2.Memorizing every students name quickly.

3. Daily journal entries with prompts where they get to talk about themselves.

4. Morning meetings emotion checks. (what zone are you in today?)

2) Help them stay organized, help them clean their desks and lockers to give them a feeling or sense of renewal.

3) Always offer a schedule of their day so that they can anticipate and look forward to what is next.

4) Always remind them that you are there to help them. If no one else is listening to them or if they feel like they are not being heard, they can always come to you for help.

On Fridays the Star Student can share\bring something from home and share it with the class and the students take time asking the star student questions that they brought or questions about that students in general

Emotional thermometer is one that i have used just quickly before starting small group lessons and such.

I want to try Name Toss, I will most likely use that one on the first day of school just to get to know everyone's name and how to properly pronounce it.

• Functional Fridays - I like to use functional "Fun" Fridays as a way to help build relationships. Usually it includes a theme for the day that corresponds with a current event. We try and make sure that we find current events that students seem interested in. For Example International Lego Day and build the days learning around that event.

• Cooldown Talks - Most kids get overwhelmed and just want an adult to listen to them. I always try to offer that as an option for taking a break and it grows a relationship.

• Answering Questions - I always try to have time and answer questions from students as fast as I can. In a SPED classroom it is important to many of the students to be heard even if you don't have an answer right away. If they raise their hand I give them an expectation of when they will get an answer from me so they don't think that I am ignoring them.

. Mood meter

. have a gratitude wall. they can take a sticky note throughout the day to share their gratitude.

. morning meeting

. having ice breakers periodically in the day

. Two minutes each day have a personal conversation ( g-rated) about anything they are interested in sharing.

I practice this a lot in my classroom. It is hard not to pick up a little more pep in your step when the teacher is giving it their all.

2) Parent/ teacher open communication. I will have 3 year olds that probably won't be able to communicate effectively so having open communication with parents will be very helpful

3) Class playlist- I would love to know my students favorite song or lullaby so that we can play therm during music and movement time

4) All about me- I would love to do this in order to know more about my students so that I can have certain things ready for them in case they are having a bad day, I can just pull out a plushy that I know they love.

5) I would love to try the 5x5 assessment and the 2x10 strategy because I think those are great ways to observe a student and gain insights on their strengths and weaknesses.

I will always be my students biggest cheerleader. No one knows what their home life is really like, and maybe they don't have anyone rooting for them. I will always be in their corner