Transition+Ideas

Transitions are activities that the teacher use to keep the students engaged in learning while they get ready for the next lesson or activity


 * Around the world math
 * Simon says
 * Quiet game- pick on quiet student to start the game. That student has 30 seconds to pick another student (girl if it is a boy, boy if it is a girl) that is being quiet. This keeps the students quiet and active.
 * Play follow the leader. Pick a leader who is being quiet and having them pick 5 activities that the class can do while on the carpet. After 5 activities are done the leader picks another leader.
 * Line up by last name, second letter of their name, birthday, etc.
 * In the hall way, have the students pick a favorite animal and silently walk like them in the hall.
 * Snow ball- student stand and listen quietly to the teacher, teacher point to a child and gives them a problem (5+2), the student can only say the answer, if they get it correct they sit down. Teacher picks another student and says plus 5, that student had to be listen to the answer, so they can answer. This continues until they have reached 100
 * Write a story- teacher starts a made up story, points to the quietest person and they say the next line, then they pick the next quiet student to make up the next sentence.
 * Smartboard tic-tac-toe- Split the class into teams, one at a time, one person from a team comes up and has to answer a question of their choosing. If they get it right they get a "X" or "O" depending on the team. Who every gets a line filled with X's or O's first wins.