When the thrills of the real world overwhelm the routines of your classroom, this book 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 a class with a bang.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2007.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.102
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781551388267 9781551382159
- LCCN
- LB1025.3
- LCCN Item number
- P3853 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (96 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00233502 (OCoLC)865475087 (CaOOCEL)445106
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Three-minute motivators
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 4
- Introduction: A Touch of Magic 6
- 1. 3-Minute Motivators in Your Classroom 8
- More than Just Motivation 8
- Choosing a 3-Minute Motivator 9
- 3-Minute Motivators in Action 15
- 2. At Your Desks 20
- Calm Down 20
- 1. Belly Breathing 21
- 2. Collecting Clouds 21
- 3. Hearing Colors 22
- 4. Magic Carpet 22
- 5. Imagine This 23
- 6. Time Machine 24
- 7. Chocolate & Bricks 25
- 8. Grounding Exercise 26
- 9. Hug-a-Tree 26
- 10. Silent Scream 27
- 11. Absolutely Nothing! 27
- 12. The Key 28
- 13. Lift Off! 28
- 14. Zen Garden 29
- 15. Telescope 29
- Pencil and Paper 30
- 16. Box Me In 30
- 17. Circles & Squares 31
- 18. O’s and X’s 31
- 19. Letter Scramble 31
- 20. 4-Word Lotto 32
- 21. Never-ending Line 32
- 22. Draw My Words 32
- 23. Number Madness 33
- 24. Written Rumor 34
- 25. Shared-Pen Stories 34
- 26. Zoom-Out 35
- 27. Scrabble Scramble 36
- 28. Add-Ons 36
- 29. Blind Draw 37
- 30. Snowglobe Drawings 37
- 31. Mirror Images 38
- 3. Up and At ’Em 39
- Get Moving 39
- 32. Open–Shut–Shake 39
- 33. Puppet Master 40
- 34. The Big Yawn 40
- 35. Glass Blower 41
- 36. Levitating Arms 41
- 37. Life Rhythms 42
- 38. Thunderstorm 42
- 39. Cold–Hot–Not 43
- 40. Stuck! 44
- 41. False Freeze 44
- 42. Heads or Tails 46
- 43. Ice Cube 46
- 44. Number Shakes 46
- 45. Lucky Hi/Lo 47
- 46. Monkey See, Monkey Do 48
- 47. Musical Punching Bags 48
- 48. Magic Mirrors 49
- 49. Tap It to Me 49
- 50. Shake It! 50
- Act, Don’t Speak 50
- 51. Fast Feet 51
- 52. Melt 51
- 53. Balancing Act 52
- 54. Bump on the Head 52
- 55. Knocking Knees 53
- 56. Wide–Hide 53
- 57. Morphing Madness 54
- 58. Do This! Do That! 55
- 59. As the Circle Turns 55
- 60. Lean on Me 56
- 61. Lump of Clay 56
- 62. Ages of Humanity 57
- Words and Movement 58
- 63. Move It 58
- 64. Walk This Way 59
- 65. Wrangle Tangle 59
- 66. Explosion! 60
- 67. The Old Duke Revisited 60
- 68. Meet and Greet 61
- 69. Mad Milling 61
- 70. Kodak Moments 62
- 4. Let’s Communicate 63
- Single Words and Sounds 63
- 71. Talk-a-lot 63
- 72. Interactive Words 64
- 73. Oscar 64
- 74. Count-Off 65
- 75. Hip-hip-hooray 65
- 76. Chant-along 66
- 77. Animal Farm 66
- 78. Punctuate This! 67
- 79. Alphabet Pyramid 67
- 80. Popcorn 68
- 81. Clap 3 68
- 82. The Numbered Letter 68
- 83. If You’re Happy… 69
- 84. Quick Catch 69
- Conversation 70
- 85. Song Speak 70
- 86. I Am You 71
- 87. Alphabet Game 71
- 88. Slow-Mo 72
- 89. A Quantity of Questions 72
- 90. You Did What? 73
- 91. You DON’T Say! 74
- 92. “Yes, But” Pet Peeves 74
- 93. Glad Game 75
- 94. Think Talk 75
- 95. Fortunately/Unfortunately 76
- 96. I Appreciate… 76
- 97. May There Be… 77
- 98. Third-Person Talk 77
- 99. Hi-Lo Speak 78
- Brainstorm 78
- 100. 2-for-10 Tales 79
- 101. Point Please? 79
- 102. And the Real Meaning Is… 80
- 103. Synonym Sense 81
- 104. Go-Togethers 81
- 105. Word Tennis 82
- 106. Quick Questions 82
- 107. Big Word/Small Word 83
- 108. Excuses, Excuses 83
- 109. Break-up 84
- 110. If They Could Talk 84
- 111. First and Last 85
- 5. Beyond the Three-Minute Mark 86
- 112. Obstacle Course 86
- 113. Let’s Quiggle 87
- 114. Give Me a Clue 88
- 115. The Rule Rules! 89
- 116. Back Talk 90
- 117. Shake My Hand 90
- 118. Tell It Like It Is 91
- 119. Sense or Nonsense? 92
- 120. It’s MY Story! 92
- 121. The Expert 93
- 122. And the Action Is… 94
- 123. Action Telephone 94
- Index 95
- A 95
- B 95
- C 95
- D 95
- E 95
- F 95
- G 95
- I 95
- J 95
- L 95
- M 95
- N 97
- O 97
- P 97
- Q 97
- R 97
- S 97
- U 97
- V 97
- W 97
