What are Kindergarten Morning Tubs?

As a kindergarten teacher, mornings can be hectic. There’s the hustle and bustle of students putting away their belongings, getting in the classroom, and settling in at their seat.

Some students may not be awake just yet, while others are so excited to see their friends. They all need a little time to shift gears and get ready to learn.

Oftentimes, students aren’t ready for direct instruction or quiet paper and pencil work right off the bat. They need a transitional activity to get their brains warmed up for the day.

In addition, between submitting attendance, taking lunch count, and other morning responsibilities, teachers also need a few moments before class begins.

But students can't just sit there, so that's where kindergarten morning tubs come into play. Kindergarten morning tubs can change your hectic morning routine by providing a consistent and predictable routine for students.

Kindergarten morning tubs are an alternative to traditional paper and pencil morning work. They are hands-on activities that provide students with a soft start so they can easily transition into “school mode” and get ready for the day.

Morning tub activities can be as simple as free exploration with manipulatives, or they can be skill-based activities that provide a review of skills being taught in class.

Plus, no worksheets means less copies to make and less paperwork to grade, and what teacher doesn't love that, right?!

Just like adults, kids thrive with structure, and morning tubs provide that right from the start of the day. Read on to learn a few more benefits of kindergarten morning tubs!

Benefits of Kindergarten Morning Tubs

Open-ended play.

Much of the school day involves following directions and performing tasks in a particular way.

Working with morning tubs gives students the much-needed freedom to play and explore on their own. This helps them gain independence without the stress of an expected result.

Morning tubs do not include recording sheets, so there's no pressure to write. With morning tubs, it's easy to disguise games and “fun stuff” as learning. 

Active learning.

In any learning environment, there has to be a balance between passive and active learning. It's true that being able to focus, listening carefully, and following directions are important. But equally important is time for hands-on, active learning. 

Morning tubs allow students to create, imagine, and experiment on their own. You can tailor them to your students' needs, interests, and even the seasons or holidays.

Extra fine motor practice.

Since kindergarten morning tubs are more hands-on than traditional pencil and paper work, it's easy to sneak in extra fine motor practice.

By adding play dough, tweezers, or clothespins to activities, students can strengthen their hand muscles, which is critical in the early years.

Build social skills. 

When students are allowed to work on morning tubs with partners or in small groups, they develop important social skills.

As students engage in educational games and cooperative play, they talk, collaborate, and build relationships with their peers.

They listen to each other's ideas and learn to compromise. These are all essential building blocks of teamwork. 

Enhance academic skills. 

It's easy to stock your morning tubs with relevant learning materials and use them as a way to review skills covered in class.

Incorporate math manipulatives such as blocks, math cubes, foam shapes, and mini erasers. These help students master concepts like counting, patterns, and simple addition and subtraction.

Magnetic letters, beads, and tiles along with various writing materials support literacy skills. 

They make learning fun!

The most important thing we can teach our young students is to love learning. Fun activities that are engaging and challenging, like morning tubs, are the best way to help kids build positive attitudes about school and learning. 

How to Get Started with Kindergarten Morning Tubs?

Now that you know the benefits of kindergarten morning tubs, it's time to talk about how to actually get started with them in your classroom!

One of the challenges of morning tubs is constantly coming up with new activities that review skills and hold students' attention. You can only do so many puzzles, blocks, and lacing activities before kids get bored.

To help overcome this challenge, I've created a year-long kindergarten morning tubs resource to take the stress out of planning and coming up with morning tub activities.

Teach routines and procedures.

Once you have your kindergarten morning tubs prepped and ready to go, the first step is to explicitly teach routines and procedures to your students.

They need to learn where to find their morning tubs, how to get them to their seat, what materials they'll need, how to use them, how to clean them up, and how to put them away responsibly.

For the first several weeks (or months) of school, you'll need to teach, practice, and model these routines and procedures.

Introduce new activities one at a time.

The next tip for getting started with morning tubs is to introduce new activities one at a time. Don't make the mistake of putting all of your morning tub activities for the entire month out there at once.

Students need to learn how to use each style of activity and practice before moving on to another. This will reduce the overwhelm on their part and the chaos altogether.

Give students the opportunity to practice and work with materials.

While using math cubes, play dough, and magnetic letters may seem simple to you, it may not be for your new students.

They need to have multiple opportunities to practice the morning tub activities and work with the materials and manipulatives.

After introducing a new activity, allow each student to practice using it before moving on.

Explicitly practice cleaning up and organizing.

