A new school year is beginning. My view is that teachers need to always have kids on task! Checking homework in the beginning of class,doing clerical stuff? Finish your lesson with a few minutes to spare? What to do? I am not a believer in giving "free" time. That just encourages a " talk fest". Learning should be a continuous process. Classroom teachers should always have activities, such as Bell Ringers, to use during a class period. If you'd like to see all my ideas for when you have a few minutes of time left in your class period, please go to this link to read "Got a Minute, Two or Five?"
Here's a Bell Ringer to use in your classroom, using a news story.
August 28, 2015:
Six scientists have entered a dome, 36 ft. in diameter and 20 ft. tall, on the summit of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. They will stay inside the dome for 365 days! Part of a NASA program(HI-SEAS or Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) to study the effects on a long mission to Mars, the location mimics the landscape found on the planet Mars. The dome has six bedrooms, a bathroom, exercise area, dining area, kitchen and a lab. At some times, the scientists will conduct experiments outside the habitat but only while wearing space suits.
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Have a wonderful school year!
Gail
Photograph from abc.net.au
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