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Hands on end of the year projects are good for high energy students, and help to reinforce concepts. It could be a great culminating project that is mostly done at school. This helps to keep students focused and directed at school while doing something fun and meaningful. 

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Hands on end of the year projects are good for high energy students, and help to reinforce concepts. It could be a great culminating project that is mostly done at school. This helps to keep students focused and directed at school while doing something fun and meaningful. 

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I go into classrooms and talk about all the great new books that I have been buying and that they should think about for summer reading.

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educationally relevant/fun activities up to the end.  keep 'em busy

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educationally relevant/fun activities up to the end.  keep 'em busy

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In ELA, I'm having my students write and illustrate (by hand or online) comics (short stories in graphic novel form.

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I schedule the students' mock trial to be done on the last week of school...keeps them engaged as much as they can...:-)

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I bring in a large drill press and students use it to drill binding points for an end of year anthology.

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I bring in a large drill press and students use it to drill binding points for an end of year anthology.

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Eric

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Lots of individual check-ins and visits, multiple times per period for even just a minute or a few at a time. 

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Lots of individual check-ins and visits, multiple times per period for even just a minute or a few at a time. 

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Research project and final group (my choice of groups) presentations.  

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Research project and final group (my choice of groups) presentations.  

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Where I'm from digital poem. This allows them to focus on themselves and their identities which is a highly engaging subject.

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Where I'm from digital poem. This allows them to focus on themselves and their identities which is a highly engaging subject.

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I try to bring in some new technology and new activities just to keep things fresh. Reviewing units keeps things accessible for all and continues to build connections.

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Reduce the amount of writing and increase opportunities for discussion.

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Reduce the amount of writing and increase opportunities for discussion.

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Something good about the year, something hard about the year.  (Events from my classroom OR events from elsewhere in school.)

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More time to train as teams

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I check in with my focal student on a daily basis by asking them how they are doing and how was their weekend, etc.. I engage in conversation in their interests outside of school

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I check in with my focal student on a daily basis by asking them how they are doing and how was their weekend, etc.. I engage in conversation in their interests outside of school

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I am constantly considering what instruction looks like (or could look like) for our students who are not quite meeting their full potential. In addition, I am considering how to keep all our students engaged in instruction. Throughout the school I need to have protected blocks of time throughout each day, when I do classroom walk-throughs or learning walks. I would love for our school to do CARE or general learning walks and classroom observations.

I have created tools based off of research that I hope to share and introduce with the school team next school year.

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Charades....concept, vocabulary, content whatever! OR class Googles slides slide show: each student contributes a slide on concept, topic conversation, etc

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Hands on project: turn the classroom into a theatre and perform a play. 

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Hands on project: turn the classroom into a theatre and perform a play. 

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I always do a health unit on how drugs affect your body systems.  Students review human body systems then research in elbow partners, how an assigned drug affects the body systems.
Carla

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Many students seem focused on future career and education goals or opportunities beyond school. Using some time at the end of the year to talk about options and float ideas may grow engagement.

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Class competitions with prizes ( gotta love those extrinsic motivators!)

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I have a question wall (poster) in my room that I respond to. I want to keep them motivated by holding them accountable via good feedback. I plan on having two separate presentations at the end of the year (raps and sharing their narrative). 

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I have a question wall (poster) in my room that I respond to. I want to keep them motivated by holding them accountable via good feedback. I plan on having two separate presentations at the end of the year (raps and sharing their narrative). 

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One thing I'd love to do (still need to do it) is to hold a cartoon contest each week, and I will post the winner on the board. It must be related to something we are doing in class!

(Sebastian)

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Students can be prompted to reflect on what keeps them grounded during times of change. Students can then share thier own personal grounding techniques or anchors with others thorugh artwork and presentations.

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Built in time for students to ask the unanswered questions

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Built in time for students to ask the unanswered questions

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Creating transition plans for students that are going to high school.

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Give them each a different interest rate and have them do a project on paying off $10,000... the students really like learning about how interest rates and payoff amounts affect their total cost for charging

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Encourage students to stay engaged, on task, and motivated by providing an incentive. I've created a competition between all of my classes. They are timed during transitions and time is added if the class is off task during instruction. At the end of the week, or two, the class with the lowest time gets a reward (class party). It's working :).
Eastman

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Students write review questions and turn them into a Kahoot!. We use the last 10-15 minutes of class once or twice a week to play a team Kahoot.

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I give students an independent study project as their last unit in history to ensure they're working on something they chose and care about at the end of the year!