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72. Classroom Management in First Grade: What to Do When Kids Finish Early
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Looking for a classroom management strategy for your early finishers? In this episode, Molly shares how to set up an area in your first grade classroom for students who finish their work early and teach a simple routine that keeps kids working independently while the rest of the class finishes. Learn how to choose hands-on activities, organize your materials, teach cleanup expectations, and handle common problems like rushing through work or finding an activity already taken! 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: Fast Finisher Activities: https://firstieland.com/early-finisher-pod Let's Stay Connected Visit the website: www.firstieland.com Need classroom resources? Visit the TPT store: https://firsti...
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Your perfect quiet work time is over
of more and more kids finish early.
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- 76% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 207 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 22 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Have you ever had your whole class working quietly when one student suddenly calls out, I'm done, what can I do now? Your perfect quiet work time is over
and suddenly filled with interruptions of more and more kids finish early. Well, after 35 years of teaching, I found that having classroom routine
for early finishers is your answer. So today I'm gonna show you how to set up your fast finisher area and teach that routine to kids so that the rest of your class
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