Classroom+strategies

Creative strategies
Employment Forum brainstorm in response to resources Mooni Jarl extract

Results from our placemat activity Week 1


• **5 – ways to engage students** Quiz time, Roll call with a specific word e.g. rather than say ‘here’ say a medieval word, chanting song/volume shifts, mystery box, real life connections e.g. bring in the plans for the new library and relate to what maths is required, Youtube & movie clips when relevant/surprising, newspaper articles, rhyming songs, beach ball with letters and numbers and throw it to kids, (where right hand lands, think of a word), A good story/picture book, clapping game with number facts, Body percussion to a song that related to their unit, Making rain (percussive/soundscape), The Magic If (Imagine… go on a journey… breathing).. Teacher lead description, ask for student s input, at end debrief) • **4 – games you can play with students** (apart from Heads Down, Thumbs Up & Duck Duck Goose!) Around the world e.g. spelling game first person says something related to the subject, next person says something else around the class, Buzz – stand up in room, maths facts, if right two steps, if touch someone they’re out. Magical Goop, circle, teacher with ball of goop, shape into whatever wanted, squish it and pass it on, Ship and shore (modify to the theme, then let the kids do it), • **3 – stories or books that are great** Where’s wally, Going on bear hunt, wombat stew, the Lorax, Eric Carle books, Animalia/Uno’s Garden/The Waterhole, Sean Tan books (Rabbits, Red Tree, The Arrival, Memory) Enid Blyton (Magic Chair) Roald Dahl, Paul Jennings, • **2 – songs or pieces of music you could use** We are one, Home among the gum trees, Have a walk and we’ll stop (transition), Walk the dinosaur, U2, Caught in the crowd, We can be friends • **1 – way to engage students in playful exploration** Animals movement, Freeze frames, making letters, drama corner/ themed prop box, Lego building kits, stacking materials (with a purpose)., Brainteasers, Class toy
 * Result of the Week 4 brainstorm of making a list of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1**