| Are you wondering what to do at the beginning | | | | them copied on to transparencies. Why use |
| of your school day? You need to use the amazing | | | | transparencies: |
| power of DO NOWS. These are activities that | | | | - they are cheap to use' |
| teachers use in the morning when their students | | | | - they can be used year after year |
| first enter the classroom. | | | | - you can write on them |
| Do you know that DO NOW's are important | | | | - students can use them because they are low |
| classroom management tools that help you to | | | | tech |
| establish yourself as a Proactive teacher? These | | | | - they can be printed in color or black and white |
| activities help you prepare your students for the | | | | - teacher assistant can make copies for you |
| days work. One of the easiest methods of | | | | - you save on copy paper and trees |
| getting your DO NOW's ready is to find a | | | | You should have DO NOW's for all the subjects |
| workbook that is a grade level or two below the | | | | that you teach. It is an easy way to transition |
| grade that you are teaching. | | | | from one subject to another. They are also a |
| Using this book find twenty or more pages of | | | | good strategy to use when your high achievers |
| activity the your students can do by themselves. | | | | have finished their work and are waiting for the |
| These activities are time fillers or review material | | | | rest of class to finish. Remember when children |
| that will not be graded. You can use this material | | | | have nothing to-do they get themselves and |
| for a quick review or a quick recall of something | | | | other students into behavior problems. Always be |
| taught months past. These activities should be | | | | prepared and think ahead. Establish your |
| material that has already been taught the | | | | classroom as one where students come to work, |
| previous year or during this school year. You | | | | not goof off and waste time. Remember |
| should take five or ten minutes to review the | | | | students are aways checking you to see if you |
| material. So students know that they are being | | | | are a Proactive teacher. Don't be one of those |
| held accountable for the DO NOW. | | | | teachers whose class is for goofing off. Set the |
| When I use DO NOW's I use them to review | | | | tone of your class as one where students learn |
| material that I taught the day before. I also use | | | | and achieve their goals. Be prepared and Proactive |
| them as review for our state standardize test | | | | in your classroom management. |
| that students need to take every year. Once you | | | | Happy teaching from the educationfairy. |
| have decided on the material to be used have | | | | |