After a lazy summer it will be
important to grab students’ attention in meaningful ways and keep it all year
long. Create interactive lessons, encourage participation, and focus students
on interesting work.
· First things first.
Put all the tables and chairs into position.
· Start unpacking
boxes. Unpack your entire decor, dust everything, and set it up around the
room.
· Throw out anything in
the boxes that looks too worn, and make a note to replace it.
· Begin to collect all
the items that will need to be labelled with student names.
· Make the class list,name
tags on desks, portfolios, etc.
· Distribute student
supplies and materials to each desk.
· Get books out from
library and ready for students.
· Plan the First day
packet for children: like welcome back assembly, welcome card etc.
· Collect the holiday
homework, projects, crafts etc from the students and Create checklist.
· Set up and decorate
the main bulletin board with welcome and smileys…
· Set up special
classroom bulletin boards for Birthdays, Star Student of the Week, etc.
· Prepare all lesson
plans for the first week.
· Complete the
Attendance Register.
· Make sure that the
Bus number is not changed and all students are assigned to their particular
bus.
· Update class
website and add resources.
· Display the 5 Rules
as well as the Conscious Discipline Rules.
· Be firm and
consistent.
· If teaching is not
fun for you, then learning is not fun for them. Create joyful teaching and learning opportunities through purposeful
design.
· Don’t spend too much
time with the assumption, students have lost ground over the summer. Pre-assess
students on the skills and standards that you know.
· Give a warm welcome
to the students with a smiley face.
· Talk to them, Hug
them, Play with them etc.
· Start
again—everyday. Each day of school is a
new day. Give yourself a fresh start
daily. Most students are forgiving; when
you have a hard day, remember, tomorrow is a new day
· Be humble—we can all
learn to be more effective in the classroom
· Smile—pretend like
every student you meet is in need of a smile and a kind word, you’ll be right
most of the time.
