Popsicle Stick Count
This tool is helpful for not only the students but for the teacher as well. Each student will have their name on a popsicle stick at the front of the classroom, beside two mason jars labeled hot and cold.
Helean, Taylor
Calm Down Kit
A calm down kit is a tool used to support students when they are in need of a break from having a difficult day.
First Chapter Friday
This tool is helpful to introduce students to new books when they are required to have independent reading time during class. This tool can help students who struggle to find new books that they want to read.
10/10 Rule
This tool helps prevent the number of times students ask to leave the room during important informational times. This is done by implementing the 10/10 rule where students don’t leave the room during the first or last ten minutes of class.
Give Me 5
This is a simple tool that is verbal & nonverbal. It works as a call and response tool for the classroom. You can use this tool as a quick way to get students’ attention.
Waiting for the Teacher
With this tool students who want help from the teacher can clip their name on the hand in the front of the classroom. This way the teacher can know what students want their help and in what order to help them.
Calming Tools Kit
The calming corner is a box in the classroom with different calming tools for students like visual calming tools as well as different fidgets, ideas for calming, and tools for visual expression. This is available for students to use when they feel frustrated, angry or upset as a safe way to help them calm down.
The Fridge
This tool is essentially a student-lead bulletin board. Where students post personal work or art that they wish to share with their peers and the teacher on, “The Fridge.”
Red-Yellow-Green (Moods)
This is a tool that allows students to better communicate how they’re feeling throughout the day. This helps a teacher get a better understanding of when and how to approach students based on their feelings that day.
Timers-group, individual or work reference to time
For the tool timer, I would use it for a wide variety of learning whether it’s assignments, group work, or free time. It is useful because students can see and understand how to be efficient with what they are doing.
