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Digital Award Ceremony – End of the Year Virtual Classroom Awards

May 13, 2020 teachersbrain education, Teaching Tips

End of the Year Activities

Celebrating accomplishments at the end of the school year is not only popular, but important to recognize student achievements. Accomplishments can include more that academic success. Recognizing improved behavior, attendance, athletics, character, art or music abilities are great ways to shine the spotlight on your students at the end of the year.

Distance learning has made it more difficult to celebrate our students with their friends and family. But, it is not impossible! If you are an educator who is using Zoom, Google Meets or some other way to video conference your students, there is many ways to celebrate.

First, send and invite to the families and students for your virtual ceremony. If you normally give certificates to students, fill them out as normal and then share them during the ceremony. You can than email or mail them their certificate.

Don’t want to worry about printing out certificates?

You can create certificates in a PowerPoint or with Google Slides to share during your meet-up. Then, just send them a copy through email. There are lots of pre-made editable certificates available online also.

Planning a Virtual AWARD Ceremony

If you are doing your own planning for your classroom, grade level or even the entire school, here are some key elements to consider:

Introduction Music
Introduction Slide to the Ceremony
Certificates (Titles and possibly add Images of each student)
Music during the show
Funny Moment Slide Breaks (A group photo or funny science moment)
Will there be a video or live announcement from you, a special guest or the principal?
Ending Music
Practice Practice Practice

Here is an example of how to create an end of the year virtual ceremony:

There are virtual award ceremony templates already made for you at TpT to make your celebration easy. You just drag and drop text and images in the google slides.

Do you have an award ceremony for your students? If so, what types of awards do you give? Please leave your comments below, I would love to hear how you recognize your students.

Digital End of the Year Memory Books

April 10, 2020 teachersbrain Teaching Tips

As teachers learn about school closures for the rest of the 2020 school year, they scramble for new ways to connect with their students. Of course the safety of children is a top priority, so we understand why they are not opening the schools up. This still leaves teacher feeling like they didn’t get a chance to really say good-bye in a meaningful way.

A digital memory book is a great way to encourage your students to relive their school year if your students have access to technology. You can even push out autograph pages for the class to use their favorite fonts to sign their names. If you have pictures you took during the school year, add them to the digital file to push out through Google Classrooms or email.

Journaling During the Coronavirus

March 30, 2020 teachersbrain Teacher's Pay Teachers, Teaching Tips, Writing

Journaling to Keep Kids Calm

NOW is the time to be journaling! We are all living history right now. Even though this is a time of uncertainty, there is a lot to learn, feelings to explore, thoughts to organize and people coming together to turn lemons into lemonade. We didn’t ask for this Coronavirus. Everyday is like living in a strange movie. One moment you are fine and the next moment the sky is falling. Journaling is a great way to organize your thoughts. Students right now should be taking notes of news headlines, observing the stock market fluctuate, and learning about healthy habits.

Should Adults Keep a Journal?

Writing is a great way to confront your emotions during difficult times. It helps you face your fears. Taking notes of what is going on in your world, your mind and your home can help you stay mentally healthy. Journaling serves as a great tool for people at any age! Start journaling today.

Spring Break Packets for HOME Practice

March 26, 2020 teachersbrain Free Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips

This is a difficult time for teachers and parents everywhere with the uncertainty of the Coronavirus changing our life. There is one thing that I know for sure, CHILDREN NEED to keep a routine in their life to help them feel safe. I created some distance learning packets with a fun spring theme to help keep children on track with their education and on a regular routine.

Packets range from Pre-K to 5th Grade. They all include math and literacy skills that are specific to the standards for each grade. Each packet has a sight word list, reading log, writing activities and include different covers. This makes it easy to print and staple into a fun Spring Break Journal.

The easy NO PREP packets are available for only $4:

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We are in this together! Here is a FREE home lesson made especially for families who want their kids to learn about healthy habits and have fun while they are home.

Another great way to keep kids engaged is to have them create a 2020 Memory Journal. Journaling is a great way for kids to organize their feelings. They will write about their feelings, things they can control, learn about the stock market on a kids friendly level, take temperatures and read about healthy habits.

Hopefully this pandemic won’t run all the way into summer. I do have summer packets ready for you. Check out the bundle.

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