Things Tuesday
Things Tuesday is a favorite among my students! The ideas for this prompt are endless and can range from fun and silly, to academic, to tackling a classroom behavior problem! Simply think of the focus you want for your students and then think of a question that has endless answers! For example...
What are some things you wish lasted longer?
What are some things you wish your teacher knew?
What are some things you want to learn this year?
What are some things you can do to be a better friend?
What are some things you can do to be a leader?
What are some things you can do to be a problem solver?
What are some things you can do if someone is being mean to you?
What are some things you put on your ice cream?
What are some things you do at recess?
The questions are endless and so is the focus! These prompts allow your students to respond with multiple answers and provides a great discussion when you revisit the prompt. I love this prompt because it allows you, the teacher, to decide what you want your students to focus on. I have used this prompt to address behavior issues in my classroom and it resulted in my students having an open discussion and resolving the behavior issues all on their own. I have also used this to create fun and silly responses from my students when it was a week with many assessments.
Tell Me About It Tuesday
This prompt is another popular one with my students. Similar to Things Tuesday, you can have the central focus of this prompt meet you and your classroom's needs. I mostly use this prompt as a teaching method for backing up their opinion and respecting other student's opinions as well. It is wonderful that every person thinks differently, but what is most important is if a person can back up their thinking with a reason. It is also critical that students learn to respect another person's opinion and to not take offense or feel attacked just because someone thinks differently than they do. This prompt is great for that. I always tell my students that they must have a valid reason for their opinion and they must include in their reply on their sticky note. My first graders were able to learn how to respectfully listen to a peer with a different answer while not feeling upset. It took time, but they were able to learn how to respect someone else's opinion and that was a profound moment in our classroom, with most of the learning coming from this prompt.
Tackle it Tuesday
This is a new prompt that I am going to implement in the new school year. This prompt encourages the students to think of an activity or subject area that is occurring that day or week that they feel might be hard. Then the student thinks about how they are going to "tackle" that activity or subject area...meaning, how are they going to overcome that struggle, how are they going to stay positive and not become frustrated, how are they going come out feeling successful? This prompt requires your students to think deep down within themselves and to make a plan for how they are going to be successful at something they fear will be hard. Being successful doesn't mean that they have mastered the concept, being successful means that they gave it their full effort, didn't get down on themselves, and came out learning something. This prompt is great for students acknowledging a task that may be difficult and making a plan to tackle that task. It encourages students to think ahead, be truthful to themselves, acknowledge an area of struggle, and make a plan to tackle it. It will help create a lifelong skill of tackling tough activities that will be beneficial for them for the rest of their life.
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