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Who Am I? - Brainstorming

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students brainstorm lists of places, events and relationships that define them. They search for clip art and pictures in magazines to illustrate the items on their list and create a graphic timeline of their lives.
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a survey of interests to allow the teacher to become quickly acquainted with each student and introduce themselves using an alliterative adjective that best describes their personality.
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Rules and Procedures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define classroom policies and procedures. They discuss the school-wide discipline plan. Through a teacher presentation, students examine the analogy of the importance of following traffic rules to the importance of classroom...
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First Day Of School Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson plan that is concerned about conducting activities that should be done on the first day of school. The goal of the lesson plan is for the teacher and students to become acquainted in learning each other's...
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introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson that is intended for the first days of school. They are led through introductions and how the class is organized for working on a daily basis. They sign behavior contracts and other paperwork as directed...
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Floogle Game

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a game of concentration, listening, and speech. While standing in a circle, students pass around an object which has been named a nonsense word. Two objects are passed around the circle, in opposite directions,...
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Lesson Plan
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The Kissing Hand

For Teachers K
Students listen to "The Kissing Hand," by Audrey Penn to calm their fears of the first days of preschool or kindergarten.
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Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Dismissing the Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient time management strategy. Dismssing students from class is the strategy discussed.