1. Title: Welcome Activity
Stephanie Grant
EDU673 Strategies for Differentiated Teaching and Learning
Ashford University
Prof. Dianne Fernandez
October 18, 2013

2. WELCOME NEW STUDENTS
Welcome Activity sheet

3. New Students Welcome to the Frist Day
of Class

4. New Students
 Welcome new students to a new and exciting year. The first day of
school as we know is filled with excitement, new people (faces) new
teachers, challenges, expectations, and fear.

5. Rules and Regulations
 In my class each students will have a clear understanding of what is
expected lf them, as well as from their teacher. The students will have
a clear distinction of course grades, tests, and quizzes, as well as group
activities.
 Please review the HD screen that list the rules, regulations, and group
activities for the school year.
 Thank you,
 Ms. Grant

6. PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE
CLASSROOM CLIMATE
 The foundation for successful learning and for a safe and secure
classroom climate is the relationship that teachers develop with their
students (Sousa, D.A. & Tomlinson, C.A. 2011).
 The students will know from the first day of class what is expected of
them. The class will be informed on how to conduct their behavior and
be mindful as well as respectful to other students.

7. HOW YOU WILL PROVIDE A SAFE
AND SECURE CLASSROOM
 Welcome and greet all students and parents at the classroom door as
they come in.
 Make sure the classroom is clean, orderly and inviting.
 Arrange my classroom to make sure I have all the resources needed
such as: books, calculators, materials, worksheets, pencils, paper, and
etc.
 Make it easy for me to supervise my students
 Organize the space in my classroom for movement and interactions and
for those with a disability. Make it easy and accessible for students to
pull their desks together for group activities as well.
 Make it safe for students to participate and ask questions. Show respect
to my students and teach them to show respect to one another.

8. HOW YOU WILL PROVIDE A
POSITIVE LEARNING
ENVIORNMENT
 Have a list of what the class will do, what we will learn, and the tools
that we will use to utilize their learning ability. Such as: the computer,
IPods, Books, internet, and etc.
 Provide after school tutoring
 Make sure examples and materials relate to students lives and real-
world applications.
 Design learning activities that value tasks involvement over ego
involvement.
 Help students feel that school work is valuable beyond the classroom
walls and worthy of their efforts.
 Allow students to have some control and choice within their learning.
 (http://www.gsn.nylc.org/projects/15/steps/4)

9. HOW YOU WILL MEET THE SOCIAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF YOUR
STUDENTS
 Investigate successful SEL programs, such as: The Social Decision
Making and Problem Solving Program or The resolving conflicts
Creativity Program and talk to educators currently implementing these
programs.
 Look for ways that technology can enhance and jump start discussions
in classroom on social-emotional competencies, such as: compute
games and videos.
 Be alert to teachable moments that occur naturally in the classroom, for
example: movements when you notice a shift mood, a conflict, a caring
act.
 Value social and emotional intelligence in your students as highly as
you value their cognitive development.
 (http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/social_emotional_learning_what-
it-how_can_we_use_it_help_our_children)

10. HOW YOU WILL FOSTER A SENSE
OF STUDENT OWNERSHIP
 I will encourage my students to participate in class, to help them over
come shyness or feeling inadequate.
 Making sure their voices are being heard. Having a voice reinforces
their feelings of personal control and responsibility.
 Ask the students to consider what rules are needed in the classroom for
all students to feel comfortable and learn best. (Sousa, D.A. &
Tomlinson, C.A. 2011)
 Establishing clear learning objectives.
 Modeling expert thinking.
 Promoting peer collaboration
 Providing guided instruction.
 (http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-
leadership/nov08/vol66/num03/abstract.aspx)

11. HOW YOU WILL CREATE EMPATHY
WITH YOUR STUDENTS
 Fill their emotional bucket – when a child is upset, angry, or frustrated,
try to understand why and how they feel the way they do. Instead of
being angry, upset or defensive.
 Seek to understand – seeing it from the child’s perspective.
 Ask don’t tell – I will ask the student how they feel and not tell them
how they feel.
 Switch roles – divide the classroom into two groups and create a
conflict situation that must be resolved. Each group plays a different
role, and after 10 to 15 minutes of discussion, the groups will switch
roles and put themselves in the opposite groups shoes.
 Make thank you part of your culture (gratitude). Make sure my
classroom is a thank you classroom.
 (http://teaching.com/archives/1115)

12. HOW YOU WILL PROVIDE
STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO
SUCCEED
 Have high expectations – set high, but not impossible expectations for
my students. If you set a high expectation you have a greater chance of
achieving more out of your students, they will rise to the occasion.
 Create effective classroom procedures to keep disruptions to a
minimum.
 To continually grow in my profession. Keeping up with the latest
information through online forums, workshops, and professional
journals. It will make me a better teacher in order to help my students
to succeed.
 Help students move up through Bloom’s Taxonomy
 Vary my instructional techniques.
 Truly believe in my students and that I want them to succeed.

13. HOW WILL YOU ELIMINATE
STUDENT FEAR, FAILURE, AND
HUMILIATION
 Give them short assignments on their level.
 Once they succeed ask them to help others who need help.
 By observing the students body language.
 If they get the wrong answer, help them discover how to get the right
answer. Then ask them to try again and give them praise when they
arrive with the right answer.
 Don’t make such a big deal about making mistakes but make a fuss
about getting it correct.
 (http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles8304-8-ways-to-help-
students-frozen-by-fear-of-failure)

14. HAVE A GREAT NEW SCHOOL YEAR

15. REFERENCES
 (Sousa, D.A. & Tomlinson, C.A. 2011)
 (http://www.gsn.nylc.org/projects/15/steps/4)
 (http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/social_emotional_learning_what-it-
how_can_we_use_it_help_our_children)
 (http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-
leadership/nov08/vol66/num03/abstract.aspx)
 (http://teaching.com/archives/1115)
 (http://712educators.about.com/od/motivation/tp.eight-things-teachers-can-do-to-
create-successful-students.htm)
 (http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles8304-8-ways-to-help-students-
frozen-by-fear-of-failure)