CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Beat
Yesterday's Time
Submitted
by:
I
Love That Teaching Idea! Staff
From:
SLC, Utah
Date
Submitted: August 23, 2001
I
always like to have my timer or stopwatch on hand close by. When
I want my students to quickly take out their math books and begin
working on an assignment, I may time them to see if they can beat
yesterday's time. They love the challenge! We record the times
on a small section of our chalkboard. I don't do this for every
subject or transition, but for those problem times, it works out
really well! I sometimes do this when lining up and cleaning up
to go home. There is no reward at the end- only the satisfaction
that they got the job done quickly!