Don’t get tired of enforcing the rules
Date: February 4th, 2016
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.
Let’s teach delayed gratification
Date: January 28th, 2016
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.
Kids can behave in school, regardless of home
Date: January 21st, 2016
Kids can learn good school behavior, regardless of their life outside of school.
Teaching new skills to an upset student
Date: January 14th, 2016
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.
#10 No more ‘drill & kill’ (part 2)
Date: January 13th, 2016
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 […]
#9 No more ‘drill & kill’ (part 1)
Date: January 13th, 2016
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 […]
Kids with one-to-one paras still need to be taught skills
Date: January 7th, 2016
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.
The point of detention? To teach skills
Date: December 30th, 2015
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.
#8 When your students subtract, can they explain how they got their answer?
Date: December 30th, 2015
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 […]
Don’t over protect from failing
Date: December 23rd, 2015
Failing is a part of life. We need to allow kids to experience this so they can learn to succeed. Watch this video for more.
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