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Engaging Students with Humor
Our students
come to us with all types of stress!
I’m hungry!
I’m tired!
I don’t understand!
I’m having a bad day!
Work stress!
Traffic!
Arguments!
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain
cells. - Dr. Seuss
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Supports relationship building
Prepares the mind for learning
Benefits
Enhances the classroom atmosphere
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Humor can relax students before testing
Helps teachers avoid burn-out!
Tips for engaging with humor!
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Have fun while learning!
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Introduce a funny guest!
Joke
Bin
go
Joke Mingle
• Students memorize a joke • Have students in pairs facing each other. • Give them 30 seconds to a minute to tell their jokes. • Blow the whistle. They must tell their jokes to different students. • Optional: a checklist- Was it funny? Did you get it?
Have fun with the delivery!
Image Memes
Memegenerator.net
Ted.com/playlists/235/the_funniest_ted_talks
Choose humorous teaching content
Pinterest.com/shellyterrell/favorite-children-s-authors
Penguinrandomhouse.com/series/OGS/omg-shakespeare
Grammarmancomic.com
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EmojiScience.com
Emoji word problems!
Emoji word problems!
Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/make-your-monster
Fun Web Tools & Apps
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Voki.com
Tellagami iOS app YakIt for Kids iOS app
Suggested Web Tools & Apps
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Chatterpix for Kids iOS app Blabberize.com
MouthOff App
Showbie.com/how-to-grade-using-emojis
Puppet Pals HD iPad & Pocket iOS
Sock Puppets
Toontastic iPad App
Talking Ben & Tom News IOS/Android
Quizizz.com
Zimmertwins.com
Plotagon.com
Create Motivational Posters
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Diy.despair.com
@ShellTerrell Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell
Gum.co/learn2go
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Youtube.com/user/atesol