Behaviors in Independent Work Centers
Date: November 26th, 2024
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Not Taking Specials Seriously?
Date: November 24th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I’m a music teacher and I’m having an issue with students who refuse to listen during music excerpts and instead chat – thereby ruining it for the whole class. Separating them hasn’t made a difference. They don’t take the subject seriously and therefore come in with an attitude. What should I do?”
Preventing Escalation!
Date: November 20th, 2024
I saw a brilliant example of a teacher using the skill of ‘reading the room’ in order to prevent behaviors from escalating.
Ask Polly Bath: Not Stopping IMMEDIATELY?
Date: November 17th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “What should I do next when I tell a student to stop what they are doing IMMEDIATELY but they don’t?”
Timers and Self-regulation
Date: November 13th, 2024
Here’s how to help kids self-regulate their behavior using timers during the lecture part of class.
Ask Polly Bath: Behaviors and Saying “Thank You”
Date: November 10th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I’m working with a girl who has behavior problems. When she stops a behavior my instinct is to thank her, but that seems to make her mad. Is there something I’m missing?”
Behaviors and Hands-on Math?!?
Date: November 6th, 2024
You get the Unifix cubes out to teach math to youngsters and what happens? They start playing! How do you handle that behavior?
Ask Polly Bath: Kids LOUD at Lunch?
Date: November 2nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “What are your feelings about trying to keep 80 elementary schoolers silent in the lunch line and at certain times during their lunch? Our cafeteria is SO LOUD!”
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