Behavior in the classroom

Learn 11 effective ideas for redirecting student behavior in the classroom that you can start using today! The more classroom management techniques you have, the easier it is to find what works for you! Read more on the blog.

By Becky Cummings Teachers have you thought about your current classroom management system and what it’s doing for your students? Is it set up to allow children to reflect on their behavior in a compassionate, calm way? Or does it call children out and shame them in front of peers causing shame and guilt? The […]

Are you struggling with students who exhibit defiant behavior? Here are strategies to effectively manage and prevent this behavior.

After the beginning of the school year starting, are you noticing attention seeking behaviors in your special ed classroom? In this blog post, you can read my favorite strategies to use for attention seeking behaviors in children. The best place to start is by collecting data to see if the behavior is actually attention seeking. You can grab my data collecting sheets here to help. Then see my process of how I reduce the attention of the behavior, use a time out, and then replace the…

Use a Stoplight Board (green, yellow, red card behavior system) to help students learn the appropriate behavior and classroom expectations. Students who require continually need reminders or prompts greatly benefit from this tool. If you have a student who is off task and under motivated in regards to his or her behavior, then I highly recommend the use of this visual. Premade incentives and consequences provide the student and teacher team with the ability to select appropriate motivators…

Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...

Free preschool assessment worksheets for year-end review or as a kindergarten readiness checklist. Ensure your preschool student is ready for kindergarten with these free worksheets: Alphabet, numbers, counting, fine motor, all about me, emotions, behavior, social skills, following directions, addition, subtraction, shapes, patterns, sequencing, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, sight words and more!

You classroom can run like a well oiled machine with a good classroom management plan in place. These tips and ideas will help you do that!

School has started for me! I teach for a modified year round school district. My six week Summer has come to a close. The night before school started I posted this picture to my Facebook much to the amusement of my fellow teachers on there. I'm sure they felt the same way. Back to School Napping Thoughts When my kinders came to me this Monday, July 28, I was excited because last year I taught a kinder first grade split class which meant I had to go fast sooner. I missed the full "kindie"…

This is the behavior chart that I created with a Grade 2 ESL student in mind. The student is bright and quick academically but struggles to maintain focus and keep his hands to himself.