My books- Learning to Go https://gumroad.com/l/learn2go & The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers http://routledge.com/books/details/9780415735346/ Resources at http://shellyterrell.com/back2school

1. Image by Dima Pursanov, Flic.kr/p/6H66Nc
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Survival Tips for the
1st Month of School

2. “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as
a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
- Albert Einstein
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3. #1 Walk in motivated!

4. Before class begins …
Exerci
se
Eat
breakfast
Give
yourself
peptalks
Relax
with
music
Medita
te

5. ShellyTerrell.com/parents
“At the end of the
day, the most
overwhelming key to
a child's success is
the positive
involvement of
parents.”
- Jane D. Hull
#2 Engage Parents!

6. ShellyTerrell.com/parents
Parent communication tools & apps
Remind Cel.ly
Class Dojo
GAFE
Smore

7. #3 Change your classroom environment!

8. Photo by Wesley Fryer,
Makerspaces!

9. Learning
Stations

10. Photo by Meg Stewart,
Take it outside!

11. #4 Let students create their learning environment!
CC Image by bloomsberries, Flic.k

12. #4 Let students create their learning environment!
CC Image by bloomsberries, Flic.k
Decorate the bulletin
board
Photo
collage
Idea
paint
Design their virtual learning
spaces

13. #5 Be proactive & preventive when it comes
to classroom management
TeacherRebootCamp.com/clas
sroommanagement

14. Come up with the rules together
CC Image by Wellspring School, Flic.k

15. •Arrive on time
•Be nice to others
•Share
•Clean after myself
•Listen

16. #6 Bring Your Textbook to Life!
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17. Lesson Planning

18. #7 Build your survival kit!
ShellyTerrell.com/TeacherSurvivalKit

19. #8 Cultivate relationships!

21. #9 Integrate technology effectively
ShellyTerrell.com/TechNinja

22. Pedagogy is the
driver, technology
is the accelerator.
- Michael Fullan

23. Edorigami.wikispaces.com,
Andrew Churches
©Wordle.net
Connectivism.ca/about.ht
Slideshare.net/timbuckteeth Hippasus.com/blog Image:

24. Add a technology
component to current
lessons or projects
ShellyTerrell.com/TechNinja

25. Edshelf.com Graphite.org
iLearnTechnology.comideastoinspire.co.uk

26. #10 Make it fun!

27. 30Goals.com

28. @ShellTerrell 30Goal
“The best thing a
human being can do is
to help another human
being know more.”
- Charlie Munger

29. @ShellTerrell
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell
Gum.co/learn2go/sk12
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