Welcome back to the chaos of post-break classrooms! This week, the gang tackles everything from sneaky teacher games during faculty meetings to creative ways of easing students (and themselves) back into the school grind. Fabian introduces the “one word” project and a sneaky vocabulary game, Jamie shares her Iron Chef reboot for expectations and a hydro flask decorating activity, and Scott does some reflective weeding—literally. Plus, find out what happens when a dribbling drill turns into a Forrest Gump moment. And don’t miss what had Scott losing (again and again) in our ever-popular segment “What’cha been playin’…?”

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Things mentioned on the show:

Eric Kurtz’s “One Word” Activity: A reflective New Year project for students.

Canva Video: For creating visually striking “one word” designs.

Sneaky Genies: A vocabulary review game from EMC2.

Don’t Llama! A quirky, quick-to-learn card game.