Top Ten Tricks of the Trade

Tunes

Please raise your hand when

you hear the word for Hello in your target

language.

Time

Time

Take turn

s

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

Talk-a-thon

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.

Technology

Kerpoof.com

www.srathackeray.wikispaces.com

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

www.fhmsforeignlanguage.wikispaces.com

www.srathackeray.wikispaces.com