Quick de-escalation phrases for kids:
You’re not in trouble.
I want to hear your side.
I’m not mad at you.
What happened?
How can I help you right now?
Let’s talk about this.
✏️ Want your students to read decodable texts with parents/guardians but haven’t built up a big enough library to send books home?
This thread is full of free, online decodable series - just send links (making sure to accommodate if families don’t have internet!) ✏️
I made a folder in Google Drive called "hot mess" then dragged EVERYTHING (all my folders) into this folder. And only have left the 5 that I really use all the time. WAY easier to keep my drive organized. #googleEDU#googleDrive
Shout out to @OPLCkinder and her awesome kindergarten students for supporting the PA Adopt a Soldier Program this holiday season. Not only did students collect snacks and essential items for the troops, each member of the class wrote a letter of appreciation.
@heza@pgreensoup 3 Before Me but with my primary students going to peers for problem solving (not google or YouTube yet!). Also identifying the “techxperts” in the class
@heza I am going to give a designated time at the start of device use for students to clear tabs and windows. Honest discussion about how our brains really cannot focus on more than one thing…. Even though we think we can! 😂