I’m
listening to New Girl on Netflix. Season 3 just came out so I’m kinda binge
watching after school before my hubs gets home.
I
am currently love that tomorrow is Friday! I need a relaxing weekend so bad!
Last weekend we went out of town to my high school reunion. I really need to
catch up on laundry, organizing my closet, and cleaning my house. Everything
with my house has taken the back burner this week and I need to get it
organized. This goes with what I want…a magically fairy to come do this all for
me. Haha!
I
am currently thinking I have too much on my to do list. This pin kinda explains
it:
I
am needed to finish my lesson plans for next week. I need to add science plans
in there and send them out to my team.
Trick:
My trick for you is to always set a visual timer in your room. That way the
kids will know how much time they have to complete the activity. Instead of
saying ten minutes they can see the numbers decreasing and know to keep working.
You can also use a sand timer for younger kids that don’t understand time yet.
I use timer tools from Kagan but there are several apps out there you can use
for free.
Signing off so I can go get all this work done!
I love using timers in my classroom! My favorite is online-stopwatch.com. There are simple timers that zoom to full-screen and count up OR down, and then there are "fun" timers that I save for "special occasions." Not only are the kids VERY aware of the time, but they're typically pretty quiet when I use those fun timers because they want to make sure they don't miss any action! :)
ReplyDelete~Mrs. K. from The Teacher Garden Blog
I love the idea of using special occasion timers! I'm sure the kids LOVE watching those! Thanks for stopping by!
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