A LOT of Things Thwart Your Ability to Teach and Plan During the Winter Months.
Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, the assemblies, pageants, half days, vacations, and expectations for you to GET THINGS done despite a schedule that looks like Swiss cheese.....
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, is it a wee bit stressful?
And what about the students,
hmmm? Are they as ON TASK as you need or want them to be?
Among the kid who gets to go to Bali and insists on telling everyone about it every chance he gets, a handful of others who are talking about what they want as gifts, and the rest of them staring out the window because they are WISHING flakes to appear so they can go home....I guess we can agree that the answer to this one is...um, probably they are not as on task as you want them to be.
But What about you? Are you not guilty as well? Do you feel like this? And perhaps look this?
Maybe, in addition to a dwindling schedule and an ever increasing number of requirements, you also have to go shopping and join the HORDES of ANGRY CONSUMERS?
And then there's that FAMILY GET-TOGETHER, which is
not at all stressful....
SO NOW that THAT is settled... YOU MIGHT need some help getting from November through February, right?
PWR (that's ME!) and some of the finest teacher-sellers anywhere, SUGGEST
1. A Strong and organized lesson plan. This always cuts down on student management issues. During this time of year, you can't blame yourself or the students when they don't want to pay attention. They know they have time off to look forward to. However, a strong and rigorous plan with assessment funnels that energy, keeping students busy and focused until the end.
2. The plan should be fun and topical. In addition to be thoughtfully constructed to fill the necessary time, the more topical it is, the more likely students are to attend to the activity. Whether the work is analysis, research, writing, a project, (Or fill in the blanks), students seem more on board with an activity that related to the season,
and one that ends with a fun closure or culminating "
graded" activity on the final day.
3. It should require LESS planning than usual from you. This is essential during a period of the school year that, if it is to be believed, is even more over-scheduled and hectic than usual. You need all the help you can get. Use the pre-planned activities and lessons you have
or see the ones we have specially chosen for you, then, use them every year. Some of the ones we have below are FREE but all are reasonably priced.
CLICK on ALL or ANY to learn more....Have fun, and enjoy today and the rest of holiday rush! Special Thanks to Brynn Allison the Literary Maven, Dr. Ellen Weber, Literary Sherri, Brain Waves Instruction, and Secondary Sara!
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