7 Successful Strategies for Managing Middle Schoolers. How to Regain Control of Your Classroom NOW. Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners. Mrs. Holowicki's Classroom Expectations, Rules, Procedures and Consequences. My Home Page » Mrs.
15 creative & respectful ways to quiet a class - Have you fallen into the trap of saying “No talking!”
Or “I need quiet!” All day long? Bringing Classroom Rules to Life. School rules.
The mere mention of these words can elicit heavy sighs and moans from children and adults alike. Rules order us around. Rules constrict us. “No running, no hitting, no pushing, no cutting in line, don’t interrupt . . .” Morning Meeting and Older Students. If you teach older students—those between 10 and 14—you may have wondered if Morning Meeting is appropriate for them.
Can you spare the time from the intensifying academic focus in the upper grades? Do they really need the structure and support Morning Meeting provides? The answer is a definite Yes. Morning Meeting is not only appropriate for older students, it’s especially important as an anchor, a predictable routine that they need more than ever as they undergo rapid physical, emotional, and intellectual changes.
Morning Meeting helps them trust each other and value learning at a time when their peer culture may say it’s cool not to care and uncool to be smart and engaged. Here are a few tips to help you hold Morning Meetings that will engage and support your older students. Respectfully but firmly address “it’s little kid stuff” grumblings about Morning Meeting. Try It Now! 19 Big and Small Classroom Management Strategies.
The year I started teaching seventh- to 12th-grade English in Minneapolis, Prince launched his song about urban ruin, “Sign o’ the Times.”
That song was an apt musical backdrop for the lives of my students, most of whom lived in poverty and challenged me daily. Management. Ahh, classroom management.
Many of us tend to equate classroom management with discipline (and for that matter, to equate discipline with punishment, but that's another story). I see classroom management as the processes and procedures that are in place to mitigate the need for punishment, leaving discipline to cleave to its roots of "to follow. " Anything else is not classroom management. It’s damage control. Classroom management starts, for me, with very clear expectations, and firmly established procedures. Room Arrangement One of the goals of my room set-up is to minimize non-instructional interaction.
Games: Quiet, Thinking, Table, Circle. NEED TO QUIET THE KIDS DOWN--but you still want to have fun!
We have lots (about 50) of wonderful school-age games that use low energy... Play them on a table, the floor or in a circle. A Bonus! Most are extremely cost efficient-as in they cost nothing! 1. 2. You have to think fast for this game.1. After a few rounds it can be hard to think of an animal that has not already been mentioned! 50 Tips, Tricks and Ideas for Teaching 6th Grade - WeAreTeachers. Sixth graders are new to middle school, and they exude an exuberant, bubbly confidence.
They’re a pleasure (if sometimes a challenge) to teach, and these 50 tips and ideas from the WeAreTeachers Helpline and around the Web are great to have in your bag of tricks whether you’re a newbie or an old hand at middle school. 1. Start the year with an icebreaker. Get to know your students right away—they’re likely new to the school as well as your class. Here are ideas for how to spend the first days of school from 6th Grade Tales, like creating a Goal Setting bulletin board inspired by John Green or a rousing game of Would You Rather?
2. Put simply—some people believe that intelligence is fixed, while others think that it’s malleable and depends on effort. 3. Sixth graders (and most middle schoolers for that matter) aren’t known for offering up their opinions or thoughts as readily as younger students. 4. What 'white folks who teach in the hood' get wrong about education. Columbia University associate professor Dr.
Chris Emdin says the “white hero” narrative is setting up both teachers and students for failure. Photo courtesy of Diedre Reznik. How to Stop a Fight. “What did you say?
Are you talking to me?” 20 Ways To Get A Noisy Classroom's Attention. 20 Ways To Get A Noisy Classroom’s Attention by Terry Heick Okay, so this isn’t about rethinking teaching and learning in a connected world, but that doesn’t change the fact that for many of you, simply beginning class can be the most challenging thing you do all day. It’s not easy. My go-to for years what to simply start teaching, somewhat quietly, and hope students caught on, but I found that stressed some students who were trying to hear and couldn’t, so I had to come up with different strategies. While muting an entire classroom for 35 minutes at a time so they “listen” isn’t ideal, every teacher needs to quiet a noisy classroom at some point.
And note, much of what works is indeed about your personality. 30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class. One day, in front 36 riotous sophomores, I clutched my chest and dropped to my knees like Sergeant Elias at the end of Platoon. Instantly, dead silence and open mouths replaced classroom chaos. Standing up like nothing had happened, I said, “Thanks for your attention––let’s talk about love poems.” I never used that stunt again. After all, should a real emergency occur, it would be better if students call 911 rather than post my motionless body on YouTube. I’ve thought this through. 50 Tips, Tricks and Ideas for Teaching 6th Grade - WeAreTeachers.