One thing that I do in my classroom to make it mine is to make and create songs that go with our learning. In math we begin the year by chanting I am a mathematician and as we learn things we add to the song so at one point it will have this :
I ‘m a mathematician I can do addition, I can multiply and I can divide. As we learn more things, we have add to the song and each day at the end of the day we sing this song.
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I love how you add to the song throughout the year. I can see it reminding the kids how far they have come, reinforcing their learning, and building their confidence!
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I’m excited to be working with you this year!!!!
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Songs can stay with you forever!
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That’s clever! I like that the song grows over time to help illustrate to the students how their knowledge is growing.
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I love this song idea! You reminded me that Justin Aion has his students say a Pledge to Improved Mathematics at the beginning of each class: http://blog.relearningtoteach.com/2014/09/day-14-technological-integration.html
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