Learning
Relationships
Motivation
Your Brain
Activities
100
Something that teachers do that puts you to sleep.
What is non-stop talking?
100
We will strive to have this everyday. Hint: It rhymes with run!
What is Fun?
100
Stories, games, celebrations, and personal examples do this.
What is motivate?
100
Something that will make you drowsy, listless, and make you lack concentration if you do not have enough of it.
What is water?
100
A way to use technology to show what you have learned.
What is Video, Power Point, Podcast ?
200
20 minutes
What is the longest amount of time I should teach before switching to another activity?
200
A group of people organized around common values and sharing a common environment.
What is Community or Our Classroom?
200
A tool to motivate that is generated from a black box.
What is Music?
200
Caused the near catastrophic melt-down of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor.
What is sleep loss?
200
A game that involves a grid, questions, and x and o's.
What is Tic-Tac-Topic?
300
The type of communication students pay more attention to - Verbal or Non-verbal
What is non-verbal?
300
Will establish the classroom rules.
Who is us?
300
A clear picture of the outcome.
What is a goal or objective?
300
The amount of information chunks your brain can handle at one time.
What is seven?
300
A game that communicates ideas without using words.
What is Charades or Pictionary?
400
Everyone first thinks individually, then shares with a partner, and finally the pair reports to the whole group
What is think-pair-share?
400
Will become a group you can trust.
Who is your class?
400
I will give you this along the way to help you correct your mistakes and revise your work while you are still learning.
What is Feedback ?
400
A natural way to learn - memorizing or experiencing
What is experiencing?
400
A game you get to lie (tell a fib) in.
What is Three Facts and a Fib?
500
This person wants you to learn, is on your side, is willing to listen and help at all times.
Who is Mrs. Lesneski?
500
A place where you can build autonomy, competence, relationships, and have fun
What is our Morning Meeting?
500
Feeling success and connections Having choices and being interested
What is intrinsic motivation?
500
Something your brain thrives on.
What is challenge and variety?
500
An action (body-kinesthetic) way to show me what you have learned.
What is create a dance or role-play?