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Great for Morning Meetings and first week of school! I love to kill two birds with one stone. Give students a chance to use the GREATER THAN, LESS THAN symbols as they connect with each other in a get to know you activity. This activity is a twist of the WOULD YOU RATHER games where you could get to know you students and they can connect with each other. You’ll have to teach or review the greater than/ less than symbols: <, >. In this activity, if a students values PIE more than C

I am going to use this my first week of school. I will give students the option of using my clip art or draw their own. I will show the example infographic AND make one for myself. What a fun way to introduce yourself (to students OR parents) Build relationships and connections by creating an Infographic in your classroom. Students may cut and paste or draw their own graphics. Use a talk and share strategy for students to get to know each other and create positive classroom relationships.

BEGINNING of the YEAR Get to know your students by gathering insight from parents. Here are three forms for you to choose from. I tried to keep it to one page so parents were not overwhelmed. I started asking for parent insight a few years ago. I loved connecting with parents. I found that my teaching improved when I knew my students better. I hole-punch papers and keep them in a binder with my calling log. While I am dialing parents, I am able to read over the parent notes!