I want to share an idea that has saved me some sanity in the past two years when many students are demanding my attention at once.
I’ve always found it challenging to manage groups of students who want my attention (at the same time!) during the school day. Whether for an answer to a question, a conference about some work, or to edit a piece of writing together, I can’t be in twenty-five places at once, and having students waiting (doing nothing!) with their hands up has always been frustrating!
I was inspired to come up with something different based on some numbered tickets and such on Pinterest. These are great ideas, but none totally worked for me. So, last year, I created this little trick for managing the student line-ups— and it has been fabulous!!
The students clip their names to the sleeve, and I work my way from top to bottom. As I finish with the top student, they head over to move their clip back to the bottom and send the next student in line to me! Easy-peasy! I LOVE IT!!
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