Don't invest much time in icebreakers. I have never made a connection through an ice-breaking activity, sorry. Instead, invest in something meaningful as a community, such as a connection map, or a student-designed tour of the classroom, or anything that the students can work on as a team challenge. If they can focus on a task rather than the act of connecting, the community building will naturally start to evolve.
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Directions for Foldables - 0 views
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directions for how to make foldables for classes
A Five Part Template For Designing an Interesting Lesson - 4 views
Educational Leadership:Expecting Excellence:Rigor Redefined - 1 views
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"Rigor Redefined" article that is a nice introduction for the argument to increase/improve the content and challenge of K-12 education
teaching standards - 1 views
Lemov-Chapter-1.pdf - 5 views
Page 1 of comments on Sr. Wooly - "Billy y Las Botas" (English Subtitles) - YouTube - 0 views
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6 min. uTube video, in Spanish with subtitles
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6 min. uTube video, in Spanish with subtitles
Puedo ir al Bano...video - 0 views
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Made by Billy la Bufanda person, pretty funny
A Kinder, Slower, More Receptive Approach to the Start of School - 0 views
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students get to make decorating choices as well as furniture setup decisions. Start learning. I know I said to go easy on curriculum the first week, but do get started with something right away. The students are ready to learn because they cannot wait to see what it will be like in this new grade.
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Great article about spending time in the first week building relationships, rather than setting rules
CrosswalkFinalAligningCCSSLanguageStandards.pdf - 2 views
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17-page document that aligns CCSS to the ACTFL standards
Education Week Teacher: Grade Changes: Using Marks to Motivate Students - 0 views
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Nice, easy article about grading efficiently and effectively
YouTube - 0 views
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7 min. video about the important elements of teaching that help cognitive learning, easy to watch, nice general reminder
More Women, but Not Nearly Enough - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Fascinating information about the importance of male/female ratios --This has huge implications for us when developing groups
Cooperative L-g article, for. Languages - 1 views
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Includes example activities, great resource
Cooperative Learning - 2 views
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