Friday, Sept 10, 2010

Students followed class EBS, introduced themselves to partner, and said something nice.

Collected Parent Notice form and Course Expectation Form.
Check for Textbook covers
Make sure students have written name in book

Quiz on Course Expectations (15 min)

Room tour scavenger hunt (30 min)
Show meeting place for emergency evacuation (did not do because of disruptions due to students leaving for class pictures)

Showed students how to set up notebook.
Number pages in upper corner. At top of page 1, write table of contents. First entry on page 1 is 5 (for page 5). Turning to page 5, students wrote date and content objectives for listening skills:
Content objectives: 1. Describe the elements of Good Listening
2. Use Good listening skills in a classroom exercise

Showed overhead with listening quotes

Students divided the rest of the page into 3 sections labeled: Looks like, Sounds like, and Makes you Feel
Students spent 2-3 minutes writing down their answers then we went around the room sharing ideas
Brainstorm - Why are listening skills important?

Students did "What Do You Think?" exercise in pairs with partner.
Went over paper.
For homework, students are to quiz parents on these questions.