The document discusses strategies for making classroom transitions more effective and minimizing wasted time. It recommends establishing a common language for transitions, equipping teachers with new strategies, and engaging in collaborative planning. Specific strategies presented include using preferred activity time during transitions to keep students quiet and orderly, adding academic content like brain breaks or math facts to transitions, and using secret student to choose the next activity. The goal is to maximize instruction time by improving the efficiency of transitions between classroom activities.

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Make Every Minute County With
Powerful Transitions
By Lauren Cassidy

2. Establish Equip Engage Evaluate
We will establish a
common language of
what effective
transitions look like in
the classroom.
We will equip ourselves
with new strategies to
integrate into our
schedules for transition
times.
We will engage in
collaborative discussions
and planning.
Exit Slip
The 4E’s of Today’s Session…

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Count the number of transitions
you use on average in your
classroom in one day…

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Find a Partner…
Discuss what transition times
look like in your classroom.

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Taking Notes

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Consider This…
90 Minute Reading Block
-5 minutes to find a misplaced book
85
-5 minutes to redirect after a fuss
80
-5 minutes for bathroom breaks or pencil sharpening
75
-5 minutes of interruptions during small group instruction
70 minutes of reading
Sound Familiar????

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Model Transitions
• Provide multiple opportunities for students
to practice
• Monitor and provide feedback
• Reteach as needed

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Transition times in the classroom have the potential to be chaotic
and unorganized, not to mention they can waste valuable teaching
time. I use something called Preferred Activity Time to minimize
transition times, keep students quiet and orderly and get to the
next task quickly.
P.A.T
Preferred Activity Time
Transition times in the classroom have the potential to be chaotic
and unorganized, not to mention they can waste valuable teaching
time. Use Preferred Activity Time to minimize transition times,
keep students quiet and orderly and get to the next task quickly.

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Maximize Instruction By Adding
Content Into Transitions

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Try to weave an ACADEMIC twist into
transitions.
• Brain Breaks
• Deck of Cards
• Math Facts

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Secret Student

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What will POWERFUL transitions
look like in your classroom?

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EXIT SLIP
On a sticky note write down a takeaway you will
use in your classroom during transitions or a
question you still have. Place it in the session
Parking Lot!

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Lauren Cassidy
lauren.cassidy@imagineschools.com
Thank You!!!!!!!