I've taught in inner city schools (in fact, the bulk of my teaching time
has been in the inner city, and ALL of my teaching experience has been
with low SES and ethnically diverse schools!), so you might want to give
her a way to blow off steam and relax. She'd probably also love
anything you can throw her way; I have tons of stuff now, but that is
because when I started teaching I had to buy it all myself or write a
grant for it. I tried to leave some of the grant funded materials when
I left the one district, and was told they'd throw it all away...
In any case: Family Fluxx or EcoFluxx would be good choices. If she has
a life-skills class, I'd be happy to send you (or her) the Life skills
adaptation that my students made.
Other games that my students really like: Uno, Scattergories, Scrabble,
Monopoly, Payday, and Life. Blurt is okay, and I like Apples to Apples,
but my students have a hard time with it.
I have tried using Nanofictionary, but that is too hard for my
students... I am thinking of using the Blanks this year as part of my
one assignment; one of the goals of that assignment is to increase
fluency in writing. If I gave each child a stack of blanks and a timer,
we could see how quickly they could put together a paragraph.
Magi
Christopher Hickman wrote:
Hello folks,
My cousin has just started her job as the Special Education teacher
for 6th grade in a Henrico County school (yeah, the place that incited
a riot for $100 iBooks). I know that a lot of you on this list are
teachers and that some are also in Special Education. I'd like to
siphon off some of your collective experience and recommend
appropriate games for her to try with her students.
What say you?
Topher
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