![]() ![]() Origami can be confusing, so "try your best". I used this as a chance to really emphasize the rules: If you "listen carefully" then you'll be able to "follow directions. On the first day, we spent the last 5-7ish minutes making origami hats. So I always try to include a little something. When all that's covered, we get to our Very First Art Project! After teaching for a million (okay, 15) years, it's one thing that I've found drives the kids nuts on the first day: not getting to "do art". But it's rare so I don't chat about it much. Now, I'm not gonna lie, I've had my share of office referrals. Students are to stand and face me when in time out so they can still hear instructions but no longer (er, hopefully) disrupt the group. Behind my rows of seated kids, I've got two red X's that are my designated time out spots. Consequences to not following rules are also discussed. This little gadget has 16 different awesome sound effects from a scream (to demonstrate what I might sound like if a rule is broken) to a round of applause for awesomeness. Now just to spice things up a bit, I like to use my sound machine when chatting about something that might otherwise be monotonous. Five minutes later we got around to the rules. ![]()
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