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Teaching Tip to Make Cooperative Learning Easier
Teaching Tip Tuesday: Appointment Clock. An Appointment Clock is a classroom management tool that teachers can use when students will be working in pairs. Appointment Clocks save valuable class time,...
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How-To Fall For the Kid Who Drives You Crazy
Image credit. I have a thing for the naughty kids, the ones who curse and spit and do the exact opposite of what successful students are required to do. I like the kids who frequent the office, refuse...
View ArticleReaching and Teaching the Impoverished Child
How many of the students with whom you regularly interact are disorganized, frequently lose papers, bring many reasons why something is missing, don’t do homework, are physically aggressive, like to...
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How to Teach Kids Respect
One of the most highly searched character-related education topics is how to teach kids respect, according to google searches. It’s the character trait teachers scour the internet to find ideas on how...
View ArticleHow to Stop Interruptions from Elementary Students
Interruptions from young children can become a major distraction in the classroom. Check out the following two ideas from teachers of elementary students, which I saw this week on Teaching Channel....
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Tips for Quieting a Noisy Classroom
When it comes to classroom management there are an endless number of things that teachers struggle with. Even the most experienced and practiced of educators encounter moments when their system fails...
View ArticleStart Class with a Handshake {And Other Tips That Just Might Work}
Looking for some fresh ideas for effective {and positive} classroom management? Take a few minute to watch the following video compilation by The George Lucas Foundation’s Edutopia site for educators....
View ArticleOverheard in my Classroom
One sophomore girl to another: “My parents go on and on about things I’ve done wrong…but they never say anything about all the things I do right!” If you’re a parent, your first reaction to this quote...
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Why I don’t REQUEST Compliance
I don’t say, “Please,” anymore. Or not as much anyway. This school year has proven to be the most challenging for me in nineteen years, and one of the reasons is a handful of defiant, confrontational...
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Power, Fun and Freedom
Power, fun and freedom. These are three little words that can take any lesson or classroom experience from boring to engaging with just a few minor adjustments. As adults, most of us look for...
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