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Spring Break

 

    As many schools approach Spring Break or have started Spring Break the level of excitement and energy is building. Spring Break normally marks the start or close to the start of the 4th and final quarter of the school year. Our school hasn't gotten to Spring Break yet so here are some activities or ideas I'm using for this time. 

  1. Quizizz Lesson - You can build your notes into a quizizz and after 2 slides of notes, I do some questions they can earn points on. 
  2. Increasing student responses - By this I mean, during the lesson itself I am checking with students more frequently through thumbs up/down/middle responses.  
  3. Brain Breaks - The students are need more frequent brain breaks. 

How does any of this help with focus or material retention? 

The students want to win the Quizizz so questions come up more frequently. The students are more likely to write down key information, when I remind them they are going to practice what I said for points soon.  I have very competitive classes so you may have to make some adjustments if your classes aren't competitive. I love the thumbs up/down/middle because it gives me instant feedback, it also lets me ask who wants to defend their response. Students get to explain why they think they have the correct answer. 

Example: Are the angles in the picture complementary?

Thumbs up - yes

Thumbs down - no

Thumb middle - I don't know

Our brain breaks are not long only about 5 minutes each but they help students get refocused. The off topic comment a students been waiting to make can finally come out so they can focus again. They can also use this time to get some movement in and energy out. 

Spring can be a crazy time with a classroom packed with energy but I would encourage you to harness that energy and turn it into something great. 

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