Top Ten Tricks of the Trade
Tunes
Please raise your hand when
you hear the word for Hello in your target
language.
Take Turns Citas de Hablar
Citas de Hablar
!No eres la reina¡ Estudiantes ausentes.
Citas de HablarTeacher coordinates all.
¿Quién no tiene un compañero?
Take TurnsDividing Into Groups Twakin’ in coicles
Take TurnsPalitos
Take Turns
la bienvenida, el oso, la foto, mostrando y contando
Pause to process2 minutes:
When would you use these ideas?
Signs on the door.
Students pick up papers/supplies as they come in.
Talking appointments.
Numbering hands.
Talking in circles.
Name sticks.
Individual student presentations.
Train/Procedures
empezador papeles para repartir
Train/Procedures
¿De quién es? Tarea para los ausentes.
Train/Organization
cuaderno e índice fechas importantes
Train/Instructions
instruction sheets
Train
advanced organizer lápices huérfanos
Pause to process
One minute:
Anything you can use?
Talk!
Poner – to put Poner commands
Talk!
decir – to say
Talk!
caer vs. caerse
Talk-a-thon
Yo (ser) dentista.Yo (trabajar) mucho.
present: soyimperfect: erafuture: será
present: trabajopreterite: trabajé23 - J
Processing Pause
Two minutes:
Choose an irregular verb in your target language.
What kind of talking activity could you do with it?
Is there a vocabulary/verb set you could turn into a talk-a-thon?
Translation
the runner/writer game
Translation
$100,000 pirámide
things that are red
parts of the face
things you wear on your feet
processing pause
2 minutes:
Choose a partner.
Discuss the two games, how to play them and how you could use/adapt them for your class.
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Test
Make a study buddy.
Poner quizzy. Use a papelito.
Test
At the door quizzes
Test
quick oral quiz snowball quiz
Test
oral quiz group practice
What do your students have to look at when you’re giving an oral test?
ThoughtsA Few Favorite Resources
Todd Whitaker What Great Teachers Do Differently
Harry Wong The First Days of School
Sharon Faber If These are the Students, Who should the Teachers Be? AND How do we Teach Them?
Rick Wormli Meet Me in the Middle
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