Forever in First. Action Cup! Classroom Timers - Fun Timers. School / behaviour chart...more space ideas! Transition Time: Word of the Day. I cannot believe I haven't blogged about this before, but even if I have, here's a fun refresher & freebie :) I have a rowdy bunch this year, so a lot of my teaching involves movement, Brain Breaks and Whole Brain Teaching strategies.
One thing that rates at the top of my pet peeves is when kids start to transition the second I start giving the directions. It turns into a scene of me yelling over a group of moving kids who, of course, end up asking me what to do 2 minutes later.... grr! Enter Ms. Noonan, from Teaching Channel, and her great video about managing transitions using the Word of the Day. Kindergarten / Voice levels. Classroom Management... This is one of my FAVORITE classroom management tools!!
It can be soooo time consuming to answer the questions...Can we use markers? , Do we turn this in? Tattle Tale Tips. Have you ever had a class where you feel like they couldn't get along with their own shadow?
In reality, it's only a handful of students who want to "report" every infraction, but it's exhausting when you get this group. I've found 2 different things that help combat tattling syndrome. #1 - Warm Fuzzies This will redirect your students' focus. Suddenly, they are looking for the good their classmates are doing rather than the bad. Friday Fun Day. Is this the year that you got "that" class?
The thing I've found with difficult classes is you have to change your management system & incentives fairly often. The systems lose their effectiveness quickly with a class with this type of chemistry. One of my favorite incentives is Friday Fun Day (F.F.D.)! FREE Behavior Management Cards - Teaching Tales. School / idea for keeping parents informed when child has had time out. Tic tac toe against teacher. Coupons for rewards. I'm joining some of my blogging bff's over @ our collaborative blog, Freebie-licious for week #5 of our summer linky party series.
I believe it was my 3rd or even 4th year of teaching when my former principal, Mr. Ja**a** had the nerve to mark me off on an evaluation because my students were talking when they transitioned into a the line to leave. Oh, they also were too loud while adding dice...really???? Don't even get me started. Well, I don't take criticism well at all but my kids were good! In college we were taught the red, yellow, green light management by Lee Cantor. Honestly, my kids were pretty well behaved considering there was no consistency, no rewards, no positive or negative consequences for behavior...they just behaved...well I thought they did.
Dog squeak toy. Clip chart weekly communication. Voice levels. Working levels. Many kindergarten teachers are afraid to attempt Cooperative Learning!
It's really easy and the kids have so much fun while they are learning! Here's a game called Quiz, Quiz Trade (Taken from my Kagan Cooperative Learning book!) This game will reinforce any skill you choose! It's great for review too! Students are each given a card. You can use flashcards or any sort: alphabet, rhyming, numbers, addition facts. Play music for about 30 seconds. When the music stops, the kids all find a partner. They show each other their cards and the other partner must read their card. Teach the kids to partner pyramid (each partner puts a hand up to form a pyramid) to signify they are done. You start the music back up, kids walk around until the music stops.
You can do this with every concept and every age or grade level! Tattle Monster. Behavior Bingo- Management Idea. Show n tell as reward. Weekly chart for clip chart. I had read on Jodi's blog The Clutter-free Classroom that one of the best things she had ever done in her classroom was start a behavior clip chart.
Well let me quote her BEST. THING. EVER. Flipping Cards-Sign the Book- Name on the board- no system at all. I have tried them all. 1. 2. 3. Click Here to download. 4. Thanks for hanging out! Voice Levels Chart.pdf. Attention grabbers. Pickles and Ketchup Printable - Teach A Roo. Behavior Management Templates - Lisa Paladino Lizak. Bingo. Meacham Behavior.
There are a lot of aspects to managing students and a classroom.
This page will focus on strategies that I currently use to manage student behavior. Overall, I use Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports. Our entire district has adopted PBiS. To support PBiS, I also utilize aspects of (1) Bucket-Filling, (2) 1-2-3 Magic, (3) CHAMPS, and (4) Responsive Discipline. I find that there are a lot of overlapping principles within these methods/theories. One thing I keep in mind is that behavior management is not a "this" or "that" thing - - and students don't respond in-like to every strategy that I implement. When I've been having a challenging day, my colleagues have been known to shout/whisper at me, "Just CHAMP it, Meach!
" CHAMPS is an acronym that stands for Converstation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, and Success. CHAMPS Boards (zip file) CHAMPS in My Classroom. Behavior Board in My Classroom As the year is coming to an end {15 1/2 days, but who's counting?}
I've been very pleased with my group. I'm very pleased with our entire 3rd grade. We had "the group" ~ you know what I'm talking about. The group that the Kinder teachers warned the 1st grade teachers about, 1st ran and told 2nd to watch out, we've watched them as 3rd grade teachers and thought, really? Then at the beginning of this year we had two teachers leave and two other teachers move to our grade level from other grades. Champs was wonderful in setting standards for EVERYONE, fair, equal and positive. C = Conversation.