SecondGradeSquad.com / Cut a file folder into strips. The shorter the attention span, the smaller you will cut the strips. I cut this one into 3 parts. Students open 1 flap at a time and always begin at the top and work their way down. Students comple. Educational Resources for Special Needs. Download the PDF Form: Decision Making Guide Purpose: Provide a visual diagram to help students map out the positive and negative consequences of a choice in their behavior.
Instruction: Teacher or parent list the "issue" in the box and the top of the guide Help student to select the options that are available to address the issue and list them in the options boxes Have students list the pros and cons for all the available options Review the pros and cons with the student making any addition or omissions Help the student to choose the best option to address the issue by circling it with a green marker Have the student fill out a contract or goal sheet to incorporate the selected option (if necessary) Sample Form: Glitter jar. Today we tried a different way of making a Mind Jar.
(Here is a free MindJar printable for you so you can share a MindJar with someone who might like or need one! For another great idea try making a Calm-Down-Basket!) (A Mind Jar is a meditation tool to use whenever a child feels stressed,overwhelmed or upset. Bunge cord. It seems like every year I have a student (usually a boy) who can't sit still or needs to be fidgeting with something in order to pay attention.
It took me a long time to realize that when a student is twiddling with something in their desk, doodling, tearing up an eraser, or turned upside down in their chair, they are not just playing or trying to ignore me. In most cases, they are actually listening better than if I had made them sit quietly with their hands on their desk! Of course, all of this activity can be distracting and disruptive to the rest of the class, so the vice-principal at my school came up with an ingenious solution that requires a bungee cord with hooks on each end and a PVC pipe.
Slip the pipe over the bungee cord and hook it to the desk leg.