Activities for Team Building, Ice-Breakers, Getting to Know You...
Remember that Building Relationships is one of the three essential elements of effective classroom instruction AND classroom management!
RIGOR, RELEVANCE, RELATIONSHIPS
Powerful Article - "The Power of Being Seen"
How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons.
www.edutopia.org/article/power-being-seen?utm_source=Edutopia%20News&utm_campaign=2ad7e54e9a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_112917_enews_beingknownmatters_mc&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29295b4c8b-2ad7e54e9a-47991263
Listening to Students..."Getting to Know Students Deeply" ~ Culturally Responsive Teaching
www.edutopia.org/blog/getting-know-students-deeply-shane-safir?utm_source=Edutopia%20News&utm_campaign=7c93fa7cc7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_080917_enews_joinusfor_mc&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29295b4c8b-7c93fa7cc7-47991263
Activities to review, including the one used in Seminar 1 (This is be a working document and updated as new activities are tried during seminar) /uploads/3/7/5/7/37575229/ice_breakers._getting_to_know_you._activities.docx
Articles to peruse about team building with your students:
"A Surefire Way for Building Classroom Community" by Anne Shaw
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-strategy-building-community-anne-shaw?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=081314%20enews%20norms%20ngm%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=feature3hed&spMailingID=9220862&spUserID=Mjg4MjA3MjM3NzAS1&spJobID=361171777&spReportId=MzYxMTcxNzc3S0
"Back to School: 3 Question Activity to Connect Students" by Maurice Elias
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-question-activities-students-maurice-elias
Empathy in Education - Sociogram Activity The goal of this activity is to identify students who may be having problems connecting with peers. Could also be utilized to build 'groups'.
http://www.empathyed.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:sociograms&catid=39:empathyed-lesson-plans&Itemid=64
"Brains in Pain Cannot Learn"...a must read!
www.edutopia.org/blog/brains-in-pain-cannot-learn-lori-desautels?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=030817%20enews%20brains%20in%20pain%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=fea1hed&spMailingID=16731479&spUserID=Mjg4MjA3MjM3NzAS1&spJobID=980628079&spReportId=OTgwNjI4MDc5S0
Remember that Building Relationships is one of the three essential elements of effective classroom instruction AND classroom management!
RIGOR, RELEVANCE, RELATIONSHIPS
Powerful Article - "The Power of Being Seen"
How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons.
www.edutopia.org/article/power-being-seen?utm_source=Edutopia%20News&utm_campaign=2ad7e54e9a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_112917_enews_beingknownmatters_mc&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29295b4c8b-2ad7e54e9a-47991263
Listening to Students..."Getting to Know Students Deeply" ~ Culturally Responsive Teaching
www.edutopia.org/blog/getting-know-students-deeply-shane-safir?utm_source=Edutopia%20News&utm_campaign=7c93fa7cc7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_080917_enews_joinusfor_mc&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29295b4c8b-7c93fa7cc7-47991263
Activities to review, including the one used in Seminar 1 (This is be a working document and updated as new activities are tried during seminar) /uploads/3/7/5/7/37575229/ice_breakers._getting_to_know_you._activities.docx
Articles to peruse about team building with your students:
"A Surefire Way for Building Classroom Community" by Anne Shaw
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-strategy-building-community-anne-shaw?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=081314%20enews%20norms%20ngm%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=feature3hed&spMailingID=9220862&spUserID=Mjg4MjA3MjM3NzAS1&spJobID=361171777&spReportId=MzYxMTcxNzc3S0
"Back to School: 3 Question Activity to Connect Students" by Maurice Elias
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-question-activities-students-maurice-elias
Empathy in Education - Sociogram Activity The goal of this activity is to identify students who may be having problems connecting with peers. Could also be utilized to build 'groups'.
http://www.empathyed.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:sociograms&catid=39:empathyed-lesson-plans&Itemid=64
"Brains in Pain Cannot Learn"...a must read!
www.edutopia.org/blog/brains-in-pain-cannot-learn-lori-desautels?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=030817%20enews%20brains%20in%20pain%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=fea1hed&spMailingID=16731479&spUserID=Mjg4MjA3MjM3NzAS1&spJobID=980628079&spReportId=OTgwNjI4MDc5S0