I mentioned it above, but cleaning up and organizing is so important that it deserves its own tip.

No one thrives in a messy, unorganized space. Therefore, it's important to teach and practice cleaning up and organizing the morning tubs.

Students need to learn how to responsibly put away their materials and store them. This also helps them practice stopping on time and transitioning in a timely manner.

For tips and ideas on how to store and organize morning tubs in your classroom, check out this blog post.

Back to School Kindergarten Morning Tubs

Introducing morning tubs early in the year is a great way to create that consistent morning routine from the early days of school.

The back to school set of morning tubs are a great way for students to ease into the school routine, explore, and show what they know.

These activities were designed to be simple enough that they can be completed independently, even during the first few weeks of kindergarten. 

Along with fine motor play dough mats, color practice, number and letter sorts, an editable sight word activity, and editable name activities, there are a ton of simple activities to introduce letters and numbers. 

Want to make planning REALLY easy? You can grab your morning tubs for the entire year with the bundle.

Free Kindergarten Morning Tub Activities

Take your mornings from chaotic to crazy with these free morning tub activities. With eight math and literacy activities, kindergarten students will be engaged and reviewing content every morning, while improving fine motor skills and working independently.

Morning tubs are the perfect way to ease your students into the school day, so they are warmed up and ready to learn once class begins.

Grab the free morning tub activities below to give it a try inside your kindergarten classroom.

For more kindergarten morning tub ideas, check out this blog post.

What does your morning routine look like? I'd love to know in the comments.  

Progress Monitoring

Once you've done your baseline assessments and determined the best small group fit for each student in each subject and skill area, then it's time to teach and progress monitor.

Progress monitoring is one of the most important strategies for grouping students. It allows you to see how your students are progressing and what forms of instruction are benefiting them the most.

Progress monitoring should happen often to ensure that students are getting what they need and are in the correct small groups. A good rule of thumb is to assess students bi-weekly on key skills such as alphabet letter names and sounds, sight word fluency, and number recognition.

You can use fun activity cards and checklists to assess specific skills, such as this free sight word assessment tool. You can fill out the form below to grab your copy!

It's also a good practice to progress monitor your students quarterly or at the beginning, middle, and end of the year on overall subject areas. Many schools use benchmarking assessments to do this.

After progress monitoring your students, sit down and look over the data and make any decisions necessary on moving students and changing up groups. It may even be helpful to sit down with your grade level team and look at the data as a whole. The more brains, the better!

Using Mixed Groups

Oftentimes, students are grouped solely on ability. This is effective as it allows the teacher to deliver targeted instruction to each small group of students. However, that is not the only effective way to group students. There are may strategies for grouping students that are beneficial.

Using mixed groups is a great way to switch it up and allow students to work alongside students with various abilities. This allows higher performing students to act as a peer model for lower performing students. This is very beneficial for those students as they are able to follow the peer model's lead and learn from them.

On the other hand, giving higher performing students the opportunity to help lead and teach other students enhances their skills. If they can teach it to someone else, that helps them grasp the concept more and encourages critical thinking skills.

Using mixed groups is also great for behavior management. Sometimes you get a small group of students all at the same level, but their behaviors clash when they're together.

It's nice to provide them with opportunities to work with different students and personalities. They may even pick up on positive behaviors by being in a mixed group.

You can incorporate mixed groups a couple times throughout the week or during center time to ensure your students get the best of both groupings.

Small Group Expectations

The key to effective small group instruction is classroom management. Setting high expectations and having clear routines in place is important so students know exactly what is expected of them and what they should be doing during small groups.

If one of your small group rotations is independent work, students should have explicit instructions and expectations for what that independent time looks like as well.

Model what it looks like to be on task, work with others, and how to ask for help if needed. In kindergarten, there's no such thing as modeling positive behavior too much.

Choose highly engaging, hands-on activities that will allow students to work with skills in various ways while still having fun. Look over students' work and constantly be assessing their progress in the back of your mind.

You may have a student totally blow it out of the park and be ready to change groups, even if it's not time for your progress monitoring yet. Celebrate those successes and wins along the way with your students and feel confident in making changes to your small groups if needed.

There are no set rules for when you can change up your small groups. You know what's best for your students and what instruction and support they need.

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Whole Group Classroom Reward Ideas

Dress-Up Days.

Students LOVE dress-up days! If your school allows it, your students can work to earn a whole class dress-up day. They could wear their favorite PJ's, a hat, choose no shoes for the day, or you can all dress up in the same color! Another idea is to have a sports team dress-up day where students wear their favorite team gear. Be sure to snap pictures of this fun reward!

