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subscriber Diana;
Noise Control
During
my last practicum I used a method of noise control which I found very successful.
All you need is a bag of marbles and a clear plastic soda bottle.
The rules
are as follows:
1.As the noise levels rise the teacher drops a marble into
the bottle and shakes the bottle
2.If a child is persistently noisy after
being asked to work silently or listen then he/she must put the marble into the
bottle and shake it, thus taking public responsibility for his/her actions.
3.If the children work quietly for an extended period or pay close attention and
contribute whilst on the mat the teacher may remove a marble (or two).
4.At
the end of the day if there are 6 marbles or less in the bottle the children will
be rewarded with a class game (e.g. Chinese whispers) or can talk to a friend.
My class kept record of their progress on the whiteboard, the result of zero
marbles in one day became the subject of major class celebration! The children
also took the opportunity to discuss the reasons behind score fluctuations. After
two weeks the children began taking ownership of the process rattling the bottle
when they were uncomfortable with the noise level and adding marbles when they
considered it necessary. My students were aged between 6 and 8 inclusive but I
think it would work well with minor modifications for younger and older children.
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: Extra Work pages
Cut extra Math (or
any other subject) work pages into thirds.
Put into a bag (Kleenex box).
When there are extra minutes or a few minutes left in a work period, students
pull 1 or more to do as review. You can pass the box or walk around the class
or have students go to the box to pull a strip depending on the situation. This
is pure practice so students can check math with calculators. Emphasize they are
working for accuracy and speed and that this will show on tests scores. Give extra
effort credit in the form of + in your grade book next to the daily grade. You
are only marking that effort was done in doing an extra page. Make
your own plan book by first writing in the lessonplan book the constant weekly
occurrences. Then copy it. You will only need to then write in topics, page numbers,
and things that are different each week. Saves A LOT of time! Instead of keeping
work copies in a binder for the year, I recommend you keep worksheets in folders
and filed under subject as things change from year to year and it is easier to
look for work pages under division / similes / verbs etc.than to have to go through
the year's lesson book week by week.
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subscriber NM: Organization
Use bright
colored Report Covers to make a folder for daily work such as Daily Oral Language,
mini lessons in phonics or spelling or grammar, daily quick writing, or keeping
records of reading.
Use colored paper as dividers.
Use lined 3 hole paper.
Make 4-6 sections.
Have students put it together using this as a lesson in
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subscriber PDL: Reading
After silent reading,
have students keep a 90 second summary record of what they have read. Have them
write for 90 seconds about what they JUST read in 3-4 sentences. Also record the
page they are on when time is call: Write your 90 second summary.
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subscriber LW: Organization
Ask students to have
a mini stapler available to staple papers together. Saves time and keeps all relevant
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subscriber MM: Choosing Teams
To avoid
hurt feelings when students choose teams, have the Captains choose alternately
until half of the students are chosen. Then the remaining students may
alternately choose whichever team they want to be on. Works GREAT!!
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subscriber SE:
Quick
tip for anyone who might be interested: While shopping at Office Depot today,
I discovered they sell reams of paper already three hole punched. As I printed
the different news articles from teachingtips.com that I wanted to save, it was
so easy to just pop them into a notebook for future reference.
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subscriber Jaclyn: Discipline
I picked up something
from my master teacher that helps me when students "report" an unpleasant
incident that I haven't seen..
Whenever a student says that another student
did something that she hasn't seen (like swear or call someone names), she shrugs
and says,
"Well, I'm sorry I missed it."
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subscriber CL: Sharpened pencils
I keep sharpened pencils in a can for students to get if they need
a sharpened pencil. One of the class jobs is to sharpen the pencils in the can
before or after school. This eliminates the constant trip to the sharpener.
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subscriber MK: Bulletin Boards
Bulletin Boards made easy....
Calendars make FABULOUS bulletin boards!!
And NOW is the time to find them at super low prices-50% or more off!! This
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subscriber Mike: Holiday Decorations
When you
have decorated your room and have holiday Bulletin Boards, take everything down
before you leave for vacation. It is not only discouraging but also depressing
to return to a room of holiday decorations that need to be removed. When you come
back, you are ready to begin anew.
Make sure you leave lesson plans for a
week that a substitute can use....just in case! This is a good idea to do even
over a weekend.
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subscriber e1187:Telling
Time
Children often have trouble remembering which hand on the
clock is the minute hand and which hand is the hour hand. Tell them to compare
the length of the hands with the length of the words; minute and hour.
The
word hour is shorter so it belongs to the hour hand. The word minute
is longer so it belongs with the minute hand.
This just might
cut back on some of their confusion.
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subscriber JR:Bulletin
Boards
*Have several year round bulletin boards-
**Inspirational-Do Your Best / Conscientious Students: ask
questions/listen to directions/stay on task,etc.
** Student Art Work display
**Challenge-Can You Identify?
*Visit
other classrooms & schools when possible and take notes for ideas
*Keep a card file of captions and
a sketch of the idea
*File by the month and /or topic
*Make
a word file for captions:
***Glue cutout letters onto a background
***Laminate
***Cut out each word
***File the words alphabetically
***Choose a set color scheme for the majority of the words (ex.black letters on
white background)
***Other colors can be used for emphasis
This
is a lot of work the first year but within 2-3 years you will have almost every
word needed. Then a bulletin board caption can be changed within minutes!
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