Author Topic: Thomas Orr Textbooks (Middle School) (Read 284547 times)

minamteacher · « **Reply #640 on:** December 06, 2011, 01:49:23 PM »

Quote from: jaysoon17 on December 06, 2011, 11:02:22 AM

Hey Everybody,

Will any of you be showing a movie the week before Christmas? If so, which one, and will you include a worksheet or just show the movie?

Thanks!

Just a hint, don't show the Home Alone movie. They have seen it loads of times.

minamteacher · « **Reply #641 on:** December 07, 2011, 10:04:02 AM »

My Grade 2 Lesson 1 - 12 review game using the Daejeon's Angry Birds template. A special shout out to mandalynn2104 because I used a few questions from your 'Grade 2 FINAL REVIEW (Lessons 8-12) Super Mario Super Review Game.' Good luck everybody with your final weeks of teaching!

stemarty · « **Reply #642 on:** December 07, 2011, 01:33:12 PM »

Here is a really fun game I adapted from an old game I found a while back. It was all about saving the environment but the questions can easily be changed for ANY lesson. I use it all the time and my kids love it.

It will definitely change snores to cheers in this game!

nels6138 · « **Reply #643 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:24:22 AM »

Here are two Jeopardy Games my co-teacher wanted me to make up for grades one and two over chapters 10 and 11. Didn't spend too much time on them, probably won't last the whole period, but I figured maybe someone else's co-teacher demanded Jeopardy games and I could save them the trouble.

jaysoon17 · « **Reply #644 on:** December 08, 2011, 09:14:00 AM »

Here is my Christmas lesson that I'll be using the week before Christmas. It has 4 music videos and 2 Christmas related videos spread throughout the ppt. I'm hoping it will keep them calmed down. I have also included a word search, a couple of Christmas mazes and a fill in worksheet another person on waygook uploaded for, "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey.

danitravels · « **Reply #645 on:** December 09, 2011, 11:46:12 AM »

Jaysoon-

I'm showing Elf and giving a crossword.

Subtitles, crossword and answers can be found on this post: http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,26345.0/topicseen.html

jaysoon17 · « **Reply #646 on:** December 12, 2011, 08:35:54 AM »

Hi Everybody,

Here is a thread I found for an awesome K-Pop Slam game if you didn't find the thread already.

http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,24163.0.html

I'd like to thank everybody who contributed to these books this year. It has made life a lot easier for me! You're all great, and I hope Gyeongi-do has the budget for next year, so we can do it all over again and create even better materials for these kids!

Shanecliff · « **Reply #647 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:54:45 AM »

Thanks to everyone who contributed this year. I've only joined myself so will be uploading my stuff come the spring semester. Great work everyone.

jaysoon17 · « **Reply #648 on:** February 15, 2012, 03:22:45 PM »

Hi Everybody,

Welcome back to everybody who is still around. I'm not sure what you're all doing during the first week, but I have attached a game Jaybird from Waygook made that I used during that strange three day week in the middle of winter vacation. The kids liked it so much that I decided to make a part 2 using Jaybird's template. I'll use it after midterms, but I might use it during the first week depending on what is going on at school.

kcampb8 · « **Reply #649 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:34:52 PM »

Hello everyone,

I hope that everyone had a nice vacation. I was just wondering about anyone's ideas on using stickers, or "dollars" as a reward system for your classes. I want to try doing this as I think it'll be better than just rewarding class game winners with candy. However, I haven't tried it on a large scale with big classes, one class per week. So, I was wondering if anyone has used such a system before, and if so, do they have any pointers for a newbie like me? Thanks very much in advance! I appreciate any help that I can get! Take care everyone.

rainesbaines · « **Reply #650 on:** February 27, 2012, 02:50:19 PM »

Hi, I've created this questionnaire sheet for the new year so I can start off by getting to know the students better, as well as somewhat get an immediate idea of their ability to comprehend and complete relatively straightforward written tasks in English.

**It's meant to be copied front+back and then cut in half, so it becomes half page handouts (God save the trees).

Not gonna pilot this task until school starts on March 2, but I recommend the teacher presenting his/her answers first, perhaps displaying the question via PowerPoint, giving the students some time to digest the language and consider their own answers.

I think this could feasibly take up and entire class and I think it would be time well spent to help a teacher get more acquainted with his pupils, and vice versa. I think it goes without saying that you should collect the papers and either keep them as a reference or make note of what kind of things are on your students' minds.

As always, please share any suggestions for improvements!

Best wishes for a year full of improvements and effecting changes you aim to accomplish!

rainesbaines · « **Reply #651 on:** February 27, 2012, 03:22:57 PM »

Also, I am re-posting this great article about ways to consider classroom management, discipline, establishing rules, punishment, teacher's role, etc.

Give it a read to provoke some useful thinking before you go back into the fray! :)

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3142.html

stamerjam · « **Reply #652 on:** February 28, 2012, 01:32:12 PM »

Quote from: kcampb8 on February 27, 2012, 12:34:52 PM

Hello everyone,

I hope that everyone had a nice vacation. I was just wondering about anyone's ideas on using stickers, or "dollars" as a reward system for your classes. I want to try doing this as I think it'll be better than just rewarding class game winners with candy. However, I haven't tried it on a large scale with big classes, one class per week. So, I was wondering if anyone has used such a system before, and if so, do they have any pointers for a newbie like me? Thanks very much in advance! I appreciate any help that I can get! Take care everyone.

