One of my most favorite “teacher-thing” to do is review expectations and reset after a break, whether this be Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, or honestly any time I feel like my students are getting out of hand. This is a great thing to do because sometimes students who don’t have much structure at home have a difficult time adjusting to the expectations at school. Resetting and reviewing can (hopefully) smooth the transition.

Recently, I came up with the idea of doing a problem-solving activity with my students to reset these expectations. My students this year are in 4th grade. Drama comes with the territory of teaching upper elementary, I’m afraid. So, doing something like this was very important to me. However, I didn’t want to just talk their ears off - I wanted them to interact. Read more to find out how I did it!