"The Marshmallow Challenge"

5/21/2012

I heard about this at the TBL in Asia conference so looked it up. It's pretty interesting! In the CLE2 class we build a marshmallow tower too, but students are allowed to use many marshmallows. The tower described in this video sounds a lot harder to make. However, it has some similar themes, such as teamwork and prototyping. Check it out!

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I'm Sarah Forbes. I'm the
K-1 ELL Teacher at John F. Kennedy Elementary, Vermont, and President-Elect of the Northern New England TESOL Board. I have my MATESOL and K-12 Licensure in ESL. I spent several years teaching English in Japan at Kanazawa Technical College and have also worked at Saint Michael's College as the Graduate Assistant to the Applied Linguistics Department, and Instructor in the Intensive English Program, and Summer TESOL Certificate Program. In addition, I have worked with Vermont Refugee Resettlement and through local grant budgets to provide English classes for Adults from the refugee community. I am passionate about sharing resources and experiences that can help other teachers in their work with ELLs.

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