My ongoing nightmare beginning nightly the week leading up to the start of school: I walk in the classroom door ready to start out a successful year … [Read more...]
Spin a Surprise {Classroom Management}
Learning about classroom management techniques in teacher education classes sound easy enough: make sure you have established rules, you are making … [Read more...]
Cooperative Learning Group Work Roles Made Easier
Hey teaching friends! I don't know about you, but when I first started to learn about cooperative learning and group projects, I was pumped at the … [Read more...]
Brag Bands: Building Character Edition
Building character is one of those activities that sometimes gets overlooked in the classroom because there is just so much more to cover. Not to … [Read more...]
Classroom Management Teacher Cheat Sheet
Classroom management is a pretty wide topic. And the funny part? They don't teach you much of it in the teacher prep programs. Why? I am pretty … [Read more...]
Does Screaming At Your Class Work? {Classroom Management Tips}
I know most teachers with good classroom management strategies would say the answer to the title question is "usually not." If you are normally a … [Read more...]
Classroom Management: Peer Pressure
Hey everyone! I hope you are having an awesome week so far, and today I thought it would be fun to talk about classroom management. We talk about … [Read more...]
Teaching Tip: Keeping Students Engaged
Hey everyone and I hope you are awesome today and having a fantastic week. I want to share a great tip with you, I actually received a question from … [Read more...]
Simple Classroom Store System
Hey teaching friends! WHEW! I am hearing so many are already back in school, many with students already! If that is you then welcome back! I was … [Read more...]
Are You in Kahoot(s) Yet?
Hey teaching friends! Apparently I have been out of the loop, but this is the first time I have heard about this really cool assessment website from … [Read more...]
Banner Behavior
Hey teaching friends! Just a quickie blog post today - an idea for positive behavior reinforcement! First, start with these supplies - all … [Read more...]
Positively Push for Good Behavior
The end of the year is quickly approaching! I am super excited, aren't you? Well, so are the students, and their behavior is showing their excitement. … [Read more...]
Puzzling Partner Groups
I have a great group of students again this year, great in so many ways. But, they are not so great at picking partner groups! I have a number of … [Read more...]
Classroom Behavior Trackers
I'm about half-way through the school year, and two weeks back from winter break. Behaviors I worked so hard to fix-up and manage are now creeping … [Read more...]
Make Some Classroom Noise – Or Not!
Happy New Year! Make some noise for... Noise is actually my topic today. We all know that a classroom can't be completely silent but we … [Read more...]
