A kid swears at you in front of the whole class! How do you respond?

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Polly answers the question: “What should I have done with a kid who stole food from another student and then when they were caught tossed the food on the floor and threw a huge tantrum?”

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“It’s time to take five!” What is take five? It’s a technique I love to use to help students process what I’m teaching.

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Polly answers the question: “I need help with blurters! They have such a need to talk in order to process so I try to let them talk when possible but it gets out of hand. How do I manage this?”

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Social Emotional Learning is such a BIG topic! We really need to look at it as something natural that we lean into every day, no matter what we’re doing. Here’s what I mean…

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Polly answers the question: “Do you have any tips on ways to get kids in from recess?”

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Here are two ways to help build a relationship with parents!

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Polly answers the question: “I am a new teacher and I have a second grade student who has literally been sleeping in class since the start of the school year. To date, he’s done absolutely nothing. How can I handle this?”

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Is it that our students are unmotivated? Or are they just not motivated to do what we want them to do?

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Polly answers the question: “I am very concerned about one of my students. It seems like there is nothing anyone can say to this child. They cause trouble in class which lands them in ISS where they cause trouble again. Recently their behavior escalated to the point that they landed in juvenile court where they talked back to the judge! What can be done?”

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