twisters (trabalenguas) to practice pronunciation. My favorite trabalenguas helps students practice rolling their r's. Check it out:
RR con RR burrito (RR with RR little donkey)
RR con RR barril (RR with RR barrel)
Rápido corren los carros (The cars go fast)
En el ferrocarril. (On the railroad)
¡Inténtalo! (Try it!)
El profe
I really like using tongue twisters (trabalenguas) to practice pronunciation. My favorite trabalenguas helps students practice rolling their r's. Check it out:
RR con RR burrito (RR with RR little donkey)
RR con RR barril (RR with RR barrel)
Rápido corren los carros (The cars go fast)
En el ferrocarril. (On the railroad)
¡Inténtalo! (Try it!)
El profe
A new way to teach verb conjugations
Hola amigos,
At LHS my cooperating teacher is using a method called TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). So far I have seen some amazing progress in the way students read and write in the target language. Yesterday we tried teaching verb conjugations using TPRS instead of the traditional verb charts. It should be interesting to see how the students respond to this method. I think it will go well because students will be able to see how the language is used in context.
El Profe
At LHS my cooperating teacher is using a method called TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). So far I have seen some amazing progress in the way students read and write in the target language. Yesterday we tried teaching verb conjugations using TPRS instead of the traditional verb charts. It should be interesting to see how the students respond to this method. I think it will go well because students will be able to see how the language is used in context.
El Profe
jueves, 19 de febrero de 2009
Hola amigos,
Today was an interesting day at school. We are having our students do PowerPoint presentations on countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The first class did not do so well, but the second class rocked it. Are their any suggestions for how to set up a PowerPoint presentation assignment like this one so they turn out like the second class?
El Profe
Today was an interesting day at school. We are having our students do PowerPoint presentations on countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The first class did not do so well, but the second class rocked it. Are their any suggestions for how to set up a PowerPoint presentation assignment like this one so they turn out like the second class?
El Profe
martes, 17 de febrero de 2009
Bienvenidos ! (Welcome!)
Bienvenidos a mi blog!
Ojala que mi dejen muchos comentarios de como enseñar español en el colegio secundario y de como manejar una clase.
(Welcome to my blog! Hopefully you will leave me many comments regarding how to teach Spanish in High School and how to manage a class.)
Dakota "El Profe" Elder
Ojala que mi dejen muchos comentarios de como enseñar español en el colegio secundario y de como manejar una clase.
(Welcome to my blog! Hopefully you will leave me many comments regarding how to teach Spanish in High School and how to manage a class.)
Dakota "El Profe" Elder
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