I’ve always believed in being intentional in everything I do. Everything should and do have a purpose. When you have to get your curriculum completed in a certain amount of time, make every moment count.
As an educator it is important we are being intentional in every lesson, activity, and assessment in your classroom. Stop giving students busy work, group projects, or videos to watch with no purpose.
In our opening meeting our principal told us that our Superintendent didn’t want to see any Getting to Know You Bingo on Day 1. Perfect, because we don’t have time for all the “fudge” activities.
I found this awesome activity on Pinterest called Figure Me Out. What a purposeful activity, I thought. Student solve math problems for them to get to know you. I recreated the activity to help me formatively assess students on an 8th level.
This is my Figure Me Out and Getting to Know Your Teacher Activity.
For their first day homework assignment, each student will create one for them and provide an answer key (being intentional). The homework will force them to think critically about what problems to create to come up with their needed solution.
I’ll share some of their work soon...
What are some of your favorite intentional activities to begin the school year?
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