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PBSES Newsletter

November 6th, 2020

PBSESNewsletterNovember 6th, 2020

Happy Friday!

This newsletter will cover:


  • Engagement Strategies for Morning Meeting
  • Classroom Management Tips on Zoom
  • Managing Anxiety for the Classroom
  • Teacher Humor


Reminder: Please send in Veteran's Day materials today!

Engagement Strategies for Morning Meetings: Games Engagement Strategies for Morning Meetings: Games

5 Cool Games to play on Zoom
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Play Jeopardy

Use JeopardyLabs to create your own Jeopardy game for the class. This could be a way to build engagement around academics and connection between your students.
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Play Charades

Charades is a great game to get kids moving and engaging! Keep the chat open and send a private message chat of the Charade the student is going to act out. Students can guess by raising their hand or typing into chat. Click here for Charades ideas.
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Play Pictionary

Playing Pictionary is a great way to engage creative minds and increase engagement. Keep the chat open and send a private message chat of the word that the person has to draw out. Students can use a whiteboard physical option or share their screen. Click here for a Pictionary Generator.

Classroom Management Tips on Zoom Classroom Management Tips on Zoom

Zoom Classroom Management Tips.

Managing Anxiety Managing Anxiety

Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Often, anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).


The pandemic has brought immense anxiety in adults and children. It is important, now more than ever, to utilize and learn tools to manage our anxiety. Look below to see ways you can help!

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Play a Video

Play a video and hold a discussion about ways to manage anxiety. Have students go into breakout rooms to discuss their anxieties and ways they manage them. Teach a strategy that is shown in one of the videos. Click below to access videos on anxiety.

Video 1: Fight, Flight, Freeze

Video 2: Anxiety & Depression in Kids

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Sign Up for a Lesson

Please reach out to me to schedule a lesson on ways to manage anxiety. There is an art lesson available that teaches students ways to recognize what they can and can not control through a self-portrait lesson.
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Visit my Website

Click here to visit my page focused on ways to teach and address anxiety. When we understand the feeling we can learn tools to manage the feeling. Anxiety can be crippling, but with a strong support system and tools, we can manage it.

Teacher Humor Teacher Humor

The Upsides of Wearing Masks
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