Spanish I Review Stations Carol Schlaefli HMS 2009

Review Stations In the weeks leading up to our assessments, I created 10 different learning/review stations for students. Each activity was laminated and stored in a small plastic bin. Desks were moved into 10 different tables. On the top of each station I had the plastic bin with a BRIGHT card on top. This card had: Station number, Topic for the station, and Directions for each station. All activities had answer sheets. All games with cards had numbered cards to correspond with answer sheet. As students entered the classroom, they formed groups of 2 or 3. I spent a significant amount of time explaining how each station worked and also helping students set up their self-assessment sheets. As students went through stations, they were instructed to self-assess how they felt they did on that station. This was to help students focus on topics they needed to review most for the exam. Students rated themselves from 1-10 (needs improvement-I know this!) Some of the stations required writing, and students did all writing activities on their self-assessment sheets. Students had about 13 minutes (give or take) at each station. It took us about 3 class periods to get through the introduction, stations, and wrap-up.

How did it go? This was a really cool experience for me as a teacher. Students were all actively engaged and reviewing and having fun! I loved watching them experience all of the different activities. I can’t wait to make more stations! The favorites? Irregular verbs game, the Keep-a-card/Take-a-Card game, Pick-an-answer and the big scattersquares!

Station 1—Pick-an-Answer7 th and 8 th : Classes and schedule Three possible answers. Students put the golf tee in the hole of the answer they think is correct. They pull up the card. If it comes out, the answer is correct. (Correct answer has bottom of hole cut out)

Station 2—Worksheet Station 7 th grade—Regular verbs 8 th grade—Ir, Ir + a + place, Ir + a + infinitive Laminated worksheets with answer sheets. Students check answers before moving on to the following station.

Station 3—Matching Cards7 th and 8 th : Regular verb meanings Students have sentences with a missing verb. They have to match the verb to the sentence. In order to self-check, you can see the back of the cards at the top of the picture. Students know answer are correct when the stick on the back matches up.

Station 4—Pictures and Prepositions 7 th grade (shown) Classroom picture 8 th grade Community picture Students pick an item card (or a place in the community for 8 th grade) and a preposition card. They are to form a sentence using that item (or place) and the preposition. Once students take turns sharing sentences, students had to write 3 sentences of their own based on the picture.

Station 5—Board Game 7 th grade Greetings and common expressions and questions 8 th grade Clothing/Store Played like a regular board game. Laminated bright paper has the answer key and game directions.

Station 6—Manipulatives and Worksheets 7 th grade: Subject pronouns (Create the subject pronouns chart and match the English meanings to the Spanish pronouns) 8 th grade: Comparative and Superlative formulas (put formulas in order) I didn’t get a picture of this for some reason.  After students completed the manipulative exercises, they completed a worksheet and then checked their answers.

Station 7—Matching 7 th and 8 th : Food Students had to match the word to the correct sentence. Students self- check answers to make sure that the sticker on the back matches up.

Station 8—Board Game 7 th and 8 th : Irregular verbs (two different games) Students conjugate verbs (regulars and irregulars). I took this from an old worksheet I had titled “La rana Lucas” and changed the verbs to fit my needs. (Bright green sheet had answer key and directions)

Station 9—Keep-a-card/Take-a-card 7 th grade: Classroom items and Definite and Indefinite Articles 8 th grade: Question words/Expressions This is a game I made up. Students have a stack of 50 cards. They pick two cards at a time and put them face down. They turn them face up one at a time. If they answer correctly, they keep the card. If they answer incorrectly, student passes that card (and any other card that is still face down) to the team player to his/her right.

Station 10—Extreme Scattersquares 7 th grade: Ser + adjectives 8 th grade: Bedroom/House/Chores I took the regular scattersquares idea and made it extreme! I bought two big blank calendars from Learning How and made a puzzle out of it. Puzzle was 6 x 7. The best part was actually having space to do more than just vocabulary words.