Earn a Party.

What class doesn't love a party?! There are so many different parties you could do with students, so use your creativity to find something they are going to have a blast with. A few classroom party ideas are an ice cream party, popcorn party, movie party, dance party, hot chocolate party, etc. 

To incentivize this reward, you can have students work to earn letters to spell the name of the party. You can cut out letters using a die-cut machine or simply write them on the whiteboard. For example, if they are working to earn a popcorn party, you would put one letter on the board each time you see the whole class making a good choice. Once they get all of the letters, it's party time!

Play Time.

Students love to play and play is an essential part of learning and development. A great whole class reward is extra recess! Extra recess allows students to get active, release energy, spend time with their friends, and use their creativity. Fresh air, movement, and fun make for a great classroom reward.

Another whole group classroom reward idea is to earn a Friday game day! Students can play learning games for your math and reading blocks that day, making it a fun-filled Friday (with some sneaky skill practice too). You can even incorporate card and board games into your day to encourage collaborative learning and sportsmanship.

Bring Something Special.

Students love to share special belongings with the class. It makes them feel important and comforted. Earning a special show and tell is a whole class reward students will love! Students can earn a day to bring a stuffed animal to school with them.  They could bring a gift they've received or their favorite book or toy for show and tell. Again, you can get creative with the choices!

Switch It Up.

Something as simple as holding class or doing a read-aloud outside is such an exciting reward for kids. The fresh air and change of scenery switch up the normal routine and make it feel special! Students can work to earn a sidewalk chalk break outside! Another way to switch up the day and incorporate something exciting is to watch a short video or movie. 

Individual Student Reward Ideas

Free Time.

Free time allows students to relax and use their creativity. They can play with blocks, puzzles, or other fun “toys” or manipulatives you have in your classroom. The best part about free time is you can use what you have in your classroom already! Your students will put their creative spin on it to make it their own! Free app time on iPads or computers is another class favorite.

You can also set up stations with playdough, shaving cream, bingo dabbers, watercolor paints, or other “special” supplies for students to play with during free time. They'll even get some bonus fine motor practice in too! Another classroom reward idea that students will be motivated to earn is the chance to choose a board/card game to play with a friend during free time. 

Special Time.

Quality time is something that just can't be beat. Students love spending time with their teacher, principal, or other adult role models. A popular classroom reward is to earn a lunch date or playtime with a teacher. These are great for individual students or small group rewards. You could play a game with the student or small group of students or join them outside for a game at recess.

It is important for students to know the principal and feel comfortable being around them. This makes the principal's office not feel so scary. Allowing students to go read a book with the principal or show them something they're proud of is a positive reward. Students can also earn a surprise phone call, note, or email home to let their parents know about their hard work!

Students love getting special jobs too. Earning the job title of teacher's assistant for the day or week is a hit. They'll love being your go-to helper! Having a special shoutout celebration where you cheer students on is another way to celebrate them! Grab your microphone, spotlight, and turn on some fun music to make the student feel special!

Student Choice.

Giving students the power of choice is a motivating incentive. Something as simple as choosing the brain break, read-aloud, or snack for the day is a powerful reward. Other options are to pick out a new pencil or prize from the prize box. They also love choosing to move their seat for the day, sit with a friend, or sit at the teacher's desk for the day!

Virtual Classroom Reward Ideas

Special Surprises.

When teaching virtually, it is important to build community and stay connected with students. A great classroom reward idea is having a virtual lunch date with the teacher. This can be for individual students or small groups. A virtual field trip is a reward the whole class will love! Another fun surprise is to invite a mystery reader to join your virtual class to read a book. 

Whole-Class Celebration.

Celebrating hard work and positive behavior as a whole class can be done with a virtual dress-up day, dance party, extra brain break time, or even a special show and tell. Another virtual classroom reward idea is to complete and read a Mad Libs story. The students will have a blast with this and be giggling the whole time! 

Surprises At Home. 

Sending students something at home will make them feel important and let them know how much you care. This could be a positive email, phone call, or letter that you send in the mail. You can even mail students a bookmark or sticker to let them know how proud you are of them. Staying connected and celebrating students virtually is key.

Establish Classroom Rules

A key element of classroom management is establishing classroom rules. Every school, classroom, teacher, and group of students is different. What works for one may not work for the next. The most important thing to keep in mind is to be consistent with your rules and your enforcement of them.

