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Events News. What If? Home Anthony Browne What If? By: Mark Warner. How do I make each individual lesson relevant and engaging? I used to find myself asking these questions. I believe that starting is the hardest part. Connect with other grade level teachers at your school to see how your year can fit into the bigger picture—like a curriculum calendar.

From there, break it down to objective-based, shorter-term units. Within each unit, what do you want to accomplish? What do you want your students to know and be able to do by the end? With each lesson, outline a desired outcome or goal for you and your students to work towards.

I ask myself what I can improve or make more efficient. What are the structures or systems within my classroom that are working?

How can I use these more? Rather than breaking your day into tiny little pieces, focus on the activities that provide richer opportunities for deep thinking. These days, inspiration is all around us. I use free! Their website has articles, webinars, videos and more for online learning. Step one is to identify the learning standards set out by your state or national standards. In step two, identify what some of the enduring understandings are. Create essential questions that will motivate the student to actually learn that unit.

Treating others with respect means you care enough to think about their feelings and well-being before you act. The sister teased her brother right after criticizing her brother for the same behavior. The mother was very happy and excited, but that changed quickly when her mother was upset and had her help clean the floor. Your ball rolls into the street. You want to run out and grab it before it rolls down the street.

What if I run in the street? Are there cars coming? Is it safe? Your classmate makes a mistake writing on the whiteboard, and you think of something really funny to say about it. What if I say this now? Is it funny-nice or funny-mean? Will it disrupt the class? Will my teacher be upset?

Maybe I should wait to say it to my friend in private later, or not say it at all. You are supposed to finish your homework before you go out and play. You only have a few math problems left to do, but your friend is ready to play now. What if I stop doing my homework and play now? Maybe I should ask my friend to wait a minute while I finish. Maybe I can ask my parent if I can finish the last few problems later.

You look at your brother and think it would be fun to poke him in the stomach.