In order to prepare my fifth grade students for middle school, I am expected to teach three units of Realidades. In chapter 2A, we are talking about ordinal numbers. Well, I posted a question in the CI LIftoff Facebook group and a teacher suggested using Sr. Wooly's "Las Excusas" video and embedded readings. So, I went to his website and looked at the embedded reading. I remembered a game that I saw in the Brandon Brown teacher's guide. I can't remember if it was the "dice la verdad" or "quiere un perro" TG. The game is called Anteojos, I think. I modified that game to use an online spinner instead of post-its simply because I hate throwing the post-its away after the game. I printed the long version for principiantes of teh reading and I cut the story in half. I printed each half on a different color paper to make it easier to explain. I also wrote A, B, C, D, E on each paper. When the kids came in, I numbered them 1,2 as they came in. I asked the 1s to stand in line on one side of the room and the 2s to stand in a line facing the 1s. Next, I gave one part of the story to the 1s and the other part of the story to the 2s. I instructed them to get in their group (1 or 2), read the story and make sure that everyone understood all the paragraph. I set the timer for 10 minutes and then I asked them to get in their letter groups A, B, C, D, E. Students numbered themselves within each group. I gave them a couple minutes to make sure everyone in the story understood the reading. At that point, I explained that I was going to ask a question and say who would answer in the name of the group. For example: I would ask, "what is the name of the girl? #2 will answer for your group". The whole team has to make sure #2 has the correct answer. As I call on each team, if the answer is correct, student #2 comes to the smart board and spins the wheel to know how many points the team get. We write the scores on the board and, at the end, we add them up. The points are just for fun and we get to practice numbers, too.
