I could tell I was loosing my remote learners. I needed to do some kind of break…but what? They aren’t GoNoodle fans. We don’t have time for a long break like grabbing a snack. What should we do?
“Let’s have a drawing break,” I said to the 6 students on the call. “I’ll give you 5 minutes to draw.”
“Can we then share them?” shouted Katie from her unmuted mic.
“Sure!”
“But wait…we should guess what we each draw!” another student chimes in.
“Ok…but time is ticking!”
Beep! Beep! Beep! “Time is up! Who wants to share?”
Hands raise and I call on Jack in his sports jersey. He holds up a picture of a G. “Who wants to guess?”
Hands shoot up and mics unmute. Before Jack can call on anyone Dylan shouts excitedly “It’s the G from Gucci!”
Jack looks puzzled. “Um…nope!” he says hesitantly. “It’s the G from the Green Bay Packers!”
And with that laugh we are back to work!
OMG I want to do this now. For myself! Cool idea (also, not sure what GoNoodle is, but it sounds fun too). 🙂
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Movement breaks. They do breathing exercises, dances, etc.
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It is these little breaks that make teaching fun!
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Love that you subbed a drawing break for GoNoodle. That’s awesome!
My daughter has been enjoying Cosmic Yoga. Have you tried that for your students?
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No but I’ll certainly look into it.
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That’s a fun break for sure! Children often love to share when it’s art because they are usually all confident in it
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What a great idea for a break. G for Gucci! Hysterical! I saw a great post where a teacher had kids creating their own short GoNoodles on Flipgrid, and then the kids did that for a quick break!
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Love that idea too!!!
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Love this idea. May steal it today!
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