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[crazylemongirl]

Out of 1,300 students I had 40 sign up and 20 stay.

So far we've done some drama, watched a movie and done board game day.

Next week we are making s'mores and advertisments about computers.

Then I'm done.

Gotta love the mother who tried to foist off her four year old in my middle school class and having the teacher look at me like a crazy women when I suggested that having her there was turning these camps into even more of a joke than they already are.

But I'm finsihed in seven days so woohoo!

[ilovebdt]

[Tiger Beer]

i'm loving my winter camp.

15 days left.. (out of 20 total).

[deessell]

He he...I only have to teach 2x50 minute classes in the afternoon. Thailand next Thursday.

[Tiger Beer]

Back to the Philippines.. two weeks from this weekend..

with some nice cash along the way for it..

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I really don't see how I could call it 'camp'. I have two classes of incoming grade 1 HS and one of grade 1 HS going to grade 2, all one lesson a day. I was told it was a remedial class but they're of mixed levels. They're also getting a lesson a day from a KT. I don't know how serious or fun it's supposed to be. The KT is assigning homework and telling them off and bringing a big ruler to class. They're also getting extra lessons in other subjects and the rest of teachers seem pretty serious, like it was regular semester classes. I'm just doing listening excercises and games in mine. After first block I go around and count the students in the other classes to see how many handouts I'll have to make. I'm actually spending quite a bit of time lesson planning.

One more week with the matriculants and two with the grade 1/2 students. Better than sitting around doing nothing.

[Incognito]

Thank God...a CLG thread that doesn't begin with a bi*ch and moan session!

My most successful camp activities this week for me...

1) Make balloon hats.

- Buy the long balloons.
- Begin activity with a tour of www.balloonhat.com
- Some type of balloon inflating device is a must if you don't want the student's eyeballs to pop out of their heads.
- Take pictures of them and show them the next day.

2) Play Jenga.

- Modify the game so that the blocks have at least one activity written on them. (example - Jump up and down.) If they do not do the activity, they have to go again.

3) Picture Scavenger Hunt (using camera phones).

- I made sure all of the items could be found inside the school building since it is so cold outside.

4) Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches.

- Very easy activity. I just used this time as a bull session.

5) The Game of Life.

- My students are low so I excluded some (actually most) of the harder components...insurance, stocks, etc.

6) Charlie and Chocolate Factory.

- The students were freakin mesmerized!

7) Scrabble.

- I did not use the actual board or pieces. I just made copies of the scrabble letters, laminated the sheets and cut out the individual letters.

- Each team got a set of letters.

- I placed a letter on the blackboard and each team had to formulate a word using that letter as the beginning letter of their word. For example, I wrote "F" on the blackboard and the winning word was "fighting" with a total score of 16 points. At the end of each game (having done 7 or 8 letters) I gave out a prize.

[BigBlackEquus]

[manlyboy]

The days are quicker, but the weeks are longer.

[Incognito]