Tag: classroom management

Classroom Economy systems are an exciting way to teach financial literacy skills. This free resource makes it easy to create your own classroom economy system!

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Most schools have a handbook of guidelines and district policies, but have you ever thought of creating a handbook just for YOUR classroom? It's easier than you think!

Most schools have a handbook of guidelines and district policies, but have you ever thought of creating a handbook just for YOUR classroom? It’s easier

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What if simply believing in your students could change the outcome of your entire year? Discover how to turn the power of self-fulfilling prophecy into

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Learn how to set up a Book Tasting event in your classroom to spark curiosity and excitement about reading different types of books.

Learn how to set up a Book Tasting event in your classroom to spark your students’ curiosity and excitement about reading different types of books.

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Taking time to plan effective cooperative learning teams will ensure a smooth start to the new school year. Check out these helpful team formation tips!

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One my biggest struggles as a 5th grade teacher was getting kids to do their homework. I’m guessing you can relate! I was never a

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Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

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20 Terrific Quiet Signals That Work

When you teach hands-on lessons, it’s important to have an effective quiet signal! This blog post includes 20 quiet signals and attention signals that work!

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Daily Report Homework Solution

Do you have a few students who can’t seem to complete assignments and turn them in on time? Yet when you talk to their parents, you

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Check out these terrific tips from teachers who shared their solutions to the problem of students who seek attention in the classroom.

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Cooperative learning lessons are awesome for engaging students in the learning process, but sometimes a team will become overly enthusiastic and noisy. Even if everyone

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Raising academic standards is certainly a worthy goal, but sometimes it can have unintended consequences. To find time to teach the rigorous reading and math

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Tag: classroom management

The Magic Solution to Missing Assignments

One my biggest struggles as a 5th grade teacher was getting kids to do their homework. I’m guessing you can relate! I was never a fan of loading kids up with homework, but I did expect them to complete whatever was assigned. Most of my homework was finishing classwork, returning

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Daily Report Homework Solution

Daily Report Homework Solution

Do you have a few students who can’t seem to complete assignments and turn them in on time? Yet when you talk to their parents, you hear the story, “But he said he finished all his homework!” Sadly, these students may feel they are telling the truth because they forgot they even HAD homework.

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Team Stop Signs Help Kids Stop and Refocus

Cooperative learning lessons are awesome for engaging students in the learning process, but sometimes a team will become overly enthusiastic and noisy. Even if everyone is still on task, their energetic behavior can be distracting to others. In most cases, these students don’t mean to be noisy or disruptive; they’re

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Cook Up a Caring Classroom with Books by Julia Cook

Raising academic standards is certainly a worthy goal, but sometimes it can have unintended consequences. To find time to teach the rigorous reading and math Common Core standards, many schools are cutting back on physical education, the arts, and life-skill lessons. Yet we need to remember that we aren’t teaching

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