Examples of Transitions
Marvelous Microphone
Pre-make out of a cardboard roll, aluminum foil, black tissue paper and glue. This could used as an attention grabber or used when students would like to speak during circle/meeting time.
Sensory Starters
Before kicking off a lesson give students a clue of what they’ll be learning about by creatively appealing to one or several of the senses – smell, hear, taste, touch, and sight.
Picture Talk
Collect a series of different pictures or postcards that are related to a learning unit – ex: places, animals, people from other cultures, homes, seasons, etc. Use the pictures as a tool to create math word problems, as writing prompts, to ask open-ended questions, or as a visual memory game, etc.
Pass the Parcel
Cover a small box in brown paper. It is played like hot potato. It could be used as a lesson summarizer - when the music or counting stops that student has to say a fact that they learned about in the learning unit, ask a question about the unit, or answer a question.
Create a classroom “Happy Box”
Decorate several shoe boxes with contact paper/wrapping paper/or fabric. Fill it with a variety of themed materials. These materials should correlate with your specific learning unit. Rotate the materials out for each unit and add to items every few weeks. This could be a filler for students who finish an activity early.
Silent Math
During the times your entire class is lined up and waiting, have one child start by using fingers and hand signals to give math problems. (Example: Hold up one finger
(1), then make a plus sign , then two fingers . Lastly, put one hand above the other facing in opposite directions for the equal sign. If a student wants to answer, he/she must raise their hand to be called on. They must give the answer using fingers and hand signals. Lining Up Ideas
Have students line in alphabetical order, in sequence of their birthdays, have the students spell or define vocabulary words while lining up, spell a spelling word, by height, by colors, or patterns, etc.
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Whole Brain Teaching; 1 st Grade TransitionsUsing a "Word of the day" as a TransitionTransition Songs |