Tips and Tricks - Teacher Week 2013

Drink lots of coffee!

 

Okay, that may not work for everyone.

Here are a few tips/tricks that you may

find useful in your classroom.

 

#1:  Get a good joke book.

At random times during the week,

tell your kids a joke.

It gets everyone laughing

and is a nice little break.

 

#2:  Play Rock, Paper, Scissors.

This idea was a brain break

that I've seen shared in a few places.

I play teacher against the whole class.

I'll stand at the front of the room facing my class

and away we go.

My kids LOVE this!

Do some of them change their choice

so they can beat me?

Sure, but it's just for fun.

WARNING:  It can get loud!

 

#3:  Have students give a 2-word summary

about their weekend.

I use this activity on Monday and Friday.

The students get a chance to give a 2-word summary

about what they did/plan to do on the weekend.

I actually read about this as a way

to work on main idea.

We discuss that we need to be able

to figure out the activity from the two words.

 

Good example:  Grandma's house or birthday party

Bad example:  had fun or did stuff.

 

What are some tips you can share with us?

Be sure to link up so we can hear them!

 

Also, be sure to come back on Saturday for my link up: