Classroom management and academics are the cornerstone of the elementary school classroom. For this reason, knowing ways to encourage and provide incentives is crucial. One way is to have a day in the week when you play a game with the kids who earn it.ADVERTISEMENT
We are currently trying something like this we call “Fun Friday.” [...]
I sometimes have kids who are always breaking the rules and being disrespectful. When I talk to their parents, it is a mystery to me why the kids are so bad. The parents seem perfect.
I see how this could be a great thing. Many kids are fidgety in those later elementary and high school years and this would allow them to fidget without losing their workspace or distracting the rest of the class. At the same time, however, I imagine the kids could get obsessed with tinkering with the desk and miss the important parts of the lesson.
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I was just talking to a friend who has worked as an administrator in Compton and other places. We were discussing middle school kids and the best course of action with the really tough nuts to crack. I told him about my summer and the 8th grade classes I labored through and [...]
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