Wow! We are so excited that our retreat is just a little over a month away. We cannot wait to see everyone and have an amazing time together. This year, we will be changing our round table/workshop session slightly so that we can best accommodate all of the amazing educators that will be there. Here are the details for our new session format! Round Tables/ Poster Sessions- We will be turning our round table sessions into "poster sessions" this year. A poster session is a multi-booth/table environment where attendees have the chance to engage with the teacher presenters one on one or in small groups. Poster sessions allow the teachers presenters the opportunity to create a space and session that is centered around the topic or idea that they are sharing. During this time, attendees are welcome to stop and talk with any poster session that pique's their interest. Some poster sessions are more like Q&A, some are listening to a brief presentation, ...
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Student-Led Morning Meeting
5th Grade Morning Meeting In our 5th grade classroom, we always start our day with a morning meeting. The meeting format changes as we grow as a class, but there are some aspects of our meeting that remain the same. I have often been asked about our morning meeting formats so I thought I would highlight some of our favorite parts of our meeting time together. Good Morning Yes, this may seem small but you would be surprised how many of us don't say "Good Morning" to our kiddos! Every morning we start off our time together by shouting "Good Morning!" to each other with big smiles! It is a great way to start our day with a positive vibe. We use the Class Slides with Timers TPT file from Teach Create Motivate to help us stay on track with our morning meeting. Here are just a few of the slides that we use. You can check out her product here if you are interested! Our Class Goals One of our students starts with the reading of our class ...
Setting Classroom New Year Goals
Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017! Here's to a fresh start, new beginnings and updated goals! Goals...that is where today's quick post comes in. Every year, I like to spend the first day back from break checking in with the students and resetting our focus as a classroom and as individuals. What are goals? What are OUR goals? What is important to us? How are these goals going to help us be successful? Why will these goals help us climb to success? I use this activity as a springboard to the kickoff of the second half of our year for a couple of reasons. 1. Students are more focused. 2. Students better understand what they need and how to accomplish that. 3. Classroom community is stronger and there is more support. Today, both of our classes brainstormed a list of things that they wanted to focus on for the remainder of the school year. They thought about what they wanted to accomplish as a class and as individuals and then they chose ...
