Check-in Question

Offer this check-in question to students to encourage mindful reflection. You can offer this once during the week or even once daily! We recommend sharing it at the start of your school day, or before you participate in the activities from this toolkit. You may choose to have students share their responses out loud, write them down, answer silently to themselves, or even respond using physical gestures where appropriate.

What are 3-5 things you notice in this room that are round?

Name them silently to yourself and then for an extra challenge list them again backward (for example, clock, doorknob, chart; chart, doorknob, clock).

Teaching Tip
Lengthen the activity by adding additional prompts like: notice and name 3-5 things that are green, 3-5 things that are rectangular, etc.