1. Keep the Routine
Students will behave their best if you stick with what you started with. For me, that means I start my day with spelling and end it with Bible (I teach in a private school). My students have been trained in this schedule all year and it works best to keep it the same.
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| We end with Bible Lesson |
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| Keep working with routines |
2. Add in some technology
You may decide to keep your schedule, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun! This time of year is a great time to do some projects together. My class used Flipgrid to share their research with each other. They were able to collaborate by commenting through video on each other's projects.
More about that HERE in my 7 ways to present digitally in the classroom.
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| LINK to resource |
3. Increate Movement
The weather warms up and cools down to rain. They are either hyper from the awesome weather or cooped up from too many indoor recesses. This is the perfect time to use "brain breaks" or "Go Noodle"
4. Book Clubs
My students LOVE book clubs and they are strategically placed at the end of the year. They are a fun way to keep kids reading. It also helps motivate them to find books they love before summer.
5. Fun Behavior Incentives
How about switching up your behavior incentive? One thing I love doing is selecting a student name and placing it in a special place. I tell my students that I have selected a name for the day. If that student behaves well, then they are rewarded with x,y, or z. If not, they will never know who it was and their name goes back in the pile for another turn on another day.
6. STEM activities
These activities are fun too! Get their brains thinking about science, technology engineering, and math. This is a good opportunity for collaboration as well.
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| Link to resource HERE |
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