Making Every Second Count

Elizabeth Lovelace

1st Grade eCLASS Teacher

Haywood Elementary School

Brownsville, Tennessee

Be Prepared!

• Have your stuff ready in the morning for the whole day

• Make plans for down time

• Be organized!

Pass ownership to the students!

Make Your Behavior Plan Academically Centered

1. Individual Discipline

2. Individual Reward

3. Class Discipline

4. Class Reward

Individual Discipline – Rainforest Layers

Individual Reward – Money

• Each student has a zipper pouch in their B.E.E. folder. (Money & Notes Pouch)

• When a student does something extra special, he/she is rewarded with a piece of money depending on what six weeks we are in. (Ex. 1st six weeks = penny, 6th six weeks = quarter)

• Student keeps the money in their pouch until Friday.• On Fridays students have to cash their money into the

“banker”.• If they have a certain amount, they are able to get a treat

from the treasure box. (They have to be able to count the money.)

Class Discipline & Reward

The class starts with an amount in the red side – “the bad side”.

When the whole class is caught doing something good or receives a compliment from someone, a student is

selected to put a marble or marbles in the yellow side – “the good side”.

Reward TimeWhen the yellow side weighs more, the class receives a reward from the Mystery Prize Box.

Bathroom Breaks/Hallway Time

• Flash Cards

• Word of the Week/Day

• Famous Person of the Week

• State of the Week

Incorporating Special Days

• Plan a month ahead.

• Send home a calendar and any special news.

Calendar Example

• Devote time to the special day.– What do you want the student to learn?

Venn Diagram

Vocabulary Parade• Held annually on the Wednesday

before Halloween

• Month long project all done at home!

• Class travels to classrooms throughout the school to share

• Based on the book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier

Vocabulary Parade Rubric

Thanksgiving

Turkeys in Disguise

Christmas

• Christmas Around the World

• Board the plane – passport• Travel using Google Maps• Discuss weather• Discuss traditions/customs• Read a book based on that

country• Play games, taste food, etc.• Create a flag

Valentine’s Day – Having a Healthy Heart

Field Trips

• Make educational

• Look for free resources

• Example – Scavenger Hunt to places around town

Always have a unit ready!

Games/Assessments

Face Game

Index FixMath Problem of the Day

Flash Cards

Leap Frog

• Group game

• Grid skills

• Any type of question

Scoot!

• Individual game

• 20 stations numbered

• Students go to each station and try to answer the question in the appropriate section

• After a certain amount of time, they “scoot” to the next spot

• http://bainbridgeclass.com/

Pop Up!

• Individual game

• Students sit in chairs

• Teacher says a statement

• If student thinks the statement is true they “pop up”. If student thinks the statement is false they stay seated. (vice versa)

• Can have students explain why they did what they did

Quiet Ball• Individual Game

• Need a soft ball (“Sparkle ball”)

• Teacher tosses the ball to a random student

• The student has to answer a question

• If correct, the student stays standing and gets to toss to another random student.

• If wrong, the student has to sit down and teacher gets to throw the ball to another student.

4 Corners

• Label the 4 Corners of your classroom with A, B, C, and D

• All students stand.

• Teacher asks a questions or shows one on the board.

• Students go to what they believe is the appropriate answer.

A

C

B

D

Other Resources

• Jumbo Book of Learning Games

• Have Fun Teaching website

• Literacy-Building Booklets Famous Americans

• Fluency-Building Plays Around the Year

• Take 10 Program

Any Questions???