I wana try the Super Speed teaching tht i have downloaded. Do u have any videos relating to this so its easy to see how these activities r done inside the classroom?

thnx

I don't think there are any videos of SuperSpeed, but I just recently started it with only minimal introduction and it works fairly smoothly on its own. The only issue I encountered was getting my kids to always start at the beginning (except for the words they skip from earning zingers). They would go for a minute, then when I had them switch some of they would just pick up where the left off.

Also, if at all possible try to avoid playing yourself so that you can circulate and observe, at least at the beginning. I haven't had any deliberate cheating (granted this is 3rd grade), but they have done some weird things I had to correct.

I have a SuperSpeed 100 video being uploaded to youtube as we speak. It will be on this site soon after that. As jwhicks said...try it out. You'll love it. The video is pretty self explanatory so you shouldn't have any trouble.

And don't be shy with it...at any age, they love the race. I have middle-schoolers...and some ultra too-cool ones at that...and they look forward to SuperSpeed 1000 big time.

Avoid the pitfalls I have made:
-- be sure you fully understand the 'rules' and methods of moving ahead before you explain it to your students
-- model, model, model the process of how to move ahead in the game so you're not running around explaining it to each team each time
-- USE TEACH-OKAY when explaining the rules and methods of the game so that students hear you say, and hear each other say that you START AT THE SAME PLACE ON BOTH TRIALS. It took my students quite a few mistakes before they really understood that, because they weren't completely listening (what? middle-schoolers??)
--don't 'fight with' the ones that refuse to really 'get into it'...just walk by, prompt or praise, and keep going. Don't stress...they'll come around.

Enjoy!

thnx for the Kindergarten kidpix dude! u can remove it in 2 days time.

i think i gonna have a look @ youtube about the superspeed videos. thnx a lot for all the help and tips guys~

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