<p>I like the 4 goals that students should feel before they depart the first day of class:</p> <p><span>Here is what you want your students to have at the end of their first class meeting.</span></p> <ol type="1"> <li value="1"><span>A sense of where they&rsquo;re going and how they&rsquo;ll get there.</span></li> <li><span>A feeling that the other members of the class are not strangers.</span></li> <li><span>An awareness that you care about their learning.</span></li> <li><span>An expectation that the course will be both valuable and enjoyable.</span></li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><cite>From &lt;<a href="https://www.jsou-cee.org/elc/mod/resource/view.php?id=726">https://www.jsou-cee.org/elc/mod/resource/view.php?id=726</a>&gt; </cite></p>