survival tips for the 1st month of school: 10+ tips & resources

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#1 Walk in motivated!

Before class begins …

Exercise

Eat breakfast Give yourself peptalks

Relax with music Meditate

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#2 Engage Parents!

Host parent workshops!

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Get students & parents to sign an Acceptable/Responsible Use Policy (AUP)

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#3 Change your classroom environment!

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Makerspaces!

Learning Stations

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Take it outside!

#4 Let students create their learning environment!

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#4 Let students create their learning environment!

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Decorate the bulletin board

Photo collage Idea paint

Design their virtual learning spaces

#5 Be proactive & preventive when it comes to classroom management

Come up with the rules together

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• Arrive on time • Be nice to others • Share • Clean after myself • Listen

#6 Unbind yourself from

textbooks

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Lesson Planning

#7 Build your survival kit!

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#8 Cultivate relationships!

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#9 Integrate technology effectively

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Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator. - Michael Fullan

Via Steve-wheeler.blogspot.com

Edorigami.wikispaces.com, Andrew Churches

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Add a technology component to current

lessons or projects

Edshelf.com Graphite.org

iLearnTechnology.com ideastoinspire.co.uk

#10 Make it fun!

They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you

made them feel. - Carol Buchner

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