Comments on: The Aliens are Coming!

By: Sevy28

Sevy28 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:31:15 +0000

I’m always happy to find new games and activities. Thanks for that. It looks very amazing.

By: Miki

Miki — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:10:58 +0000

Richard!
Thanks for dropping in to our meeting last weekend! It was nice seeing you! And as always, thanks for your great ideas!
Where are you in the world? Are you headed to Australia after all?
Oh, and thanks for helping me to my car. I’m not so use to having gentlemen around. You are sweet.
Let me know of any great apps!
Miki Inosaka-Rust
Acting ACET president

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:31:25 +0000

The sit down game is a good one, but to add extra dimension, the winner could be the one who gives their best effort to the final command “sit up” or “sit up straight”, once most of the kids are back in their chairs. Remember how much fun musical statues was?

What we really want to encourage is the kids having an appropriate classroom posture whether it is on a chair, at the table, or on the floor.

My students interpreted my request for “good posture” as the “seiza” position, which can be tough on those little legs, but the kids seemed to be able to behave their best in this position. This has really been the key to excellent classroom deportment (and results) with my young ones for a few years now.

Once the kids can sit down well, you can probably extend the original command to “sit down then put your hands on your knees/under your legs/in your lap/etc/etc”.

By: Margit

Margit — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:13:34 +0000

I did the othello today.
It’s perfect as review for my 6th graders. It actually takes pretty much time, but it’s lot’s of English practice

I like the idea of a ISBN Flossy,
if possible one for kids books, one to use as “teaching resources” and maybe one for “just so” books?!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:41:56 +0000

Having played Othello alot as a kid, I think this a super idea! I bet it would be easier to keep track for the teams if the counters were different colors.

The book seems wonderful! I like Flossy’s idea of putting neat books on the forum. I think we already have a thread on it, started a while back. I’ll have to search for it. I remember posting a site from the French dept of Education…

Even if the kids don’t grasp everything, they’ll still get the input and learn to use context to figure out meaning, a very necessary skill!

By: Flossy

Flossy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:06:48 +0000

Two great games. I especially like the commands game, perfect for new starters in school or a lively class.

Reading books is such popular activity with my students too. I have several books that have words and phrases the children do not understand. I too just pick out the picture clues or get the children to join in with counting, colours etc. I love the reaction of the adults, the beauty queen page got a great response. I am going to the city today, so I will ask in the English book store if they have this book there.

Should we start a post on the forum to share ISBN’s for books, a little like the post your favourite teaching site??? I have lots of great books that I could put there or has this been done before??