3-Minute Motivators will show you how to turn unmotivated, unfocused students into eager classroom participants and learners. This practical handbook includes more than 100 simple ideas that will refocus a group, release excess energy, or start off class with a bang.
Organized around common classroom challenges, 3-Minute Motivators offers a wide variety of ready-to-use activities that turn potential problems into opportunities, and get students out of a rut and into a more productive mode:
Calm Down--relaxing activities that let imaginations soar, including Collecting Clouds and the Silent ScreamGet Moving--lively motivators, from the Big Yawn to Number Shakes Act, Don't Speak--silent but fun, from Balancing Act to As the Circle TurnsWords and Movement--activities that mix talk with action, including Explosion, Mad Milling, and Kodak MomentsSingle Words and Sounds--the simplest communication, from Interactive Words to Chant-along Conversation--getting motivated one-on-one, from Song Speak and Slow-Mo to Think TalkBrainstorm--working together to let the ideas fly, from Word Tennis to Break-upPaper and pencil activities that range from Letter Scrambles and 4-word Lottos to Written Rumors and Shared-pen Stories.This book is an ideal resource for both new and experienced teachers, promoting inherently playful activities that involve competition, cooperation, and opportunities to focus on real learning.
- ISBN10 1906531005
- ISBN13 9781906531003
- Publish Date 22 April 2009 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Hinton House Publishers Ltd
- Edition adapted for UK/EU market ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 168
- Language English