Classroom Management - Planning / Assessment

Planning / Assessment Ideas

Classroom Management

The Teacher's Toolkit
A practical, user-friendly book, which contains a wealth of ideas for every teaching and learning style. This is extremely popular with other teachers and is highly recommended.

The Practical Guide to Primary Classroom Management
This accessible and pithy book focuses on the basics of classroom management, an area of genuine concern to students and NQTs. Chapters cover issues like behaviour, organizing classroom space, effective use of resources, and 'teacher presence'.

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Planning Ideas / Resources:

General Plan Template - A handy Word document, containing a planning template which can be edited and customised to fit your own requirements. Contributed by Veronica Kaneti.
Seating Plan - Use a seating plan to make carpet time go more smoothly!
Literacy Planner - A useful Literacy planning template for teachers to use. Contributed by a visitor.
Maths Planner - A useful Maths planning template for teachers to use. Contributed by a visitor.
Activity Time - If you have an interactive whiteboard, and often set up activities which rotate around the classroom, try using this technique.
Timetable - A basic timetable, which you can write / type over, to show children what they can expect to be doing during the week ahead!
Early Work - Another tool for interactive whiteboard users, this helps to organise activities which take place first thing in the morning (e.g. during registration time).
Today's Timetable - Let your class know what's going on with this simple idea.
Timetable Display Labels - A set of labels which could be used to make your own visual timetable for the day. Contributed by Chantelle Hydes.
Visual Timetable - A set of labels which can be used to make a visual timetable, to show children what they are doing for the day. Contributed by Caitlin Barnes.

Assessment Ideas / Resources:

Clear as Glass? - A wonderful way of reviewing children's understanding of concepts.
Smiley Self Evaluation - An easy way for children to evaluate their own work, and share their response with the teacher.
Traffic Light Assessment - Encourage children to think about their own learning with this simple system.
End of Term Assessment Quiz - A great way of assessing what children have learnt throughout the term!
Self Assessment Millipede - Have a class millipede to encourage children to think about their own learning.
Homework Checklist - A simple way of keeping a record to show who has and hasn't returned their homework.
Target Charts - A set of extremely useful target charts for children to complete.
Class Record Template - A class record sheet, which can be used to keep assessment records about individual children in your class. Contributed by Veronica Kaneti.
Class Scores List - Simply add your children's names to this page, and use it as a handy way to record scores. This also works well as a simple tick-list!
Class Comments List - A simple way of recording comments about individual children.

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Links to other sites:

GradeConnect - A free online service which helps you to manage classes, lessons and records easily.
Manage My Workload - An interesting site, which aims to provide information for teachers on reducing work load and part-time working. Lots of good ideas for dealing with your workload!
Teacher's Help - A wide range of teaching resources are available here.
Interactive Learning - Lots of useful links and resources, in all curriculum areas.
Edu-Fax - Creators of a resource for teachers, which include National Curriculum statements and academic year diaries for everyday use.
Teachers Unite - A non-profit membership organization that has been set up to celebrate the power and importance of teachers.
HLTA and TA blog - A blog for Teaching Assistants and anyone else interested in Education. A forum is also available.
PGCE Primary - A blog where PGCE students share ideas, tips, resources about teaching.
Teaching Expertise - Information, advice and resources for teachers on this useful site.
Primary Teacher UK - An interesting blog giving information, advice and useful tips about primary teaching. Look out for the free resources too!

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