Substitute teacher games to play

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Subbing in Elementary School PE Classes Warm Up Young children crave structure, but they also thrive when they feel included, so consider giving the class a choice of games to play. Cool Down Have stickers handy for each of the kids.

Tell them they earned it for doing so well. Have your class plan at-hand and get everyone settled and playing quickly. Cool Down In a show of good sportsmanship, have all students line up and high-five each other. Also, let the teacher know if anyone stepped up as a leader to help you with the class.

The teacher can choose to thank that student for their maturity. Every second counts, all I want is to get it done and bounce! Try to check the attendance correctly before the time runs out. Every day is a new paycheck, try getting to work as many days as posible! If you accumulate more than 3 errors in your run, you'll lose. Every new day on a streak gets 5 seconds less to check the attendance, so you have to be quick.

Sometimes you don't even need to start this till the afternoon. This has worked very nicely for me! Buy a pack of small stickers. Cut the stickers and place them in a jar. At the end of the day count up stickers to see what students had the best day. I like this idea because you just hold the little container all day and hand out stickers without stopping the activities or making a statement.

Caught You Being Good Cards Ok, I know Subbing is not the highest paid profession and some of you may not like the idea of buying goodies. Thus, I have an alternative. Make a set of colorful cards that say I caught you being good and hand them to students you catch being good. Once you give one out, the entire class wants one. I have only done this with the younger population K Flower Pot - Behavior Management Subs need to have lots of forms of behavior management up their sleeve.

A cute behavior management idea is to take a flower pot to school with you. Make homemade flowers out of construction paper and tape them to a straw stem. Throughout the day look for children who are obeying the class rules and are on task--catch them being good.

At the end of the day, count the flowers. Allow the children with flowers in the pot reach into a prize bag and take one prize for each flower. Still Waters transitioning from one activity to another K-3 There are times when teachers need their students to be quiet quickly. For instance, when you are getting ready to go out into the hall and transition into a new environment. I learned this simple trick in the school I student taught in from one of the first grade teachers First you need to inform the class of a game called "Still Waters".

Tell the class that you will be playing this game often and they will know when the game starts by whenever you say, "1,2,3,3,2,1 Still Waters has begun. This should become a regular routine for your class 2. When they hear this statement they are to freeze and not say a word or move. You will be timing them to see how long they can stay still as a team. The goal is for them to break their best record. You will hold your fist in the air and each time you see someone move or talk, you put a finger up and stop when you have all five up.

Then check your watch and give them the number of seconds they lasted. By this time you will have their attention and can give them directions for the transition Math Mania K-5 Often as a guest teacher I find myself with a few min.

Here is a game to play while the students wait in line to go to lunch! This is a great one for subs to have handy! Have the students line up. Have the first student in line choose an number from Announce an operation.

Such as add 2. The second student in the line adds two to the first students number. Continue down the line having each student add 2 to the new total. If they answer incorrectly the student sits down and the student behind the "out" student tries to take over where the other left off. The winner is the last person standing. Clap My Beat K? One of the best behavior management techniques I have learned is the one I am about to share.

I learned this from my cooperating teacher when I student taught. It is great for getting your class to stop what they are doing and pay attention.

It is so simple and they love it! I introduce this activity at the start of the day along with the teacher's rules and my rules. Inform your class of a new game you will be playing. Tell the class that whenever you have something important to say or you want the class to have their eyes on you, you will clap a beat and they will mimic the beat you clap.

Once you stop clapping their eyes should be on you and their mouths should be zipped! For instance, you - clap, clap, snap, clap and they-clap, clap, snap, clap 3. You keep clapping beats until you have everyone clapping with you and eyes on you. Now you can start a lesson or so on. Also, it worked best when I would praise the students on how nicely they clapped along. Especially if there is one student who always claps along with your beat as soon as you start. Positively reinforce that student and others will follow as quickly.

Praise for good behavior by stating the behavior. Look at how quickly Matt got out his math journal and is on the page Oh, my where is the plan book? You need to be prepared for anything as a guest teacher and that means be prepared for no lessons or only a few lessons. I bring the below activities with me and I also have developed units to bring along.

My goal is to keep the students busy all of the time. If the students are busy: you are busy, the day goes faster, and the students have learned lots form you. Most importantly, the day was not a waste for you or the students! Start the Day Off Smoothly Subs move around from grade to grade and school to school and may not get a chance to get to know the students. It is important to start the day off on the right foot and get to know the students a bit before you jump into teacher mode!

Take this list of questions found below with you to all jobs and write the questions on the board when you arrive. Then have each student answer the questions on a piece of paper. Finally, have all the students share their answers with you and the class.

What is your favorite animal? What is your favorite color? What's your favorite TV show? What's you favorite song? What's you favorite school subject? What do you like to do in your free time?

Hopefully, this will give you a much better understanding of you students and will make the day run smoothly! Pick a Number 1.

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