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The Reasons Your Classroom Management Isn’t Working and How to Fix It

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Is your classroom management plan non-existent? Check out these practical tips that you can use without charts, prizes or incentives! Click to read more! #classroommangementstrategies #classroommangement

Recently I was having a discussion with a former student teacher. She had reached out because her last school year felt like a disaster and she was wondering how could improve. She’d tried clip charts, behaviour charts, communication journals, reward baskets and everything else she could think of, but nothing worked. She wanted to know how she could improve her classroom management because she feared she couldn’t last another year. She asked about my secret because she didn’t remember what I did.

Was it that uneventful that she didn’t know what I did? No. Not quite.

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You Need to Stop Overlooking Health Class!

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Do you find there just isn't time in your daily schedule to fit in health lessons for your students? Check out these lessons that you can use to teach health (wellness, nutrition, anti-bullying, goal setting and so much more!) Use health to teach reading, writing, role-playing and communicating! You always have time for that! #healthlessons #engaginglessons #healthclass

Are you having trouble fitting health lessons into your plans because you already have too much to teach? Stop overlooking the value of health class! You can leverage health lessons to teach reading and writing. You can help students in your class be organized, play safely and get along with each other. So why are you ignoring all these important outcomes?

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How to Make Students Listen Without Yelling

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Are you ready to pull your hair out because your students just aren't listening to you? Wait! Read these practical strategies that will save your sanity (and your voice). #classroommanagement #listeningskills

Do you have to repeat yourself constantly because your students just don’t know how to listen? Maybe it’s not them. Are your directions are unclear? Do you have their attention? Maybe your instructions were unclear. Nobody likes a yelly teacher. So here is how you can fix your directions and improve their listening skills at the same time.

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How to Teach Students to Self-Regulate

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Teach your students to self-regulate and manage their emotions with these activities. Managing feelings is just one part, but there are lessons and activities to help your students develop the skills included in this post!

What does self-regulation mean? Well, the obvious answer means for students to keep their feelings in check. But that’s a bit misleading. It implies that students need to squish down their feelings. Emotional regulation is a skill that students need to be taught. It does not come naturally for everyone.

Students that are having a hard time with self-regulation often appear to be disengaged, rude, helpless or otherwise frustrating for teachers. For many teachers, this means ramping up the WOW factor to try to entice students into wanting to learn. This might mean costumes, balloons, candy and confetti for math-but imagine if it could be something so much simpler?

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