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 | From Beth Lewis, your Guide to Elementary Education Even a well-designed discipline plan isn't "one size fits all" and will need special accommodations to help each and every student succeed. In my opinion, that's where Behavior Contracts come in. What do you think? ~Beth | |
Behavior Contracts for Challenging Students
We're a few months into the new school year. Hopefully, you and your students are starting to gel and work together like a finely-tuned machine. However, it's common to have one or two students who are, for whatever reason, exceptions to your classroom discipline plan. The best course of action may be to design a more structured and individualized contract to support the student's goals. That's where a behavior contract comes in. If you've never used this method before, here's how and why to do it. But if you use another approach, I'd love to hear about it. Leave a comment if you have another way to help your more challenging students "get with the program" was functioning and happy members of your classroom community.... Read more
| Bloom's Taxonomy and Asking the Right Questions
Surely we've all heard about Bloom's Taxonomy while studying to become teachers. But this concept may be something to revisit now and again, just to make sure that we are asking our students the best questions to promote learning and guide comprehension. When I first started teaching, I bought a little Bloom's Taxonomy flip chart at the teaching supply store. I kept it next to my overhead projector for handy reference during lessons. Maybe I should dig it out again and resharpen my question-asking skills!... Read more
| No-Prep Bingo Learning Game
Bingo is a wonderful teaching tool to have at your fingertips no matter what you are teaching. With this no-prep Bingo game, you can even make it up as you go along! Learn how to make the game Of Bingo work for almost every subject in your classroom... Read more
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