The first classroom management tip is to aim for 4-6 rules. These should encompass the mission of your school and your vision for the classroom. Too many rules are overwhelming for students. Sit down with your students and talk about each classroom rule together.

Use this as a learning opportunity or even a mini-lesson to explain and get students thinking about why the rules are in place and why you need them in your classroom. This is a great opportunity to pull out a great read-aloud that goes along with making good choices. This will help solidify the “why” behind the rule. 

For young students, visual aids are essential. Creating rules posters or anchor charts together is a great strategy for helping them understand the rule. Hang this up in the classroom as a reminder and reference.

Modeling the behavior that you want to see is also a great way to show students exactly what you're looking for. You can have students take turns helping you model for the class the correct behavior and the “silly” behavior. Kids love doing this in a controlled setting and it helps them see the difference in behaviors. 

Have Clear Routines and Expectations

The next classroom management tip is to establish clear routines and expectations with your students. They thrive off of a consistent routine and knowing what is coming up next. Each morning, go over the schedule for the day with your students. This helps prepare them for what they are going to learn that day and for any changes in the schedule.

Use this as an opportunity to get your students excited for a day of learning fun! Similarly, do this before the final bell rings at the end of the day. Talk about the brightest spots from the day and give students a sneak peek into what is happening the next day. They love knowing the secret plans the teacher has coming up! 

As you go through the day, establish clear routines, communicate your expectations, model, and practice them…a lot! When students know exactly what to do next, how to transition from one activity to another, and what is expected of them, the classroom flows much smoother. It may take several times to get it right, but if you stick to it, you'll thank yourself later!

Think about all of the transitions you'll make in a day and settings your students will be in, such as whole group, small groups, working independently, working with technology, using art supplies, walking in the hall, entering the lunchroom, etc. Write these down (even the tiniest little things), and keep this list handy. That way you can model and teach as you go.

Be Intentional With Your Mornings

The way you start your day determines how the rest of the day will go. It is essential to connect with your students right away in the morning, greeting them with a smile and showing them how excited you are to have them in your class. Building relationships is vital when it comes to classroom management.

It is important to have a consistent morning routine. As students enter the classroom for the day, it is beneficial for them to have a soft start activity to complete to warm up their brains and set them up for success. This helps them start their day in a calm, intentional way. 

Using soft start activities such as morning tubs is a great way to establish a consistent morning routine that remains the same all year long. Students will become experts at entering the classroom, taking care of their supplies, and getting to work. Morning tubs offer a consistent structure, yet the skills progress throughout the year to keep your students learning and practicing new skills.

As students work on their morning tubs, you can focus on housekeeping tasks, attendance, communicating with parents or teachers that stop by, and then making your way around the room to connect with each student. This is an important classroom management tip.

Your presence around the classroom and proximity to students helps maintain positive behaviors and gives you an opportunity to talk with each child, give feedback, and celebrate their hard work.

Managing Behaviors Positively

When it comes to managing the classroom and student behaviors, there are some tips and strategies you can implement to encourage positive behaviors and prevent negative behaviors from occurring. As you move around the room, call on positive behaviors that you are seeing in the classroom. Celebrate these and cheer your students on!

This is also a great strategy to use if you see a student making a not-so-good choice. Adjust your proximity to the student so they feel your presence and call on a student near them that is making a good choice. Be specific in your wording to catch the student's attention and correct the behavior. 

Another tip is to use body language and signals to communicate with students. You don't want to yell across the room or embarrass a student. Oftentimes your facial expression or a quick hand-signal will get them back on track without having to disrupt the other students.

When communicating with students, use YOUR manners! Remember, you want to model the behavior you want to see. If a student needs to be corrected, you can say something like, “Please put your pencil down…” or “Would you please give me your eyes?”

Likewise, after they correct the behavior, you can use words such as, “Thank you for making a good choice…” or “I appreciate you following directions.” Not only does this strategy help you keep your cool, but it is a great example for students of positive communication and manners. 

Addressing Concerns Effectively

No matter how clear your classroom management strategy is, there will be times where you need to address and correct concerning behaviors. It is important to maintain your composure when doing this in order to keep your relationships with students positive.

An effective classroom management tip is to take a deep breath and give yourself time to respond if you are feeling frustrated. Don't wait too long, or the student won't remember the situation, but it is ok to give yourself a couple of minutes to gather your thoughts so you can approach the student calmly.

