Student Contributor: B. Pederson With these letters or phone calls home it allows an insight for the parents to see how their children are doing in the class. As well that a phone call or letter home isn’t always a negative thing for the students and it also allows the parents feel like they are also knowing what is going on in the classroom.This tool can be used in multiple ways for you and depending on how indepth you want to go with the letter or the … [Read more...] about Positive Letters and Phone Calls
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Music for Volume
Student Contributor: K. Larson Music for volume is helpful for classes of all ages and I think can help productivity. When using this tool it is best to use instrumental music at a quieter volume but audible to the class. When the class gets too loud, you can refer to the music and if they can’t hear it that means it’s too loud in the classroom.This tool is great for all age groups and classes. This is best used when doing individual, partner, or small … [Read more...] about Music for Volume
Fork and Spoon
Student Contributor: S. Byrum This tool is a great activity that can be used in the classroom to encourage students to work as a team. For this activity, students will attempt to pass a fork in one direction, and a spoon in the other, keeping the chain going in each direction. This activity helps build positive relationships in the classroom, which benefits their overall learning.For this tool, the teacher will lead the activity, but the rest is done by … [Read more...] about Fork and Spoon
The Giving Tree
Student Contributor: H. Potter The Giving Tree is a helpful tool to praise your students and let students praise others. This tool helps bring the classroom together and create a positive atmosphere.A laminated Tree is displayed in the back of the classroom where it is accessible and viewable to all students. Next to the tree is a stack of leaves. When a student recognizes another student is being kind or doing a great job on class work; whoever notices … [Read more...] about The Giving Tree
You Rock
Student Contributor: M. Shrope This tool is helpful because it celebrates the student’s success no matter how well they do. It is also super helpful because it is a common language and procedure within the class so when you say give Johnny 3, all the children know exactly what to do. The ever-changing cheers are very fun but, it is sometimes hard for them to remember all the details of every cheer which leads to only part of the class participating. This … [Read more...] about You Rock
Stick Pick
Student Contributor: R. Burland Stick Pick is an app that helps keep students participating and engaging in lessons. The students earn points for engaging in classroom discussions.you to enter your class roster into the app then choose the appropriate level of advancing questions for each student. Students earn points for answering the given questions. This helps teachers with measuring participation in class. The points help give students an incentive to … [Read more...] about Stick Pick
Teacher Too
Student Contributor: E Hinshaw-Rasmussen Teacher Too is assigning a student in the class as a teacher assistant of the week. The student is responsible for helping other students in the class when they are lost in discussion or what is expected of them. This tool is helpful when the teacher is running small groups and other students in the class need help with instructions. It guides students to know they can ask other classmates for help and not always … [Read more...] about Teacher Too
The Kindness Secret Mission
Student Contributor: K. Cabiad The Kindness Secret Mission is a tool that can teach students how to show random acts of kindness with nothing in return.This tool can be used during any time of the year. It is a helpful tool to teach students kindness in a creative, fun, and out-of-the-box way. It is a top-secret mission that you give to each of your students in an envelope. This mission requires them to perform random acts of kindness to their classmates … [Read more...] about The Kindness Secret Mission
Fill your Bank
Student Contributor: E Hinshaw-Rasmussen This tool is helpful when you want to praise your students for being kind and staying engaged. This tool helps bring together a classroom community.A laminated piggy bank is displayed accessible to students hung up in the classroom. Next to the laminated piggy bank is coins or tokens. When a student is caught being kind or staying engaged to another student; whoever notices will write what was “caught” on the token … [Read more...] about Fill your Bank
Self Assessing Turn-in
Student Contributor: A. McDonnell Students turn in work to a bin, 3 bins provided each with different label. This lets me know the confidence level each student had in the assignment turned in and then based on grading who needs extra supports.When students turn in their assignments to me, there will be three different baskets each labeled differently. One thumbs up, one thumbs sideways, one thumbs down. This allows the students to self assess on how well … [Read more...] about Self Assessing Turn-in