His teachers keep children buzzing in and out of lessons. The strategies of the K- 8 classroom adapt well to 9 through grad programs. We all love hands on activities. Keep your classroom well stocked with supplies that might be useful in hands on learning. Arts and crafts items need not be limited to art rooms.
Teachable moments arise more noticeably in longer periods.
Plan a storage system for your room. Teach the students team building games at the beginning of the course so can get to know each other. See our section on cooperative structures of ideas. Use these same games later to process curriculum content. Ditto' had a good idea.