Transition+Ideas

Transition Ideas - Have a tape with sounds of bugs or a part of a song recorded on it. The students have until the music is over to get to where they need to be and be ready to start. -Card Name Game- each student gets the name of another student in the class and has to say something nice about that person. Great for pre-k to first grade. -Football game- have a poster board with a football field drawn on it. If the class is all ready to go after 1 minute of transition time, they score 10 yards. If not, the teacher scores ten yards. At the end of a predetermined time whoever has the most points wins. If the teacher wins the class has to write a "report". If they win they get to have a whole day of educational games and activities. -Silent math in line -Follow the leader while waiting in line. More like Simon Says -Have students march in place while counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.   -Ask the students to do two things at once like tap your head and rub your tummy. -Have children do extra activities when transitioning to their chairs. Examples would be pretending to swim, prance like a horse, etc. -As students walk in the door, hand out 10 scraps of paper at random. Those students will have to write a comment about the lesson that day, or a question about what they learned. Then the teacher collects and shares them with the class anonymously. -Assign each student a shape on their desk. When calling the class to line up, have the students line up by shape. -Have the materials for the next activity ready at the students tables for when they come in from recess. That way they know what to expect and they can come in and settle down into their work quickly and effectively.