Ask Polly Bath: Class Clown!

Date: March 29th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I have a class clown. He’s not mean, he’s actually very funny, but he’s causing lots of distractions. I don’t want to get mad at him to make him stop, but what exactly do I do?”

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Tell Don’t Ask!

Date: March 26th, 2025

Stop asking kids questions, give them statements!

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Ask Polly Bath: Talking and Fiddling?

Date: March 22nd, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I have a really hard time getting my fourth grade students to settle down sometimes. They won’t stop talking or fiddling or even moving around the classroom. I’m a new teacher, in case you can’t tell. Please help!”

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Teaching Respect the Wrong Way?

Date: March 19th, 2025

When you don’t clearly define what respect means in your school, then you end up missing the mark trying to teach it!

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Ask Polly Bath: Heated Class Discussions?

Date: March 15th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I’m a high school teacher and lately I’m quite shocked by how upset my students can get with each other in class discussions. I frankly don’t know what to do about this. Do you have any suggestions?”

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Change Your Perspective on THAT Kid!

Date: March 12th, 2025

Can you change your perspective on THAT kid to see past their behaviors?

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Ask Polly Bath: Logical Consequences?

Date: March 9th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “Any tips on logical consequences?”

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Inconsistency Breaks School Culture!

Date: March 5th, 2025

When kids are able to depend on every school adult to be consistent, that’s a culture!

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Ask Polly Bath: Kids STILL Being Disruptive?

Date: March 2nd, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I saw your video about handling more behaviors in the classroom. How can I deal with kids who know what to do but are still being disruptive anyway without sending them out?”

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