SET INDUCTIONS (Anfangsaufgabe/Anfangsaktivitt/Denkt mit!

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(Refers to establishing a certain mind set in a classroom, in anticipation of what is to come. Also known as anticipatory set, warm up, attention getter, etc. It gets students ready to learn, ideally using some strategy that will lead into the lesson. The set induction should take no more than 2-5 minutes.) Set Induction
Set is a mental state of readiness Induction brings it on Set Induction gets learners thinking and ready for the lesson Anticipatory Set is another name used

Set induction should:

Contain a statement of the learning Relate the objective Involve the learner in the learning

Daily Warm-Up:
The need for predictability remains high at the beginning of the lesson, especially if the teacher is using the target language exclusively. Follow a fun regimen of daily routines. Create a poem or chant describing daily routine. The students can gesture as they recite target language rules such as "I sit down", "I watch", "I listen", etc. This warm-up activity takes less than one minute, yet it serves a dual purpose of reviewing familiar material and reminding students of the expectations. Next, it's calendar time. Produce a magic wand pointer to review the days of the week and count the numbers. Each day, systematically choose a special "magic wand student" to point to the calendar as the other students respond chorally. Finally, greet students individually and ask, "How are you?" This can be done in a variety of ways.

Examples and Ideas: Objects (using pictures, statues, variety of relevant objects, experiments, video clips, etc.) Teacher (can dress up, act something out, use physical motions, write something on the board and not say anything at all, do anything out of the ordinary.) Guests (can come in and do any of the above)

Audio (this can be music, instruments, speaking in another language, simply quoting something unusual and/or relevant, reading an excerpt of something unusual and/or relevant.) Students (change seating arrangement, do an out of the ordinary group activity or boredom busters, skits, questioning the students re: something very relevant or totally irrelevant to them.) Be creative and always save your ideas in a file to be used at another time. (See below)

Set Inductions (Warm ups, hooks, attention getters, bell ringers...)

#1
New Persona: Teacher comes into classroom using a new persona, i.e. strict teacher, movie star, visitor who cannot speak English, etc.

#2
Teacher Act: Teacher comes into classroom wearing boots and short skirt to illustrate a grammar point depicting a boot. (Good for Spanish teachers)

#3
Kitchen Pot: Teacher comes into classroom with a big pot. She pulls out the adjective endings that are in the pot and gives to a student to superimpose over German adjective ending chart.

#4
Sweeper: Teacher comes into classroom with a broom and sweeps. Then she tapes signs with subordinate conjunctions on the broom handle to illustrate that now the verb goes at the end of the sentence.

#5
Lost Love:
Dating skit to fit with a song about lost love. Guy is sitting & reminiscing about having this great relationship, two people act out all the things they did together. Then another guy shows up and steals the girl because he does something better.

#6
Memory Cards: With memory game of lots of pictures, teacher and students describe the pictures according to current theme. Ask about weather conditions, animals, etc.

#7
Memory Match: With memory game (or something similar), teacher has students find their match, either the opposite picture, the matching or coordinating picture and then have students find a clue from other student, ask a question, etc.

#8
Opening Song: Routine and structure are important in school. Begin each circle time with a simple "Hello" song in the foreign language. Choose a traditional song from the target culture or create your own. Use the same song each day in order to signal the shift in languages and focus the children's attention.

#9
Input of New Words and Phrases:
Now is the time to bring out your fun and surprises. Use props, costumes, pictures, storybooks, drama, songs and movement to introduce new language expressions and concepts. Reinforce the weekly theme in the foreign language lesson. For example, if the weekly theme is "Dinosaurs," you can count dinosaurs, graph them, sort them by size and color, and tell dinosaur stories.

# 10
Guided Practice:
Short games or activities will reinforce the new language expressions. Students like to identify items that they pull out of a mystery bag, act out stories as the teacher narrates, or challenge that friendly puppet friend to a game of concentration or tic tac toe. The possibilities for guided practice are as limitless as your imagination. Just remember to keep the games noncompetitive and make sure everyone gets a turn. If possible, crafts, coloring, or small group games can extend the lesson.

# 11
Goodbye Song: Create closure to the day's learning with a rhyme or finger play related to the theme. After about 20 minutes of language immersion, it will be time for individual "Goodbye's" and a closing song.

# 12
Coloring: Color-by-number activities are a fun way to help students independently read colors in the target language. Choose from the multitude of free coloring pages online and create target language color-by-number activities. Translate the code for geometric, mosaic surprise pictures for even more motivation.

# 13
Reading about Colors:
After aural-oral color activities, use childrens books to introduce the written word. Use the appropriate target language versions of classics such as: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle and Bill Martin [Henry Holt and Co., 2007] The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle [HarperTrophy, 1988] Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni [HarperTrophy, 1995] Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh [Voyager Books, 1995]

# 14
Speaking Games: Once kids are comfortable hearing and identifying colors in the target language, its time for them to speak. Spread out a path of colored paper stepping stones and send kids on a "Rainbow Walk," reciting the colors as they walk the path. Play games of Candy Land (Milton Bradley) in small groups, en-couraging players to identify colors out loud. Go Fish and Tic Tac Toe are other effective partner and small group color activities.

# 15
Graphing Colors: Enrich language learning with a little content. Kids can create human bar graphs depicting their favorite color, or the color of their clothes, hair or eyes. Surprise your students by allowing them to graph -- and then eat -- the colored candies in packs of Skittles, M&Ms, Smarties, or Sprees. (Just be aware of allergies.)