Tag: first

  • First Day Activity: Student Inventory

    First Day Activity: Student Inventory

    The first day of class is often very chaotic as you are taking roll, talking to students about classroom rules and beginning to learn their names.   For my classes, I also like to make notes about students on the seating chart about personal details of students, mainly because this makes it easier to learn…

  • How to Create Your Classroom Seating Chart

    How to Create Your Classroom Seating Chart

    Ideas for assigning seats in the classroom on the very first day without the awkward role call.

  • How to Have a Great First Day of School

    How to Have a Great First Day of School

    Things I do the first day that are intended to get students interested in the class and excited about science. Classroom management is still important, and I avoid going too overboard the first day because then students get the wrong impression that every day is going to be Super-Happy-Fun-Time. That being said, there are some…

  • Set the Class Tone on the First Day

    Set the Class Tone on the First Day

    This year I will have the exciting opportunity of teaching an introductory physics class to students on vocational tracks. For those not understanding ed-speak, this means that I will be taking a class of kids who have probably already failed in 8th grade, have poor test scores and may have already given up on school….