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[Phoenix]

[Gwangjuboy]

Actually, I use the same puzzles for my third grade elementary classes. Nothing wrong with that. I wouldn't use them for middle school kids though. I don't know your middle school students Shawner so I won't criticise you. I find that there is very little in the way of material for students below fifth grade elementary level. Flash cards, chants, and games are the way to go for those kids. I must add that I write down the Korean word for them so they actually know what a turtle is for example.

[goodfella]

HAHAHA!! wonderful puzzle shawner!! i think ill print it!! that'll be my lesson for the next week. dont be jealous guys that shawner88,dominic kill time!!! i do it ALL the TIME !!! its not hard. pm me if you want tips.
you can do it too! just call it our STYLE of teaching! anyway some classes are made to be killed!!

quote" get paid with the least movement as possibe"

keep up the good work guys!!

[shawner88]

Well, as much as I fantasize about it, I'm not going to put on a cape and fly into the classroom as Super Teacher. I'm going to to do what works...what keeps the kids in control, content. The kids are content with puzzles. They like them. I could really care less if they learn anything or not. Sorry, that may sound crude, but it's the truth.

[buddy bradley]

[osangrl]

i feel fine too.....thanx buddy.

and im twice the teacher you or shawner would ever be.

[shawner88]

Then you're twice the sucker, too.

[OiGirl]

Have you ever listened to kids working on a word find? Or do you just sit in the corner with the newspaper?

I thought they were a great time-waster until one day I heard two students working together. "A-E-G-...I can't find it!" "Because it's E-A-G-L-E, isn't it?"

You really can review your spelling and phonics words. Especially if you make it yourself, by hand, and include relevant distractors. And if I used the word find shared by the OP, I would white-out the word list and expand the questions at the bottom. Make the kids WORK for the words. They still think it's fun!

Edit: Let me add something else.

These type of puzzles, which students can complete independently and, theoretically, in silence, are a wonderful classroom management tool for testing situations. Not only do you have something to keep the early completers busy, but you have an incentive for everyone to finish the test and not linger over it.

[Medic]

Word puzzles are good for vocabulary as well. If you give the same set of word puzzles to all your classes learn the Korean for the words. That might make the exercise more meaningful, and you could use it as a feedback for the use of the words in a Korean context

Sometimes it's a good way to find out who the bright students are since they usually finish first.

[Phoenix]

[peppermint]

Word searches have a place in the classroom, and so do other games, but it should be a supplement to the class- not the focus. Shawner, you blame the Korean teachers for permitting the student's bad behaviour. Why not take a little responsibility. Technically you're a teacher too.

[Corporal]

If his boss doesn't take the time to find out what goes on in his classes then the boss probably doesn't care and doesn't mind paying for the kids to be dicking around. At any rate, let's dispense with the moral grandstanding. Perhaps some of us could not justify spending an entire class on a word search, but who are we to judge? I wonder if the ones getting so inflated over this are "real" teachers themselves. Can we have that tired old debate again too?

[shawner88]

[peppermint]

[shawner88]

Man, I'm glad you're not MY teacher. What a scrooge!