http://tweenteacher.com/2009/08/29/first-3-days-of-school-tips-lessons-and-reflection-for-the-start-of-the-year/ Heather Wolpert-Gawron Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://tweenteacher.com/2009/08/29/first-3-days-of-school-tips-lessons-and-reflection-for-the-start-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4568 tweenteacher.com » Middle School Nuts and Bolts: Start of the Year Routine and Handouts Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:23:10 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=545#comment-4568 [...] each spot at the small group table based on my curriculum. I’ve written about this before here. At each table, there’s a Bella, a Skullduggery, a Wart, a Prince Hal, and a Tatiana (this [...] [...] each spot at the small group table based on my curriculum. I’ve written about this before here. At each table, there’s a Bella, a Skullduggery, a Wart, a Prince Hal, and a Tatiana (this [...]

]]> http://tweenteacher.com/2009/08/29/first-3-days-of-school-tips-lessons-and-reflection-for-the-start-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 tweenteacher.com » When you Can’t Talk, You Can Still Teach Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:35:44 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=545#comment-3124 [...] In the front of the room, using a combination of dramatic mime and sign language hastily remembered from some by-gone day-camp activity (but quite useful for reasons such as these) I spell out who should get the journals and Works In Progress folders from the cabinets. It goes something like this: I put up three fingers. Some kids shuts up the students and the “shushes” begin. Then another student catches on. “W!” she yells. Now the kids are in on the game. I hold up my hand in the sign of an “A” (a sign I learned from Helen Hunt and a chimp in the prolific movie “Project X“) “A!” another kid screams. I sign “T,” and it too is yelled out. It doesn’t take long for a kid to yell out “Watson!” and as was my intention, all the “Watsons” from the table groups stand up and get the materials. (See my earlier post on table grouping here.) [...] [...] In the front of the room, using a combination of dramatic mime and sign language hastily remembered from some by-gone day-camp activity (but quite useful for reasons such as these) I spell out who should get the journals and Works In Progress folders from the cabinets. It goes something like this: I put up three fingers. Some kids shuts up the students and the “shushes” begin. Then another student catches on. “W!” she yells. Now the kids are in on the game. I hold up my hand in the sign of an “A” (a sign I learned from Helen Hunt and a chimp in the prolific movie “Project X“) “A!” another kid screams. I sign “T,” and it too is yelled out. It doesn’t take long for a kid to yell out “Watson!” and as was my intention, all the “Watsons” from the table groups stand up and get the materials. (See my earlier post on table grouping here.) [...]

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