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>>students: Rule number 1: follow directions quickly. Rule number 2:
raise your hand for permission to speak. Rule number 3: raise your hand for permission
to leave your seat. Rule number 4: make smart choices. Rule number 5: keep your dear
teacher happy.
>>Ms. Gordon: Some of the activities that we do in our morning routine are geared
towards setting the tone for our day, having a growth mindset for our day.
Every day is a new day, so we set off with um setting that tone.
>>class: Cornell, Cornell, Cornell, Cornell. Go Big Red!
>>Ms. Gordon: Let's give Daisy a cheer. >>class: Oh yeah!
>>Ms. Gordon: Thank you.
I kind of want to compare our morning routine to getting hyped up for a game.
And that's kind of how we start our day, we get hyped up for what's to come.
And so we set that tone in our day. Today's going to be a great day. Um even with our
class motto: No Excuses.
And so it really sets a positive tone as how we want to start our day.
>>class: Today is my day. No excuses!
High, every, near, at, food, between, all...
>>Ms. Gordon: When we do our uh daily high frequency word practice, I have my students
stand up and they do a TPR activity which is a total physical response activity
and I feel like it really strengthens their recognition of the word but not only that,
but they are really engaged. They're really participating while they're doing the
reciting of their high frequency words. And so they're taking interest in what they're
actually doing by standing up and being involved in the activity.
>>class: family, it's
>>Ms. Gordon: Great job. Go ahead and kiss your heart [kissing sound] Kiss your brain.
[kissing sound] Thank you for staying on task.
>>class: Trace means to outline, Analyze to break it down, Infer read between the lines
Evaluate to judge, Formulate to figure things out, Justify tell me all about it
Support back it up, Explain tell me why...
>>Ms. Gordon: So when we recite the power words, there's a movement that goes attached
to each word. And research does show that when you attach movement to something you
want to remember, your brain is able to recall a lot better, or faster.
Um, when my students do the power words as well, when we hear them in context
in an academic setting, we're able to reference back to those words.
So I'll ask me class: OK, so what does describe mean. And so they chant back to me
tell me all about it.
And so it gives them a reference point or a starting point into what they're being
asked academically to do.
Go ahead and greet everybody at your table and them check in with me when you are done
with that.
[hands smacking]
I want you to think about: Today, I will have a great day by...
Go ahead and have a seat.
Give me a thumbs up when you are done thinking about what it's going to take for you
to have a great day today.
Give me a thumbs up when you are done thinking what it's going to take
We're going to do a quick round robin. We're going to start with 1, go on to 2,3,4.
When your table is done sharing, go ahead and check in with me. Go!
I have my students set an intention for the day when they state: I will have a great
day by... Because it empowers them. It-it's they're making an affirmation.
But it's about them. That it's giving them ownership of their behavior, of their
academic choices that they make.
Let's go ahead and share a few...thoughts.
Today, I will have a great day by... Go ahead and share-I heard some great ways
that you can have a great day. Carmen, go ahead and share.
>>Carmen: Today I will have a great day be being a scholar.
>>Ms. Gordon: by being a scholar. Let's go ahead and give her a raise the roof cheer.
>>class: woo, woo ...woo, woo
>>Ms. Gordon: Matara
>>Matara: Today I'll have a great day be persevering in my work and doing great on the video.
>>Ms. Gordon: Awesome. Raise the roof.
>>class: woo, woo ...woo, woo
>>Ms. Gordon: OK, Samiah, will you share?
>>Samiah: Today I will... I will have a great day by keeping my dear teacher happy.
>>Ms. Gordon: Awesome. Raise the roof.
>>class: woo, woo ...woo, woo
>>Ms. Gordon: We'll share one last thought. Ronnie.
>>Ronnie: Today I'll have a great day by thinking like a scholar.
>>Ms. Gordon: Awesome. Raise the roof.
>>class: woo, woo ...woo, woo
>>Ms. Gordon: We will have a great day today.
>>class [singing]: Everyday I learn math, it's just memorizing facts.
It's a rule about rules and it seems just so procedural.
I never knew that it could mean so much...so much!
>>Ms. Gordon: A growth mindset is having the understanding that we're not born smart.
We can teach ourselves to accomplish anything we set our mind to.
Verses a fixed mindset where we set limitations and we stop ourselves from
learning something new.
>>class [singing]: ...afraid...afraid
Teach me like you do, teach, teach me like you do. Don't just show me 2 + 2.
Don't just show me 2 + 2. See beyond the rules. Help me see beyond the rules.
What are you waiting for?
>>Ms. Gordon: I think the song really um
speaks to my students. They see themselves as a student in the video.
Um, and so when they're singing it, I think they're are really getting that
message internalized. And so they are really actively singing that song, and
and uh being inspired by what the lyrics are saying in that song.
>>class [singing]: I'll take a smaller pace because then I'm thinking straight.
>>Ms. Gordon: As teachers we have a lot of standards that we do focus on,
but we also have a responsibility to teach social and emotional learning.
And through growth mindset my students are empowered and understand that
you can't learn without your heart, you can't learn without emotions.
So our morning activity, it um shifts the way they're starting to feel
And so uh it sets a positive tone in how we're going to start our day.
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