Teaching Ideas to Remember

1. Acronyms in order to remember material is fun! Ask kids to

think of their own!
2. Use visual aids/ maps. The more color, the easier everything
is to understand.
3. Interactive notes/ foldables engage the students and make
them think harder of the material they are learning.
4. Use a lot of pictures! Even memes can help engage
learning.
5. Warm up sheets help the students to get a small review
before the start of the day.
6. Matching is a fun way to help kids interact with their work.
7. Popsicle sticks for attendance.
8. Always make sure students write in complete sentences.
9. Have a place for homework collection.
10. Have a folder for those who are absent.
11. Reflection sheets for students that were bad for subs,
etc...
12. Passes and sign out sheets can be helpful to make
sure you know where your students are at all times!
13. Candy incentives are okay, but try to find something a
little more educational- or less expensive! (Can leave a
minute early from class, can eat their own food in class,
etc…)
 Hints
1. Students aren't your friends, but they shouldn't be afraid of
you. Make a fine line between you and your students and
make sure they know that there are boundaries.
2. High fives are fun to engage with students, but make sure
they aren’t seen as being their friend and is instead given to
them as a reward.
3. Don’t be afraid to speak up if students are being rowdy! You
can still be nice, but make sure they know that they must do
their work.
4. Be optimistic even to the most pessimistic student!
5. Students have lives of their own and their own journeys.
Realise that they may act differently due to that. Find ways
to help them.
6. You can never ask too many questions to your colleagues,
you're all in this together. Work together and figure things
out!
7. A good teacher doesn't have to make all of their own
material! Use your colleague’s to help you out.
8. Remember not to be hard-headed, someone’s idea might be
better than yours, and that's okay. Take those ideas to help
your students in the classroom, don’t be selfish.
9. Students can be hard, but parents are harder! You must
have thick skin and not let what they say affect you.