Making Every Second Count

1. Making Every Second Count Elizabeth Lovelace 1st Grade eCLASS Teacher Haywood Elementary School Brownsville, Tennessee

4. Be Prepared! • Have your stuff ready in the morning for the whole day • Make plans for down time • Be organized!

5. Pass ownership to the students!

6. Make Your Behavior Plan Academically Centered • Individual Discipline • Individual Reward • Class Discipline • Class Reward

7. Individual Discipline – Rainforest Layers

8. 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.)

9. Class Discipline & Reward The class starts with an amount in the red side – “the bad side”.

10. 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”.

11. Reward Time When the yellow side weighs more, the class receives a reward from the Mystery Prize Box.

12. Bathroom Breaks/Hallway Time • Flash Cards • Word of the Week/Day • Famous Person of the Week • State of the Week

13. 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?

14. Venn Diagram

16. 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

18. Vocabulary Parade Rubric

19. Thanksgiving

20. Turkeys in Disguise

21. 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

23. Valentine’s Day – Having a Healthy Heart

24. Field Trips • Make educational • Look for free resources • Example – Scavenger Hunt to places around town

26. Always have a unit ready!

27. Index Fix Math Problem of the Day Games/Assessments Face Game Flash Cards

28. Leap Frog • Group game • Grid skills • Any type of question

29. 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/

30. 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

31. 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.

32. A B 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. C D

33. 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

34. Any Questions???