Morning Meeting, Icebreakers, Get to know you ideas for distance learning – got you covered! Taking a spin off the Virtual Morning Meeting post , let’s dive into another great Here’s a morning meeting idea for Zoom (modified for in person) but easy to use for 2021 that you can use virtually. These virtual distance learning morning meeting idea for…
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Do you want to know an easy way to build classroom connections? Attendance time is a cherished time in my classroom. We use attendance questions to get students sharing their likes, dislikes, opinions, and thoughts in a safe way. Everyday a new question is asked by myself or the attendance helper and we instantly get to see a small…
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Whether we like it or not, all teachers will have to know what the discipline policy will be in the classroom. At the beginning of the school year, You MIGHT have a “honeymoon” period of 1-3 days at the very start where the true colors have not come out yet, but even that is not a guarantee as I have…
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Coming up on the new year, I always get super reflective and start thinking about the bigger picture, what are the biggest concerns and triumphs of the world currently, and how I fit into it at all. Am I the only one? While in the midst of self-awareness session, I started thinking about how The Golden Rule could really change…
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I know most teachers with good classroom management strategies would say the answer to the title question is “usually not.” If you are normally a more reserved teacher, then yelling could certainly take them by surprise. lol. But, at least it has been my own personal experience, that many students get yelled at at home quite a bit, and have…
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