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Making Every Second Count
Elizabeth Lovelace
1st Grade eCLASS Teacher
Haywood Elementary School
Brownsville, Tennessee
Be Prepared!
• Have your stuff ready in the morning for the whole day
• Make plans for down time
• Be organized!
Pass ownership to the students!
Make Your Behavior Plan Academically Centered
1. Individual Discipline
2. Individual Reward
3. Class Discipline
4. Class Reward
Individual Discipline – Rainforest Layers
Individual Reward – Money
• Each student has a zipper pouch in their B.E.E. folder. (Money & Notes Pouch)
• When a student does something extra special, he/she is rewarded with a piece of money depending on what six weeks we are in. (Ex. 1st six weeks = penny, 6th six weeks = quarter)
• Student keeps the money in their pouch until Friday.• On Fridays students have to cash their money into the
“banker”.• If they have a certain amount, they are able to get a treat
from the treasure box. (They have to be able to count the money.)
Class Discipline & Reward
The class starts with an amount in the red side – “the bad side”.
When the whole class is caught doing something good or receives a compliment from someone, a student is
selected to put a marble or marbles in the yellow side – “the good side”.
Reward TimeWhen the yellow side weighs more, the class receives a reward from the Mystery Prize Box.
Bathroom Breaks/Hallway Time
• Flash Cards
• Word of the Week/Day
• Famous Person of the Week
• State of the Week
Incorporating Special Days
• Plan a month ahead.
• Send home a calendar and any special news.
Calendar Example
• Devote time to the special day.– What do you want the student to learn?
Venn Diagram
Vocabulary Parade• Held annually on the Wednesday
before Halloween
• Month long project all done at home!
• Class travels to classrooms throughout the school to share
• Based on the book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
Vocabulary Parade Rubric
Thanksgiving
Turkeys in Disguise
Christmas
• Christmas Around the World
• Board the plane – passport• Travel using Google Maps• Discuss weather• Discuss traditions/customs• Read a book based on that
country• Play games, taste food, etc.• Create a flag
Valentine’s Day – Having a Healthy Heart
Field Trips
• Make educational
• Look for free resources
• Example – Scavenger Hunt to places around town
Always have a unit ready!
Games/Assessments
Face Game
Index FixMath Problem of the Day
Flash Cards
Leap Frog
• Group game
• Grid skills
• Any type of question
Scoot!
• Individual game
• 20 stations numbered
• Students go to each station and try to answer the question in the appropriate section
• After a certain amount of time, they “scoot” to the next spot
• http://bainbridgeclass.com/
Pop Up!
• Individual game
• Students sit in chairs
• Teacher says a statement
• If student thinks the statement is true they “pop up”. If student thinks the statement is false they stay seated. (vice versa)
• Can have students explain why they did what they did
Quiet Ball• Individual Game
• Need a soft ball (“Sparkle ball”)
• Teacher tosses the ball to a random student
• The student has to answer a question
• If correct, the student stays standing and gets to toss to another random student.
• If wrong, the student has to sit down and teacher gets to throw the ball to another student.
4 Corners
• Label the 4 Corners of your classroom with A, B, C, and D
• All students stand.
• Teacher asks a questions or shows one on the board.
• Students go to what they believe is the appropriate answer.
A
C
B
D
Other Resources
• Jumbo Book of Learning Games
• Have Fun Teaching website
• Literacy-Building Booklets Famous Americans
• Fluency-Building Plays Around the Year
• Take 10 Program
Any Questions???