AITSL STANDARDS: 4.2 - Manage classroom activities Establish and maintain orderly and workable routines to create an environment where student time is spent on learning tasks. TOOLS Behaviour Management is always one of the toughest things to contend with in the classroom. However, it doesn't have to be doom and gloom. Using the Harry Potter … Continue reading Behaviour Management – Harry Potter House Points
Month: May 2020
Classroom Awards: Praising Positive Behaviour
Thanking students for their wonderful efforts is always a great way to build morale in the classroom. Improvement is incremental. And students improve in different ways. For example, improvement might take loner for some students. Regardless, it is important to celebrate success even if it is small leaps. Be creative and have classroom rewards. You … Continue reading Classroom Awards: Praising Positive Behaviour
Teaching…Editing – ‘ARMS’
The Situation Your students need to learn how to add, remove and substitute words and information in their writing. The Solution Once students have edited the writing of their work, it is time that they consider how they might add or remove information, move sentences around or substitute the types of words used in the … Continue reading Teaching…Editing – ‘ARMS’
Teaching…Theme
The Situation Your students do not understand the concept of theme. The Solution Theme has always been one of those topics that I found difficult to teach. I soon discovered that paintings might be a great way to begin talk about overall meaning, which can then fire up a discussion about to theme. I first … Continue reading Teaching…Theme
Five Quick Ways to Get Your Students Writing!
The Situation Your students need to get creative. The Solution Here are five fantastic writing activities to get your students engaged! The Future The future is a mysterious abyss that we cannot truly anticipate. Get students to consider life now in our current era and consider what life might be life in the future. Would … Continue reading Five Quick Ways to Get Your Students Writing!
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