Managing Transitions Video - Teacher Channel

Maximize instruction by adding content into your transitions. This 4 min 56 sec video focuses on using every minute of the day for instruction including transition time. Mrs. Madeline Noonan embeds academic content in the day by letting the class select a "word of the day". This word is content based and used repeatedly throughout the day as a verbal cue to transition from one activity to another.

 

Madeline Noonan teaches 5th Grade English Language Arts and other subjects in Oakland, CA. This short video clip models the benefits of adding content to transitions and could be easily adapted in your classroom.

Implementation

Watch and find the answers to these questions:

• What is the class's daily routine for learning the word of the day?

• Why does Ms. Noonan have students "sit like a scholar" and wait before she says the word of the day?

• How does the "Grab Bag Quiz" help with classroom management as students move back to their desks?

• What is a "brain marinating" activity?

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Classroom Management

This is primarily a teacher - feature and serves as a resource for teacher strategies and ideas for creating the best possible learning environment using best strategies and valuable resources. Save time, improve classroom management, and marinate the brain with specific concepts/terminology by deliberately releasing students with content based words and learning activities. Some video may be appropriate and serve as a model for a particular strategy you are trying to incorporate in your classroom.