More quick ideas to stay connected with students
Five Facts
- Students write five facts on an index card. Make sure the five facts are not something I can get from looking at the student or get from their school records.
- Save these facts to read at various times during the year. For instance, when kiddos are getting antsy or seem to be dozing off. Randomly pull out the stack of cards, read a fact and see if students can guess who it is.
- The teacher writes the first entry in the dialogue journal based on one of the five facts the student has shared.
- It suggested that students write one "letter" a week a their journals. Ask students to update what is happening. What are they reading, listening to, playing, or watching? What are they excited, happy, sad, or worried about?
- As a middle school teacher with approximately 100 students, I think this might be too much for me to handle. I am thinking of having students do a Five Minute Write every month or so. Good timing might be before or after a long-weekend, a vacation, holiday, etc.
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