I use a raffle system (found on waygook). They can get a little raffle ticket if they do something good. Then I collect them at the end of the class. In the beginning of the next class we draw for a winner - and they get a piece of candy. I have large classes of 40 so this works instead of handing out loads of candy. Students can get more than one ticket, so better luck for candy.

I also plan to use the tickets to fill out a chart of those students participating to hand to my coteachers. They can use this for participation grades if they want, but I will tell my students that it is what it is- whether or not my coteacher is, it's up to them.

stamerjam · « **Reply #653 on:** February 28, 2012, 01:45:53 PM »

Hello!

The start of the year starts soon! Here is my first weeks lesson for GRADE 1 students. It includes:
1) Lesson Plan --- going to try to write one for each class so I have a record of all my lessons
2) What are rules -- found this on waygook, changed the pictures a little
3) Class rewards/discipline -- See my post above for reward raffle tickets
4) Introduction lesson -- a quiz game for students to learn more about their teacher - you'd have to change the pictures obviously - but it gives an idea on what to do
5) Pass the ball game -- Also found this on waygook, plan to have my coteacher push the pause button of a boombox for music while the students pass around a ball, I will switch the slides

Good luck with the start of the year! I hope I can shake off the desk warming rust! Feel free to comment or ask any questions.

minamteacher · « **Reply #654 on:** February 29, 2012, 01:51:11 PM »

Hello all,

So, I am leaving Korean next month, but I am still here for ONE more month which means I have one more lesson for you guys! This is my Grade 1 Lesson 1 b *second dialogue* lesson. It's a combination of Cocoinkorea's weather lesson and my edited version of a friends natural disaster lesson. Enjoy! Also, I will include a natural disaster wordsearch if you guys need it.

minamteacher · « **Reply #655 on:** February 29, 2012, 02:02:30 PM »

I have decided to zip Grade 2 lessons 1 -12 into one zip file including lesson plans (warning some of my earlier lesson plans are not exactly 'high quality') enjoy!

renard.tami · « **Reply #656 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:31:32 AM »

@minamteacher -- thanks for all your materials! you have saved me on more than one occasion! goodluck at your next destination!

Just curious what you have done with students on introduction week before. I always do my class procedures ppt and then play a review/learn the teacher game, but I want to change the Jeopardy game I play with my 3rd graders. Do you have any new ideas/pointers for a game for 3rd grade??

As for the teacher who previously posted about "dollar" reward systems. I've used a Tami dollar reward system for the last two years and it has worked marvelously. I have my students in teams in all of my classes. I give dollars out every time students answer questions, complete handouts, and I connect dollars or points to the game that we play each class. The team at the end of class with the MOST money wins 1 point towards their grade (participation points-- I think 5 points are allocated for my class). So, I don't give out candy unless it's an extra lesson and they need more motivation. Let me know if you have other questions about it!

phelps · « **Reply #657 on:** March 02, 2012, 03:02:14 PM »

Just some classroom protocol suggestions. Last semester I introduced a suggestion box to give some of the more introverted students an opportunity to share some of their concerns and opinions regarding the class. I got some good feedback on lessons they liked and didn't like. They also used it to bring issues to light regarding conflict between classmates and seat change requests. It was pretty successful overall.

I'm going to start a translation project this year. I'm going to use the same box to allow students to submit phrases or slang they want to know in English. I've enlisted the help of one of my co teachers. I'm planning on surveying some of the high level students for help with slang. I will display the translations once a month on PowerPoint. I might put some up in the English classroom as well. I don't know how well the students will take to it, but I'm hoping it will spark the interest of at least a few students.

I took a Korean class where they did this. They had the translations posted in the hallways. There were some pretty amusing ones.

thebektionary · « **Reply #658 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:42:31 PM »

How necessary is it to teach with these books? Can we just make our own lesson plans? They don't even make sense and I can't understand the Korean written all over them.

minamteacher · « **Reply #659 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:59:53 AM »

Must be the first day of school because Waygook is SUPER slow.

@renard.tami

I have three suggestions:

1) These grade 3 students don't really know each other well because they are getting used to their new homeroom, so a self introduction lesson where students find out about their classmates is helpful (I am using cocokorea's class survey sheet).

2) Students brains have turned to mush over the holidays, so reviewing last years material might be a nice option (if you taught them last year).

3) Talk about your vacation and ask them about their vacation. You can make them do a writing exercise about their vacation if required.

@thebektionary

You don't have to worry about most of the book. The only sections that we teach are the 'Listen In' and 'Speak Out' sections (usually the first two pages of each chapter). 'Listen In' has a CD with 3 questions to answer, so you don't need to worry about the Korean on the page (you can read out the dialogue at the back of your activity book if you prefer). 'Speak Out' is just two simple dialogues for every chapter with one or two key phrases.

As for making your own lesson plans, I cannot answer that one for you because it depends entirely on your school. However, usually people spend about one or two weeks on each chapter and the rest of the time is their own lessons.

I hope that helps.