Weekly Warm-Up Schedule 2015-2016

Elissa posted her weekly warm-up schedule, together with it inspired me to recollect nearly how I desire to construction my warm-ups this year. Last year, my warm-ups looked similar this:

Mon - Good Things - Each educatee got the gamble to portion amongst the shape something skillful that had happened to them recently. Plenty of bad things were shared too...

Tuesday - Trivia - I gave the shape a trivia enquiry to answer. I had problem finding trivia that my students institute interesting.

Midweek - Witzzle - We played three games of Witzzle on the SMART Board. This together with Good Things Mon were the hits of the week. These were the 2 days students would complain if they missed!

Th - Brain Teaser - Students were presented amongst a encephalon teaser to solve. I blogged nearly several of the encephalon teasers I used here, here, here, together with here. (I'm also actually excited nearly this encephalon teaser.)

Fri - Funnies - I shared a few jokes amongst the class. Students wee also invited to portion a joke amongst the class. Sometimes I would demo a comic strip or two. Most of the fourth dimension was spent talking nearly how terrible of a joke teller Ms. Hagan was. It has give-up the ghost a running joke throughout the school. I'm known every 2nd the crazy truthful cat lad who can't tell a decent joke.

I've decided to proceed Good Things together with Witzzle since they were hits. I'm replacing Trivia together with Funnies amongst curt games. Brain Teasers are sticking around, but I'm changing the holler of the day.

Here's the electrical flow conception for 2015-2016.

Good Things Mon - Students tin portion a skillful affair amongst the class. I necessitate to run on education students to hold upwards respectful when other students are sharing their skillful things which has e'er been a work inward the past.

Taboo Tuesday - I e'er larn a kicking out of playing this game amongst students. This is i of those games I line out when they telephone phone a shape coming together together with 80% of my shape walks out the door. Though, I've changed the game set-up a flake to run inward my classroom. Here's how I conception to role it on Tuesdays at the commencement of the class. I'll produce in all probability iv taboo cards for the class. 2 volition hold upwards fun together with volition hold upwards stolen from the actual game. The other 2 volition hold upwards math vocab words. I volition role a random holler generator to select iv students to hold upwards the guesser. On each student's turn, they volition plough together with thence their dorsum is to the SMART Board. I volition seat upwards the taboo bill of fare on the board. The bill of fare has the give-and-take the shape is trying to larn the educatee to approximate AND words they aren't allowed to say. The shape volition lead keep turns trying to larn the educatee to tell the right word.

Wednesday Witzzle - We'll play three rounds of Witzzle. I'll proceed amongst my tradition of giving them 2 positive target numbers together with i negative target number. They e'er complain nearly the negative numbers, but it's exciting to consider them amend inward that expanse every 2nd the twelvemonth progesses.

Train Game Thursday - I meant to weblog nearly this at the goal of final year, but it hasn't happened yet. Last Christmas, my sis gave me the game 20 Express by Blue Orange Games. The game is pretty quick. It involves lots of thinking nearly probability. There is strategy together with luck involved. I played it amongst my students final year, together with they actually enjoyed it. The scoring organization is a flake hard for students to roll their minds or together with thence at first. And, I had a few problems amongst students trying to cheat. But, other than that, it was a fun together with engaging game. For the residuum of the year, students kept begging, "Are nosotros ever going to larn to play that educate game again?" The fellowship has extra playing sheets on their website that you lot tin impress which is what I used amongst my students final year. We simply slid them inward a dry erase sleeve. Though, I recollect I'll impress them on card stock together with laminate a shape fix for the upcoming twelvemonth since we'll hold upwards using them i time a week.

Figure It Out Friday - On Fridays, we'll hold upwards doing a mix of encephalon teasers together with puzzles. I similar that this allows me to comprise dissimilar types of logic puzzles or Which One Doesn't Belong?

I made posters to hang on my wall to remind students how nosotros produce each day. You tin download them here. I've uploaded them every 2nd a non-editable PDF file together with an editable Publisher file. If you'd similar to edit the Publisher file, you'll necessitate to download the next complimentary fonts: Londrina Shadow, Euphoria Script, HVD Comic Serif Pro, Troika, Special Elite, together with Amatic.

Here's what final year's posters looked like. I'll update this amongst novel pictures i time my classroom is decorated.