Pull the student to the side and get on their level. Explain to them how much you care about them and that is why you are talking with them about their choice. Help the student understand why the rule they broke is important and how the behavior they chose isn't serving them.

Ask them what they could have done differently and use it as a teachable moment to help them make a better choice next time. Always leave these conversations on a positive note and never hold a grudge with your students.

Classroom management isn’t one-size-fits-all. Do what works best for you, your students, and what they need. Establishing strong relationships with your students will help you communicate with each of them in the best way. 

Strategies For Classroom Management

There are many strategies you can keep in your teacher tool belt to help you manage your classroom and maintain a positive environment. Use these throughout the day to keep your students on track.

Use hand signals.

Using student hand signals for common questions is a great way for students to communicate questions with the teacher without having to get out of their seats or disrupt the learning.

Common questions such as using the restroom, getting a drink, sharpening a pencil, getting a tissue, or asking a question can be asked with a simple hand signal. Teach students to hold up 1 finger to use the restroom, 2 to get a drink, 3 to sharpen a pencil, 4 to get a tissue, and 5 to ask a question.

This is super effective and allows you and the other students to keep working without stopping to address these common questions. You can simply answer the student with a head nod without skipping a beat.

Utilize a timer.

Another classroom management strategy is to use a timer in the classroom. Setting a timer, and better yet, projecting it where students can see it, is a great way to keep students on task during transitions or work time. This allows them to see just how much time they have left to get to the next activity or finish working on an activity.

It is important to explain to students that the timer does NOT mean to rush and make “sloppy copies.” It means it is time to move on for now, but ensure them that they can finish up later if needed.

Play music in the classroom.

Another classroom management strategy is to use music in the classroom. Music is powerful for setting the mood in the classroom as well as helping students focus. During your morning routine, turn on soft, upbeat music. This background music helps students stay calm, positive, and get focused for the day. 

As students are working throughout the day, turning on quiet music helps them to work without chatting. You can call this “quiet working music” so students know when the music is on, their brains are at work and they are not distracting their friends. During playtime or art, it is fun to turn on songs they can sing along to, especially holiday songs. This will warm your teacher heart!

You can also play music during transitions. Turn on a short song and let students know that when the song is over, they should be ready for the next activity. You can also play a “clean up song” at the end of the day as students pick up their things. This can often be a hectic time of day, so using music helps to keep the classroom calm!

Things to Keep in Mind

There are so many classroom management tips and strategies that you can implement, but the bottom line is, you have to find what works best for your teaching style, your students, and their needs. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

• You're human. Your students (and you) will make mistakes. Learn from them and keep moving forward.
• Don't sweat the small stuff. You can't control everything and some things are better left to rest.
• Pick your battles. Being a teacher is tough work! Resist the urge to nit-pick every little thing and decide which situations absolutely need to be addressed.
• If you are feeling overwhelmed and nothing seems to be working, stop what you're doing, take a deep breath, and do a read-aloud! Sometimes your students and even you are not in the right headspace or mood to discuss a behavior and correct it. Doing a read-aloud is a good mental break for everyone and resets the tone in the classroom.
• Keep your lessons fun and active. When YOU have fun with your students, they feel that and have more fun, too!
• End each day by complimenting your students and letting them know how much you care about them. Never let a student leave without knowing that.

I hope these classroom management tips and strategies are helpful and you can take them and implement them in your classroom right away. Feel free to share these with a teacher friend and spread the classroom management joy!

What are the Benefits of Mini Lessons?

There are so many great benefits of mini lessons, both for your students and for you as the teacher. They create an engaging learning environment and help with classroom and behavior management as well.

The lessons are active and engaging.

Mini lessons allow students to focus on one skill at a time. Since the lesson targets one specific skill, students don’t have to juggle their focus or efforts trying to accomplish many things at one time.

Oftentimes, teaching too many concepts at once is overwhelming for little learners. It is best to help them master the foundational skills before moving on, which is a big benefit of using mini lessons.

They allow the teacher to give immediate feedback.

Since all students are working on a specific skill, the same skill, it's easy to float around the room and see which students are grasping the concept and which students need more help.

This also allows you to give feedback and praise during the mini lesson. For students who are grasping the concept, you can give them a challenge to extend the learning.

For those that need more help, you can work with them to reteach and fine-tune the skill during the post-lesson work time or during small groups. Your observations during mini lessons will help you determine your leveled groups and the needs of your students.  

The skills are adaptable.

