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The 1:1 Transition: Paving a Smooth Road for Students
Teaching expectations, routines, and skills make the transition smoother for students and teachers alike.
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Students Who Fly Under the Radar
How to ensure that every child in your class has the chance to succeed.
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Encourage Success with Consistency
Follow a daily classroom routine to use class time efficiently and help your kids find success!
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Get the School Year Started Off Right!
Ten teacher tips to ensure a fresh, but smooth start to your school year.
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Control the Classroom from Day One
Avoid the beginning-of-the-year scramble by having a strategy for the first few days of school.
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Part One: A Truly Inspirational Book List For Teachers
This book is not short on inspiration or terrific, practical ideas and techniques you can implement in your classroom.
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Not All Classrooms Are Created Equal
Insights as to why a certain instructional techniques may work, or not work, for every school or every classroom.
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Conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment
This is an excellent guideline for an observer to use when conducting an assessment for a student who has a chronic behavior problem. The chart has 3 categories--antecedent, behavior, consequences--and clear examples to guide you.
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Opening a Special Ed Class
This is not just a lesson plan, it's a life saver! Here are 10 separate documents intended to assist a new Special Ed teacher. There are 4 different games, instructional tips, ways to handle documentation, behavioral modification...
Teacher Treasures
Class Credit Cards
Give children credit where credit is due with this classroom management system. Providing each student with their very own charge card, they are able to gain credit for being respectful and responsible and can spend their earnings on...
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Golden Rules Poster
The first step to good classroom management is establishing clear guidelines or rules. Here are eight printable posters that will help you get your class on the track to good behavior. Each poster contains one simple rule such as,...
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The Paperless Classroom: Websites that Help You Go Digital
From kindergarten through high school, these tools will help reduce the paper trail.
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Are You Listening?
To underscore the importance of practicing good listening skills class members engage in a series of activities that model poor listening skills. In pairs and then as a whole group, class members enact different, more positive techniques...
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Keeping Students Engaged
Here are some basic tips to keep your students focused and motivated.
Student Handouts
Absent Students Tracker
Keep a record of who was absent in each class period. The page provides a place to note your class name and date as well as boxes for writing down names for each period.
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Free Homework Pass
Sometimes even the best pupils forget to do their homework or have too much going on to get all their work done. Individuals can fill out their name on these passes and get the teacher's signature to approve three separate nights off...
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Good Deeds Reap Rewards
Students recognize the good deeds of their classmates. In this self-esteem lesson plan, students participate in a reward program for doing a good deed. Students get prizes for outstanding behavior.
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Beat the Clock
Tired of wasting time trying to get your class to split up into groups? Engage in an activity to help your charges manage time. Learners reflect on a time they were left out or rejected, and then practice forming groups of three within...
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"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,"— Or Is It?
Tips for helping students who experienced poverty or family strife over the holidays.
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Classroom Management Systems: Part 1
Keeping track of "transitions" is one of my classroom management systems.
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Classroom Management Tips
Putting a well-thought-out classroom management plan into place can make the school year go smoothly.
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Building Community in the Classroom
Students build a sense of community within the classroom. In this community lesson students create individual pieces of a puzzle that when put together represent the community within their classroom. The central piece is "community".
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What is Government?
Students explore values that unite Americans. In this government instructional activity, students recall the symbols of America and discuss how to create a "Classroom Constitution." Students form rules and write their own Constitution.
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Student And Teacher Behaviors In Science Classrooms
Students work in cooperative learning groups and respond to cases involving ethical choices by students and teachers in science classrooms. They create and submit additional cases and questions for use throughout the school year.