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Readalong week 2
Still not reading yet - it'll probably be another week or two, we're still in the thematic set up (plus also catching up from february)...
Arianne Potter
Aug 30, 20206 min read
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Some Things I Did During Shutdown That I Liked
Minute to win it games. You can still do them online. a. I videotaped myself looking like an idiot - that is, attempting some minute to...
Arianne Potter
Jul 19, 20203 min read
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More Charades: Silent Sentence Acting
I love this. I've done it at every level, the sentences are sometimes a mess, the whole thing is hilarious, and it helps them with the...
Arianne Potter
Jul 19, 20202 min read
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Encountering a text - reading variation
My IIs have been finishing up Petronius' versipellis story - we divided it into three chapters. We've done a lot of prereading activities...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Auto-audio-dictation (a variation on a running dictation)
This year I have a high-flying Latin III student in a very, very behind Latin II class. If I thought I was going to be able to ask them...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20203 min read
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Running in Circles
Running in Circles I'm not sure how I haven't shared this activity before (or maybe I have and just can't find the post!). This is a...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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QR Scavenger Hunt
I read the excellent Keith Toda's version of this and was inspired to try my own. Essentially, you create QR codes with information and...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Rereading Pictionary
The kids love pictionary, and I like finding excuses to get them to read and reread without making it too obvious that that's what I'm...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20201 min read
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Collective Interview
I began with an idea from Martina Bex that can be found here. A collective interview is a set of questions given to a group that is asked...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Past Tense Again
I generally hold off on the past tense until the second year to give the kids some real time to get comfortable with the present. I use...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Blind Retell
This activity is based loosely on Betsy Paskvan's awesome Blind Retell. I like to do this after a Movie Talk because it provides an image...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20203 min read
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Data Tracker
My school this year decided they wanted us a teachers to be keeping track of data that represents student learning. That's not always the...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Visualizing Stories
If I had a superpower, it would be this: I'd love to be able to hold out my hand and just project at will, in the air, images or videos...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20203 min read
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Spin the Bottle
There is no kissing in this game. :) Instead, its purpose is to review a story your students have read and know well. You'll need a cheap...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20201 min read
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Go Fish
Almost every kid I've ever met can play Go Fish (I say almost because it turns out I have one student who's never played, so there goes...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20203 min read
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Cobbled Sentences
This is an activity I love to do, but it's important to be very careful about how we do it lest it either a. make so little sense as to...
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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Popplet and Mind Mapping
Mind mapping is a technique frequently used to bring up old ideas, associate ideas with each other, and organize thoughts by summarizing....
Arianne Potter
May 28, 20202 min read
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