Enthusiastic students blurting out the answers is a common issue in classrooms. This teacher has come up with a way to manage it—and give everyone a chance to think and respond together. 🧠
#60SecondStrategies #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky
In this low-stakes activity, students talk to people they don’t normally talk to. Bonus points: it gets them up and moving. 🙌
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
Want table groups of 3 students for your next collaborative activity? This teacher has a quick way to randomize them: playing cards! ♠️♥️♣️♦️
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
Silence is golden! Try this fun formative assessment activity to get a snapshot of what your students understand. 🤫
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
What’s warm and fuzzy like a pom pom? Acts of kindness in this elementary school classroom. 🥰
#ClassroomManagement #SEL #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Need a quick and easy way to get students thinking creatively at the start of class? Try Board Splash! 🌊
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
Looking to add some fun to cleanup time? This game taps into imagination while your classroom gets tidied up. 🤩🧹
Bringing just the right amount of silliness into a tidying task gets preschool students to cooperate, follow directions, and get the job done!
#preschool #PreK #60SecondStrategies
Are the same few students always raising their hands to share ideas? Try this simple strategy to diversify participation—without raising anxiety! 🌟
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
Do your students have a case of the wiggles? Break out the jitter sticks for a quick brain break activity that will help get them settled and ready to learn. 🤩
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
How do you help students learn to disagree, debate, even respectfully argue? 🧐 Try this quick philosophical warm-up.
#EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Do you have students who have trouble focusing during math? “Math Attack” to the rescue! 🙌
#ElementaryTeacher #EduSky #MathSky #60SecondStrategies
Turn read-alouds into lasting learning with sketch notes! Doodle, draw, and remember more. ✏️✨
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
You’ve got a few minutes left in the class period, and you want to find out what your students got out of it… What’s a quick way to do just that?
This teacher uses a super simple but effective strategy called One Word, One Sentence. ✍️
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
“If you could only choose one word to describe what you learned in the last period, what would it be?” Make your students reflect—and then expand on that reflection just a little—with a closing activity called One Word, One Sentence. 💬
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Looking for tangible ways to build a positive classroom culture this year? Try this simple kindness-promoting strategy—it gives “warm and fuzzy” a whole new meaning. 🧶🧡
#ClassroomManagement #SEL #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Student engagement goes off the charts in this informal assessment activity. 📈
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
How do you help your middle school students feel more comfortable and confident? This theater game may do the trick! 🎭
#MiddleSchool #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Looking for an alternative for practicing math facts? This game has students thinking on their feet and practicing kindness and inclusiveness at the same time. 💗✖️💗
#MathSky #ITeachMath #ElementaryTeacher #60SecondStrategies
The countdown to the end of class can be chaotic. Keep students seated and learning with Back Pocket Questions! ⏰
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
This warm-up for high school students doesn’t shy away from hot topics. 🔥
In this quick activity that sharpens critical thinking, students wrestle with moral and ethical questions—while also gaining communication and writing skills!
#EduSky #60SecondStrategies
Need more clarity in your classroom? Here’s a simple framework that makes it obvious to students how every activity relates to what you want them to learn. 👏
#60SecondStrategies #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky
Math practice doesn’t have to be all worksheets! Make it into a cooperative partner activity by trying out Sage & Scribe. 🌟
#60SecondStrategies #MathSky #ElementaryTeacher
End your week with a quick win! 📆🏆
Take literally 1 minute to watch one of our super-short strategy videos, and you’ll find a new and effective practice to try in your classroom.
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky #teachers
This simple partner activity gives students a chance to practice new skills *and* build ownership over their learning. 🙌
#60SecondStrategies #MathSky #ElementaryTeacher
How do you manage multiple students’ needs at once? 📋 This simple tactic can help you stay on top of their requests.
#EduSky #60SecondStrategies #MiddleSchool
How do you build reflection into your lessons? This teacher uses a simple question to be sure this crucial step in the learning process is part of every class. 💪
#60SecondStrategies #EduSky
Things that take 1 minute:
💬 Replying in the group chat
🌯 Microwaving a burrito
🔍 Discovering an inventive classroom strategy from a fellow educator!
Check out our #60SecondStrategies video series: edut.to/4ltaNkm
#EduSky
Teachers, are you using games in class? Strategies for getting students into seats on time? Share tips below. ⬇️
To see this fun & effective bell activity in action with educator Jess Quiggle and her students, watch the #60SecondStrategies video here: edut.to/3Dr9WiX
🧵 6/6 #EduSky #EdChat
How can a deck of cards get more students to speak up in class? Watch how one teacher makes participation less stressful and more fun. ♠️ ♦️
#MiddleSchoolTeacher #60SecondStrategies
