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First Day of Class
New England College
EdLinks This site includes annotated links to educational web sites
containing lesson plans, curriculum resource materials, teaching tools,
assessment strategies, publications, publishers and vendors of educational
materials, as well as state and national standards and frameworks. Extremely
useful for course planning.
Icebreakers A series of ideas, suggestions, and stories for first day activities. These
activities have been successfully implemented and fit a variety of classes
and situations.
The First Day of Class The way you choose to spend the first day of class will
set the tone for the entire semester. There are many things you can do
on the first day that will help establish rapport with the students, prepare
them for the semester's work, and generate excitement about the course
subject matter.
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