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I’m a military wife and talk about all the places I have taught and students like to share where they have been.

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On the first day, I let’s students choose their own groups and I pass out a deck of cards I’ve created. The questions are things like “what is your favorite food,” “who is your favorite role model.” They just serve as conversation starters. I visit each group and respond to student’s answers.

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I like to start each day with "Good Things"... 

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I like to start each day with "Good Things"... 

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Students take a multiple choice "quiz" about me. Students with the most correct answers get a prize.

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I teach first grade and on the first day I ask each student what makes them laugh and I write down each students name and response and research each.

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I’m 60 and teach 6 th grade so there is a lot of back in the day

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I begin each class with a dance party on the first day

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Morning meetings

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I greet my students at the door each morning with their choice of high five, fist bump, dance move etc

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On the first day of class I memorize everyones name and make connections in my life to their name.

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I put photos of my family, my boys, coaching, friends, etc. I try to change them out every now and then as well so they see new things. It always creates conversations and they start looking to catch when I have changed them.

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As a future teacher who did internship in first grade how I made connection. Getting to know the students. But having morning meeting and even playing Soccer at recess.

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This is an idea I learned from a professional development years ago. I have students write two paragraphs about times when they were at their best. One is private that only I will read. The second is public that they will share with the class. We get in a circle and the students decide which to share. The students say things that they admire in the stories they hear.