Another benefit of using mini lessons in kindergarten is that you can use mini lessons in a variety of ways. Mini lessons can be used to teach specific skills, extend learning, and reteach concepts. 

You can also use them to spark interest in a new topic, generate questions and conversation around a topic, and introduce strategies for students to add to their toolbox. You can even use mini lessons as a form of assessment to guide your instruction.

They are perfect for differentiation.

Mini lessons help you differentiate to meet the various needs of your students, both academically and behaviorally. Some students need shorter lessons to help them manage behaviors and stay on task.

You can use mini lessons with your whole group, small groups, during centers, or individually to target specific skills that students need to work on.

Mini lessons don’t require a big investment of time.

As kindergarten teachers, time is precious! The fact that you can squeeze these quick lessons in as needed whenever time allows is a huge benefit of mini lessons.

For example, if you sense your students are losing interest and getting wiggly right in the middle of your literacy or math block, you can throw in a mini lesson to grab their attention and re-engage them.

Mini lessons are also great to use before or after activities or in between transitions when you have a few extra minutes of wait time and need a time filler activity. You know, those times where your students rock their math activity and end up finishing with 10 minutes to spare before recess?

Yes, it happens to us all and that is a perfect opportunity to do a quick mini lesson, even if it is a direction-following or social-emotional mini lesson. Those skills are essential too and work great with quick little lessons.

They provide an authentic way of learning.

The capability of hands-on learning is a huge benefit of mini lessons. Students can learn the value of a particular skill and connect it to the real-world in a very hands-on way. When they know and understand how this skills applies to their life, they can master it more quickly and with greater understanding. 

Students are provided with instant gratification.

Instant gratification is something every kindergartener wants! This is harder to achieve with longer, more complicated lessons. However, with mini lessons, the skill they learn is immediately applicable. They see it, practice it, add it to their toolbox of strategies, and move on. 

Since these lessons are shorter, the students are highly engaged, making it more likely that the concept and strategies taught will stick in their long-term memory. This is a big benefit of mini lessons.

Tips for a Successful Mini Lesson

Now that you know all the many benefits of mini lessons, it's time to put them into action! Here are five tips to help you deliver an awesome mini lesson with the greatest learning outcome for your students.

Tip #1: Connect

Tap into students' prior knowledge by connecting the learning to something you’ve already been working on or something in the real world that they can relate to and are familiar with. This provides students with the “why” for what they are doing.

Language to use: “Remember when we…, You might see this….”

Tip #2: Teach

The teacher-lead portion of the mini lesson should be short and sweet. Focus on one (and only one) skill. The amount of time students are focused on you should be the shortest portion of the lesson. Teach the skill explicitly and directly.

Language to use: “Today we’re going to learn…, Good writers always….”

Tip #3: Model

Show the students how to perform the task you are explaining a couple of times by modeling it and talking them through it. List the steps if appropriate. Have a student or small group come up and give it a try in front of the other students.

Language to use: “Watch me as I…, See how I…, I’m thinking ___ as I ___.”

Tip #4: Practice

The bulk of the mini lesson should be time for hands-on practice, which is a key benefit of mini lessons. Float around the room as students work and give them immediate feedback and praise. Encourage them to practice multiple times to make sure the learning “sticks.” You can do a fun cheer as a class when each student has mastered the skill!

Language to use: “Now  you try… Remember to…, I love the way you…”

Tip #5: Link

Wrap up the lesson by restating what the skill is and give examples of when they will need  to use it. Present the learning as another helpful strategy they can add to the long list of strategies they are learning to choose from.

Language to use: “Every time we…, Next time you ___, remember…”

Where do I find Boom cards?

You can get Boom cards directly on the Boom Learning website. Decks that you acquire on Boom Learning are loaded directly into your Boom library. There's no extra steps for you.

You can also get Boom cards on Teachers Pay Teachers. If you get Boom cards on Teachers Pay Teachers, you will need to download the PDF (just like you always do for TpT resources) and click the link the PDF to add the deck to your Boom library.

If you're new to Boom cards, you can try a free deck here to see what all this amazing buzz is about!

Where do students play the Boom Learning cards?

It's important to note that while you are assigning the Boom cards using Google Classroom or Seesaw, student's don't actually play ON those sites.

When you create an assignment on Google Classroom or Seesaw, you will be using a link to the deck on Boom Learning. Students will click the link in the Google Classroom or Seesaw assignment and when they click the link, they will be taken to the Boom Learning website or app to complete the assignment. Using the Boom Learning platform ensures that the decks are self-correcting.

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