4 Things to Do When Your Lesson Runs Short

Thom Gibson · Intermediate ·🍎 Teaching & Learning Design ·5y ago

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When you have 6 minutes left of class, it's hard to know what to actually do with the remaining time. Here are four options, all of which could work in-person or remotely. A deeper dive on debriefing the class | https://youtu.be/0Ax9aZCpHxs Which one doesn't belong | http://wodb.ca Word riddles | https://www.puzzlesbrain.com/cool-brainteasers/12-s-of-the-z 0:00 What can you do with 6 minutes? 0:37 Debrief the lesson 2:04 Which one doesn't belong? 3:23 Word riddles 4:35 Play Among Us (or another game) #teachingtips --------------------------------------------- MIDDLE SCHOOL-STEM TEACHERS: WANT TO DESIGN AN ENGAGING CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND FULFILLING TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1. SUBSCRIBE and learn how to design an engaging classroom experience for your students and fulfilling teaching experience for yourself! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1u0z5whMUyp6oSaTp-Prw?sub_confirmation=1 2. FREE LIST: 10 Unique Classroom Jobs that Tap into Your Students' Interests https://thomgibson.com/10classjobs 3. LET’S CONNECT! - https://twitter.com/gibsonedu - https://www.instagram.com/gibsoneducation/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomgibson/ - https://www.facebook.com/gibsonedu 4. LET ME WORK WITH YOUR TEACHERS | See my profession learning workshops and book me for your PD training - https://thomgibson.com/workwithme/

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When you have 6 minutes left of class, it's hard to know what to actually do with the remaining time. Here are four options, all of which could work in-person or remotely. A deeper dive on debriefing the class | https://youtu.be/0Ax9aZCpHxs Which one doesn't belong | http://wodb.ca Word riddles | https://www.puzzlesbrain.com/cool-brainteasers/12-s-of-the-z 0:00 What can you do with 6 minutes? 0:37 Debrief the lesson 2:04 Which one doesn't belong? 3:23 Word riddles 4:35 Play Among Us (or another game) #teachingtips --------------------------------------------- MIDDLE SCHOOL-STEM TEACHERS: WANT TO DESIGN AN ENGAGING CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND FULFILLING TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1. SUBSCRIBE and learn how to design an engaging classroom experience for your students and fulfilling teaching experience for yourself! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1u0z5whMUyp6oSaTp-Prw?sub_confirmation=1 2. FREE LIST: 10 Unique Classroom Jobs that Tap into Your Students' Interests https://thomgibson.com/10classjobs 3. LET’S CONNECT! - https://twitter.com/gibsonedu - https://www.instagram.com/gibsoneducation/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomgibson/ - https://www.facebook.com/gibsonedu 4. LET ME WORK WITH YOUR TEACHERS | See my profession learning workshops and book me for your PD training - https://thomgibson.com/workwithme/

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Chapters (5)

What can you do with 6 minutes?

0:37 Debrief the lesson

2:04 Which one doesn't belong?

3:23 Word riddles

4:35 Play Among Us (or another game)

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