When we recorded our voice overs for our movie projects last year, I’d call “Quiet on the Set” and it would need to be totally quiet. I knew that my class would do a good job of this but there was one student, “Tommy,” who wasn’t going to be quiet and he would probably get …
Tag: classroom management
Classroom Management: Good Morning and Entering the Room
The way that students enter the classroom determines almost everything else that happens after. It Starts on the Yard–Pick Them Up On Time For elementary teachers who pick up their students up from the yard, it’s important that teachers arrive immediately or soon after the bell rings. In between yard supervision and the teacher’s arrival, …
Classroom Management: Appropriate Consequences
This is a follow-up to my previous post on the Teacher’s Voice and its impact on classroom management. They’re Not Bored, You’re Boring A lot of teachers feel that it’s not their job to entertain students, and it’s not—but it is your job to be interesting and if you can entertain them, that’s a bonus. …
Classroom Management: The Teacher’s Voice
My readers, I’m sure, have excellent classroom management. However, you may be called upon to help out a brand-new colleague or an overwhelmed veteran next door. I have a theory that much of a classroom’s success all depends on the teacher’s voice. Pitch Think low. Student teachers I’ve worked with who have poor classroom management …
The Trains Run On Time: Have a Schedule
I get asked all the time how I fit in anything “extra” into the Open Court program. I don’t think I’m doing anything “extra.” I just make sure I have time for writing and independent work time/workshop each day. Your writing and IWT times are when you differentiate your instruction in ways which you can’t …