Student Contributor: K.Conrad Classroom Cheers help build a positive relationship and attitude within the classroom between students and teachers. This contains a cup of a variety of cheers that can be preformed in order to support and encourage when our students or peers did something good that day or during an activity. They can be used to represent one individual student or the class as a whole.There are a variety of ways that classroom cheers can be … [Read more...] about Classroom Cheers
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Play a Song
Student Contributor: C. Sanchez Teachers will play a positive and happy song when their students are feeling overwhelmed or frustrated with school. A teacher will utilize this as a preventative strategy.This tool is to be used when students are feeling overwhelmed with what they are learning. A teacher might most frequently use this during a hard unit of school that they know is difficult. IF students are starting to get upset or their work level has gone … [Read more...] about Play a Song
Write a Note
Student Contributor: C. Sanchez Teachers write their students notes of encouragement throughout the year. This serves to encourage students and reinforce positive behavior.Teachers write their students encouraging notes throughout the year. These notes should be specific and should highlight specific positive behavior noticed by the teacher. This tool can be used at any time of the year as part of the preventive phase. Teachers should strive to recognize … [Read more...] about Write a Note
Tell me can
Student Contributor: C Parkhurst The tell me can is a way for students to be able to talk about what’s going on in their life or ask for support. This tool is great because it gives the student the opportunity to talk about something they may not want their peers to hear or have anxiety about saying it in person.The way this tool works is students can write on index cards whatever is going on in their life, away or at school. These notes go into a coffee … [Read more...] about Tell me can
Building a Classroom Discussion Community
Student Contributor: B. Pederson With this tool it’s something that you would be using at the start of the year. Taking time through out the first week to get to know your students and getting your students to get used to talking and sharing their ideas with each other. Getting them used to how it is you are hoping to be running a discussion based classroom. This will be helpful on trying to get the students to be used to sharing their ideas and listening … [Read more...] about Building a Classroom Discussion Community
Positive Letters and Phone Calls
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
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
Rock-Paper-Scissors
Student Contributor: K. Larson When students have a minor disagreement on the playground or in class, instead of getting the teacher involved they are able to play rock-paper-scissors to solve the dilemma. This is good for things like who gets the ball in tetherball, who gets the spot in line, and minor disagreements they might come uponThis tool could be used in classes of all ages with small problems that are caused due to young age and not having the … [Read more...] about Rock-Paper-Scissors
Call and Response
Student Contributor: C Parkhurst A fun and efficient way of gathering your class’ attention without yelling. Using specific phrases that require a call back from students that signal it is time to focus on the teacher.This tool should be used before direct instruction from the teacher or whenever whole group attention is needed. There are several different cards that students will receive with the call out and call back response listed. The teacher will … [Read more...] about Call and Response
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