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Essential
Teaching Skills
An extremely useful book, containing a huge collection of tips and ideas.
Covers classroom management, discipline, planning lessons, assessment and
much more! |
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101
Essential Lists for Managing Behaviour...
Part of the "101 Essential Lists" series,
this title contains lists for primary school teachers
on how to manage behaviour. The lists range from
minor problems, such as giving rewards and sanctions
to how to deal with serious problems, such as drugs,
bullying and anger management.. |
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Welcome to the Classroom Management pages.
Look at the General Classroom
Management ideas and resources listed below,
or browse around the
other Classroom Management pages using the bar above.
Start of the Year Activities:
- Choosing
the Rules - Involve the children in deciding
the rules of your class at the start of the year.
- Hawaiian
T-Shirt Glyph
 -
Get to know your students at the start of the year,
by asking them to colour this glyph according to the
given key. Contributed by Cori McKinzie.
- Video Introductions - Get to know children at the start
of the year by asking them make a short video recording.
Don't forget to look at the Co-operation
activities to help your class
get to know each other at the start of the year.
General Classroom Management
Ideas:
Finishing Work:
- Time
Target
 -
A way of encouraging children to complete activities
before a particular time. Contributed by Victoria Jackman.
- Counting
Down - Use this simple tip to help children to finish
work promptly.
Celebrating Birthdays:
- Birthday
Cake - Celebrate a child's birthday with this fun
idea.
- Class
Birthday List -
Celebrate your children's birthdays. Add them to this
list and put it up in your classroom!
Getting Attention:
Managing Toilet / Drinks Breaks:
- Toilet
Breaks - Manage the number of trips children make
to the toilet using the clever idea.
- Bathroom
Breaks - Schedule bathroom breaks to minimise disruptions
to your lessons.
- Hall Pass Challenge - Get your pupils to complete a
quick challenge before leaving the class.
- Ts and Ws -
A way for children to request a toilet / drink break without
interrupting you when you're busy.
- Can
I use the Toilet?! - A simple way of managing the
number of children who leave the room for the toilet
during lessons!
Tidying / Moving Around:
- Tidy Up
Song - Tidy your classroom quickly using these simple
ideas.
- Mystery
Mess - Help speed the process of tidying your classroom
with this simple technique!
- One, Two,
Three - A simple technique for getting children
to move from one area to another.
- Lining Up - Fun ways
to organise children when lining up for lunch and other
activities.
- Exit Slips -
A quick and easy way of assessing children's understanding
at the end of a lesson.
Contacting Parents:
- Welcome
Letter to Parents -
A packet that will be given to the students in the first day
of school. This includes a welcome letter, classroom rules
and procedures, grading policy/scoring rubric, student information
sheet and learning contract. Contributed by Mary Angel Alim-Flores.
- Parent
Notification -
A written communication that can be sent to parents to inform
them about areas of concern that the teacher is having some
problems with their child. Contributed by Mary Angel Alim-Flores.
Submit your own Classroom Management Idea!
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on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your
contribution, if you would like me to.
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