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How has the focus and attention of your students changed? Whole group or/and individually

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How has the focus and attention of your students changed? Whole group or/and individually

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What are manipulatives you've used have contributed to notable shifts in positive behavior? 

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What are manipulatives you've used have contributed to notable shifts in positive behavior? 

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As a result of the implementation of Mindful initiatives (attention bins, meditation, etc)  what are the positives in students socially, emotionally? 

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As a result of the implementation of Mindful initiatives (attention bins, meditation, etc)  what are the positives in students socially, emotionally? 

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Share about a time when materials and attempts to be "mindful" didn't quite go to plan but contributed to a positive classroom climate nonetheless.  Lessons in HuMiLiTy.....

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Share about a time when materials and attempts to be "mindful" didn't quite go to plan but contributed to a positive classroom climate nonetheless.  Lessons in HuMiLiTy.....

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Has this been personally challenging for you as an educator? If not why? If so.. please share. 

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Has this been personally challenging for you as an educator? If not why? If so.. please share. 

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Helping students find balance in everyday has been a recent challenge. From class to class, moment to moment. The YAY! duck provides an opportunity to celebrate the GOOD. The YUCK! duck provides the opportunity to acknowledge setbacks, challenges, and hardships but move beyond and KNOW they are temporary. Another YAY! is on the WAY.

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"Learning has to occur with the teacher as the prevaior or knowledge"....SIKE! ..... not so anymore.

Learning is not always what occurs in the classroom, but in the HEAD. Obstacles to learning include- anxiety, lack of basic needs being met, feelings of being unsafe, not respected, or unloved... create additional challenges.

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Dry pool soaker balls, squeezable fruit, mean emoji's, brain teasers, play-doh, and slime are just a few tactile distractors.

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These snappable connect toys (1.00) make great tangible distractors and conduits for anxiety. Rough on one side, smooth on the other, act like a silent fidget spinner.

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We've increased additional classroom culture supports like Coffee Shop Days, in class award incentives- Pictured below is the "Biggest Nerd" Award (a big NERD candy jar full of NERDS candy) for overall most improved.- based on class nominations and teacher input.

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I have allowed my students to take a moment to tell weekly (appropriate) jokes in class. The students love looking forward to it, and it gives them time to laugh for a bit while knowing that they still have to get to work once the joke telling is finished.

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1. What did the Buddhist ask the hot dog vendor?

"Make me one with everything."

2. You know why you never see elephants hiding up in trees?

Because they're really good at it.

3. What is red and smells like blue paint?

Red paint.

4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

5. Where does the General keep his armies?

In his sleevies!

6. Why aren't koalas actual bears?

The don't meet the koalafications.

7. A bear walks into a restaurant and say's "I want a grilllllled.............................................cheese." The waiter says "Whats with the pause?"

The bear replies "Whaddya mean, I'M A BEAR."

8. What do you call bears with no ears?

B

9. Why dont blind people skydive?

Because it scares the crap out of their dogs.

10. I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?"

I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."

11. What do you get when you cross a dyslexic, an insomniac, and an agnostic?

Someone who lays awake at night wondering if there is a dog.

12. A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his pants, a peg leg and a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, "Hey, you've got a steering wheel on your pants."

The pirate says, "Arrrr, I know. It's driving me nuts."

13. I saw a wino eating grapes.

I told him, you gotta wait. ( Mitch Hedberg)

14. What's brown and sticky?

A stick.

15. What does a pepper do when it's angry?

It gets jalapeño face!

16. What's a foot long and slippery?

A slipper.

17. Two gold fish are in a tank.

One looks at the other and says, "You know how to drive this thing?!"

18. Two soldiers are in a tank.

One looks at the other and says, "BLUBLUBBLUBLUBBLUB."

19. As a scarecrow, people say I'm outstanding in my field.

But hay, it's in my jeans.

20. A man is walking in the desert with his horse and his dog when the dog says, "I can't do this. I need water." The man says, "I didn't know dogs could talk."

The horse says, "Me neither!"

21. A guy goes into a lawyer's office and asks the lawyer: "Excuse me, how much do you charge?"

The lawyer responds: "I charge £1,000 to answer three questions."

"Bloody hell - That's a bit expensive isn't it?"

"Yes. What's your third question?"

22. What is the resemblance between a green apple and a red apple?

They're both red except for the green one.

23. I have an EpiPen.

My friend gave it to me when he was dying, it seemed very important to him that I have it.

24. How did the hipster burn his mouth?

He ate the pizza before it was cool.

25. What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?

The taste.

26. An atheist, a Crossfitter, and a vegan walk into a bar.

I know because they told me.

27. I waited and stayed up all night and tried to figure out where the sun was.

Then it dawned on me.

28. I told my friend 10 jokes to get him to laugh.

Sadly, no pun in 10 did.

29. What's red and moves up and down?

A tomato in an elevator

30. I bought the world's worst thesaurus yesterday.

Not only is it terrible, it's terrible.

31. Why can't you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?

Because the "P" is silent!

32. My roommate told me my clothes look gay.

I was like, don't be a dick dude; they just came out of the closet.

33. How did the blonde die ice fishing?

She was hit by the zamboni.

34. How Long is a Chinese man's name.

No, it actually is.

35. How does NASA organize a party?

They planet.

36. Knock Knock.

Who's There?

To Who?
It's To Whom.
37. What's a pirates favorite letter?

You think it's R but it be the C.

38. Have you heard about corduroy pillows?

They're making headlines.

39. What did the green grape say to the purple grape?

OMG!!!!!!! BREATHE!! BREATHEEEEE!!!!!

40. Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes.

That way, when you criticize them, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.

41. What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

Same middle name.

42. I couldn't believe that the highway department called my dad a thief.

But when I got home, all the signs were there.

43. My grandfather died peacefully, in his sleep...

...not screaming like the passengers in his car.

44. What did the left eye say to the right eye?

Between you and me, something smells.

45. What do Cannon Balls do when they're in love?

Make bbs.

46. Why did the cowboy get a wiener dog?

He wanted to get a long little doggie.

47. If you want to find out who loves you more, stick your wife and dog in the trunk of your car for an hour.

When you open the trunk, who is happy to see you?

48. Sometimes I tuck my knees into my chest and lean forward.

That's just how I roll.

49. Cole's Law: Thinly Sliced Cabbage

50. I intend to live forever.

So far, so good. ( Steve Wright)

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50 Short, Clean Jokes And Puns That Will Get You A Laugh Every Time

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1. What did the Buddhist ask the hot dog vendor? "Make me one with everything." 2. You know why you never see elephants hiding up in trees? Because they're really good at it. 3. What is red and smells like blue paint? Red paint. 4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

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I have not come up with a means of implementing mindfulness into my classroom yet. As a first year teacher, I'm still preoccupied with just getting through each lesson. I will be trying to plan in a mindfulness activity, but with my classroom management struggles and my students having such short attention spans, I'm afraid that carving out much time for mindfulness might only set my classes back further.