Date: February 9th, 2016
By: Tom Schersten
Before I put a single manipulative in front of a single student, I invest a little time in telling them about my expectations of their behavior. By doing this, I am nurturing the relationships that allow me to routinely make respectful requests and expect compliance (that is, to be in control of my classroom). Further, […]
Date: February 4th, 2016
By: Polly Bath
Sometimes we feel we are the only ones enforcing the rules, and this causes us to get tired. But when we get tired the rules fall apart. Watch this video for more.
Date: January 28th, 2016
By: Polly Bath
Kids want things right away. But this isn’t always possible, so we need to teach them delayed gratification. This will help them later in life. Watch this video for my tip on how I do this.
Date: January 21st, 2016
By: Polly Bath
Kids can learn good school behavior, regardless of their life outside of school.
Date: January 14th, 2016
By: Polly Bath
Before we can teach new skills to children, we need to get them available to learn. Watch this video for my tips on how to do this.
Date: January 13th, 2016
By: Tom Schersten
Personal Savings Account Score Sheet Tom Schersten: In the last video, we talked about how to play the basic trading game with a personal savings account paper and the score sheet. In this video, we’re going to talk about extensions to make the game go faster, and how to use it for subtraction. When we […]
Date: January 13th, 2016
By: Tom Schersten
Personal Savings Account Score Sheet Tom Schersten: In this video, I’m going to show a game that kids can play day after day that will give them lots of drill on place value and won’t seem like a drill, because they’re playing a game. Kids will roll dice which will tell them how many ones […]
Date: January 7th, 2016
By: Polly Bath
When a child has a one-to-one para, this doesn’t mean we can skip the steps to teach him or her needed skills. Watch this video for more.
Date: December 30th, 2015
By: Polly Bath
If a child just does time in detention, then you will never see their behavior get better. Watch this video for my tip on how to make detention useful.
Date: December 30th, 2015
By: Tom Schersten
Tom Schersten’s Game Mat Tom Schersten: In this video, I’m going to model subtraction on the My Way Highway. Usually when we teach subtraction, we are using the removal model, where what we’re taking away is already embedded with what we’re starting with. Today we’re going to be using the comparison model so you get […]
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