Student Contributor: C. Hernandez Appealing classroom can be used to nurture reflective thinking. Having cool tone colors and uncluttered rooms can create a positive classroom that will proactively prevent student misbehavior.There is a great power in color. Color can have a psychological, emotional, and mental effect on students learning. Bright colors like reds, yellows, and orange over stimulate students. Having bright colors in the classroom makes it … [Read more...] about Appealing Classrooms
Preventative
Silent Signals
Student Contributor: B. Musser Silent signals are a few predetermined hand signals/sign language symbols that students are able to use to ask permission from the teacher for simple tasks such as going to the bathroom or getting a drink. This procedure helps to prevent distraction in the classroom and allows for daily tasks to be carried out more smoothly.This is a procedure that is used in place of having raised hands and prevents questions from being … [Read more...] about Silent Signals
Cross the River
Student Contributor: L. Witmer Cross the River can be used to help students build community and respect for one another. Because students are asked to collaborate and work together to formulate a solution to the problem presented to them with limited resources, this activity will help students establish relationships with each other and move towards being able to work as a team.Cross the River is a team building activity in which students are introduced to … [Read more...] about Cross the River
Stoplight
Student Contributor: B.Wells This tool helps with noise level, green being normal volume and red being quiet. It is helpful to maintain appropriate noise volume and helps students to be aware of what it should be.The tool should be used to help keep the class at an appropriate noise level. The stoplight has three different components: red for quiet, yellow for low-volume, and green for talking at a soft-indoor noise level. When I was in school, we had a … [Read more...] about Stoplight
Responsive Classroom Big 3
Student Contributor: M. Smith There are 3 goals of creating rules in the Responsive Classroom approach to discipline. They are 1) establish guidelines and expectations for positive behavior, 2) create a sense of order and safety- both physical and psychological in the classroom, and 3) teach children the purpose of rules by connecting the rules to learning goals.This approach to the Preventative Phase of classroom management will only be effective in a … [Read more...] about Responsive Classroom Big 3
The Wrinkled Heart
Student Contributor: B. Brattin The wrinkled heart starts as a simple cut out of a heart and when negative things affect the heart it becomes more and more wrinkled. It is a very helpful tool in the classroom because it gives the students a visual representation of what hurtful words can do.The wrinkled heart should be used as a way of trying to get kids to think before they speak. That is to be cautious of what their words can do to someone’s feelings. … [Read more...] about The Wrinkled Heart
Quiet Coyote
Student Contributor: M. Ohland Quiet coyote is used to get the classes attention when they are working on an assignment and it may be loud in the classroom. It is an easy signal to show that their eyes need to be on the teacher, their ears are open and listening, and their mouths are closed. This is used if you need to tell the class something quick and then they get back to work. This tool is not really a transition tool.To form quiet coyote, you place … [Read more...] about Quiet Coyote
Chimes for Transitions
Student Contributor: G. Nollmeyer Chimes can be used as a musical signal for classroom transitions. Because each bar plays a tone, the sound is soothing to student brains. At the same time, the pitches easily cut through classroom noise—facilitating quick, orderly transitions.You can purchase chimes with a single bar all the way up to ones with five bars. They make very effective transition or attention-getting tools. Bells and other sound-based tools that … [Read more...] about Chimes for Transitions