Showing posts with label students. Show all posts
Showing posts with label students. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
conferences
Two days worth of conferences. I did student-led for freshmen.
Of 24 slots, 20 were filled with parents and kids.
It made for two busy nights. For the record? Monday night conferences?
Not great timing for teachers. We work late on a Monday and people assume we have the whole week to recover. Suuure.
* *
My favorite moment of the night: "I notice you seem apprehensive about speaking in class."
"I'm afraid I will say something stupid."
A huge smile from me: "Oh honey, everyone is going to sound stupid at first."
and then
"I once told people I was pregnant when I was fifteen. They took one look and said, no you're not."
and then
"I will laugh with you, not at you."
and finally
"Language is fun!"
.....lucky for me, they were overtired enough to laugh and smile and go along for the ride.
I really like student-led conferences.
Of 24 slots, 20 were filled with parents and kids.
It made for two busy nights. For the record? Monday night conferences?
Not great timing for teachers. We work late on a Monday and people assume we have the whole week to recover. Suuure.
* *
My favorite moment of the night: "I notice you seem apprehensive about speaking in class."
"I'm afraid I will say something stupid."
A huge smile from me: "Oh honey, everyone is going to sound stupid at first."
and then
"I once told people I was pregnant when I was fifteen. They took one look and said, no you're not."
and then
"I will laugh with you, not at you."
and finally
"Language is fun!"
.....lucky for me, they were overtired enough to laugh and smile and go along for the ride.
I really like student-led conferences.
Monday, September 15, 2008
words of wisdom
A wise woman once told me to develop negatives into positive, like a picture. Makes perfect sense to me, so here are the positives!
My students like to go outside and play!
My students eat a lot of healthy food.
My students design things daily. Each class is developing a dynamic that is, for the most part, focused on my agenda of creating, designing, sharing, moving, growing, cooking, etc. with the ultimate goal of being in Spanish.
My students love music!
My students create things daily.
***
Thinking about the design of my room. What if there were less computers and more collaborative work. I think I would reduce wasted "net time" if students were forced to prioritize the use of the machine.
Also, less table work. Floor work is good. I want beanbag chairs!
Setting the projector up in the middle of the room and projecting onto the southern wall is a very good way to show films. I can also use that space to project maps that we can trace as a class. Tomorrow I'll move those machines out.
I'm loving thinking about French and thinking in French as of today.
My students like to go outside and play!
My students eat a lot of healthy food.
My students design things daily. Each class is developing a dynamic that is, for the most part, focused on my agenda of creating, designing, sharing, moving, growing, cooking, etc. with the ultimate goal of being in Spanish.
My students love music!
My students create things daily.
***
Thinking about the design of my room. What if there were less computers and more collaborative work. I think I would reduce wasted "net time" if students were forced to prioritize the use of the machine.
Also, less table work. Floor work is good. I want beanbag chairs!
Setting the projector up in the middle of the room and projecting onto the southern wall is a very good way to show films. I can also use that space to project maps that we can trace as a class. Tomorrow I'll move those machines out.
I'm loving thinking about French and thinking in French as of today.
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