Louanne Johnson

Kick-Start Your Class (eBook, ePUB)

Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The New York Times bestseller author of Dangerous Minds has a new way to engage students LouAnne Johnson's newest book is a collection of fun and simple educational icebreaker activities that get students excited and engaged from the very first minute of class. These activities are great to use with students at all levels, and many of the activities include variations and modifications for different groups. Research has shown that the use of icebreakers increases student motivation by creating an emotional connection between the student and school. In as little as five minutes, a creative icebreaker can engage students' brains, encourage critical thinking, and much more. * Includes a fun-filled collection of icebreakers that get students thinking and keeps them engaged * Written by LouAnne Johnson, a teacher and acclaimed author of eight books * Contains ideas for promoting creativity, unifying the classroom community, preventing disruptive behavior, and creating positive attitudes towards school and learning No matter what your students' age group this book will give you the tools you need to create a classroom environment that promotes learning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118216217
• Artikelnr.: 38230102

Autorenporträt

LouAnne Johnson is the author of eight books, including the New York Times best-seller Dangerous Minds, and most recently, Teaching Outside the Box. Johnson is a former U.S. Navy journalist, Marine Corps officer, and high school teacher.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  xiii
About the Author  xv
Introduction  xvii
PART ONE: GETTING PERSONAL
Chapter One: Getting to Know You: Introductions 5
1. The Adjective Game 7
2. Autograph Collectors 8
3. Are You Kidding? 10
4. Business Card Creations   11
5. Flash Figures   12
6. Getting to Know You   14
7. I Have to & I Can't   17
8. I Never Would Have Guessed   18
9. Magic Eyes   19
10. Me in a Bag   2 0
11. Do You See What I See?   21
12. Name Cards   22
13. Right or Left Brain?   23
14. Wave Your Flag   26
15. Stand by Your Music 28
16. Would You Ever?   29
Chapter Two: Working Together: Assigning Pairs & Partners  31
17. Card Sharks   33
18. Animal Pals   34
19. Personality Matches   36
20. Comics Coworkers 38
21. Pick-a-Stick Partners 39
22. Puzzle Partners   40
23. Story Segments   41
Chapter Three: Body & Brain: Kinesthetic Activities  43
24. Beanbag Topic Toss  44
25. Birthday Circle  45
26. Brain Boosters  46
27. Find Your Folder  47
28. Keep It Up  48
29. Hello, Stranger! 50
30. Make Your Move 51
31. Meet and Greet 52
32. Name Game Ball Toss  53
33. Name Tag Search  54
34. Shall We Dance?  55
35. Symbol Search 56
36. Slow, Fast, Slow  58
37. Verb Mania  59
Chapter Four: How We Do Things: Routines & Rules  61
38. Class Chant  63
39. Call-and-Response  64
40. Crazy Quiz  66
41. Cleanup Time  68
42. Give Me Three  69
43. Noise-o-Meter  70
44. My Kind of Class  72
45. Rules Bingo 73
46 . Seat Scramble Signal  74
47. We're Going Reading  75
48. You & Me Pact  76
Chapter Five: Teamwork: Building Classroom Communities  79
49. Find the Teacher  81
50. Team Classroom Concentration 82
51. First-Day Feelings  84
52. Finish the Story  86
53. Juggling Teams  87
54. Our Class Puzzle  88
55. Multi-Balloon Float  90
56. Paper Turnover  91
57. Team Trivia  92
58. Unusual Measures  93
PART TWO: STICKING TO THE SUBJECT
Chapter Six: Mathematical Possibilities  97
59. Balancing Act  98
60. Count My Fingers  100
61. Matchstick Puzzles  101
62. The Number Game  102
63. People Shapes 104
64. Rhythm & Words  105
65. What's My Number?  106
Chapter Seven: Scientific Suggestions  107
66. Critter Connection  108
67. It's Elemental 110
68. Is That a Fact?  112
69. Mail Call  113
70. Recycled Animals  114
71. Tower Builders  115
72. What Is This?  116
Chapter Eight: Language Arts Starters  117
73. Analogy Anchors  118
74. A Picture Tells a Hundred Words  120
75. Canine Connection  121
76. Contraction Cutters  122
77. Foreign Phrases  124
78. "I Am" Poems  125
79. Meaningful Matches  126
80. Lick a Slug  127
81. Mirror Writing  128
82. Musical Words  129
83. Pictographs  130
84. Poetry-Picture Match  132
85. Proofreading Pairs  133
86. Quotations  134
87. Six-Word Summaries  136
88. Wacky Wordies  138
Chapter Nine: Rev Up the Reading  141
89. Back-to-Back  143
90. Book Swap  144
91. Fishing for Sight Words  146
92. I Can See Clearly Now  147
93. Three-Story View  148
Chapter Ten: Social Studies Scenarios  149
94. City Search  150
95. Birthday Customs  152
96. Local Geography Bingo  153
97. Name That Flag  154
98. State Silhouettes  156
99. Our World Map  158
100. Time Stretchers  159
101. World View  160
Chapter Eleven: Techno Tasks  161
102. Add a Sentence  16 2
103. Map Your School  163
104. Sell a Subject  164
105. What We Know Slideshow  165
106. Wordle Teams  166
Chapter Twelve: Artistic Experiences  169
107. Animal Figurines 171
108. Artists & Art  172
109. Head & Shoulders 174
110. "Me" Collage  175
111. Partner Silhouettes  176
112. Newspaper Hats  178
113. Tinfoil Sculptures 179
114. Window on My World  180
Chapter Thirteen: Musical Moments  183
115. Beats Me  184
116. Music-Picture Match  186
117. Musical Moods  187
118. What Color Is This Song? 188
119. Song Switch  190
Chapter Fourteen: Swell Ideas for ELLs  191
120. Body Parts  192
121. Let's Talk 194
122. Noses to Toes195
123. School Shoppers 196
124. Picture Pairs  198
125. Take a Note  199
PART THREE: FORTY WAYS TO WRAP IT UP
Chapter Fifteen: What We Learned Today: Daily Closure 205
1. ABCs 206
2. Ball Toss Recap  207
3. Big Banner  208
4. Board Bingo 210
5. Cartoon Quotes 211
6. Connect the Dots 212
7. Countdown: 3, 2, 1  213
8. Flash Cards 214
9. Fractured Phrases  215
10. Learning Tree or Garden  216
11. Little Whiteboard Review  217
12. Missing Words 218
13. Pair Shares  219
14. Paper Airplanes 220
15. Question of the Day  221
16. Quiz Questions  222
17. Rate the Lesson  223
18. Roger Recap  224
19. Sentence Starters  225
20. 60-Second Recall  226
Chapter Sixteen: Recapping the Course: End-of-Term Closure 227
21. Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1  229
22. Class Portrait  230
23. Create a Quiz  232
24. Dear Me  233
25. Dear Future Student (or Dear New Kid) 234
26. Digital Scrapbook  235
27. Draw & Discuss 236
28. Famous Quotations  237
29. I'm the Expert 238
30. I Used to Think  239
31. Learning Tips  240
32. Paper Quilt 241
33. Scrapbook  242
34. Self-Assessment  243
35. Six-Word Memoirs 244
36. Story Time  246
37. Twenty Questions  247
38. Who Wants to Earn an A?  248
39. Words of Wisdom 249
40. Write a Book  250
APPENDIX: We Want More!  251
Index 255