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Heather
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Just sitting here in my classroom getting the day started...I love my classroom because of the beauty of it! As I look around, I don't see a space of
white wall! Sure, some of it has posters I've collected over the years, but the majority is covered in student work, posters, drawings, etc.
Have them make a collage/poster about themselves and some of their favorite things, they can use magazine cut-outs or draw. I also have mobiles
hanging from the ceiling. I teach Chemistry so these pertain to information they gathered about particular Chemical Elements, but they can be about
anything. I've also seen students make a family shield or crest with their information. As soon as they do it, put it up on the wall, and before you
know it, the walls will be covered!
If they write anything, put it up on the wall...they like to see themselves in print!
Our big thing this year are: word walls, lists of vocabulary words that are used repeatedly that are posted on the wall. Our entire campus does this
and color codes: red = nouns, orange = adjective, green = verbs.
I also have pictures from old calendars around the wall, as well as photos of myself, family and my travels. Also take some pictures of your kids and
put them up, they love to look at themselves!
In terms of whiteboards, try a hardware store. We used to go to Home Depot and buy the boards that are used for showers or something like that (my
colleague actually bought them), but see if there is something like that a a hardware store.
Suerte and as someone mentioned, have fun! Heather
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Heather
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Looking at your pictures, they look pretty much the same as the faces I'm looking out at here at Chula Vista High school (or Chula Juana, as it is
affectionately referred to!)!
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Mulegena
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Inspiration for some budding photo-journalists
You've spoken of having a museum in La Bocana.
How 'bout getting the kids involved by writing bi-lingual captions
for pictures and displays which they can help create.
How about a weekly bi-lingual newspaper written and published in-classroom.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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Ricardo
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Blanca, To touch up your white board, clean with WD-40 , makes a nice clean surface, doesn't damage the board and really excellent for writing on.
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BajaBlanca
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WD40 ???????????????????? I will give it a try ............. who woulda thunk
great ideas folks, great ideas
these kids have SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much energy. and half of them are not too excited about learning .... so today i am feeling a bit deflated and
definitely need a boost of ideas
will the walls they use on showers work as a white board ???? It would be absolutely wonderful if this is true. Last time I bought a white board for
the classes I teach here at the house from STAPLES, it was quite expensive. Since I want real big ones and for all the rooms, I gotta figure
something out.
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David K
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WD40, invented in San Diego for the Atlas Rockets we built here... and made from the good by-product from the San Diego tuna industry!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
WD40 ???????????????????? I will give it a try ............. who woulda thunk
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Fabulosa works well on white boards, too!
Congratulations. You go girl,
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Ricardo
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If you don't like the smell of WD-40 Windex will also work but doesn't do as good a job, leaves it dryer and harder to wipe off. I am a very recently
retired shop teacher so I liked the smell of WD.
Rick
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redmesa
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I think it is wonderful that you are involved there with educational system. After nearly 40 years of teaching the ONE thing I have learned and pass
on when asked is.... drum roll please. IT is not WHAT it is WHO!!! I think you are just the who they need. I will bring down what I can when we make
it in February to Asuncion and I would be happy to chat with you in English in front of you class if they have the script to read.
Again kudos to you.
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BajaBlanca
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redmesa you are ON !!! If you can bring me plain white letter sized reams of paper I will be in your debt forever ....In the almost 2 months, I used
up all 3 of my reams (well, I think I have half of one left) plus I was the one teacher who had the most copies made at school PLUS I had the local
copy place working every week and ran out of my petty cash pretty quicky !!!. I have the kids write plenty but it turns out some of them write
PAINFULLY slowly and that slows the whole class down. 45 minutes is so short anyways. I need to be able to create material for these kids - having
no books makes it a challenge. Some are learning so much, I am amazed. Others can't answer How Are You ? after 2 months BUT, I am sure they
will get there !!
Thanks all, first thing will be to get some shower wall lining at H Depot !! I just love that idea.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
redmesa you are ON !!! If you can bring me plain white letter sized reams of paper I will be in your debt forever ....In the almost 2 months, I used
up all 3 of my reams (well, I think I have half of one left) plus I was the one teacher who had the most copies made at school PLUS I had the local
copy place working every week and ran out of my petty cash pretty quicky !!!. I have the kids write plenty but it turns out some of them write
PAINFULLY slowly and that slows the whole class down. 45 minutes is so short anyways. I need to be able to create material for these kids - having
no books makes it a challenge. Some are learning so much, I am amazed. Others can't answer How Are You ? after 2 months BUT, I am sure they
will get there !!
Thanks all, first thing will be to get some shower wall lining at H Depot !! I just love that idea. |
Home work! The kids that are slower, give them writing projects... perhaps the only writing they have done is in school. Short stories, what they like
to do, imagination (if you could be a fish, what kind would be and why ... etc.).
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