Behavior management: hardwired behaviors
Date: June 25th, 2015
A student’s behavior is a symptom of something else. Watch this video to see what the causal factor could be and what we can do to help that student.
Behavior management: build rapport with validation
Date: June 18th, 2015
Watch this video to see how validating a child’s behavior can help the situation.
Recess behavior: the wall doesn’t teach anything
Date: June 11th, 2015
When a kid misbehaves on the playground, our immediate reaction is to send them to the wall. But does that help? Watch this video for more.
Behavior management: consequences teach skills
Date: June 4th, 2015
Is there a difference between punishment and consquence? Yes! Watch this video to see what it is.
De-escalating behavior: LISTEN
Date: May 28th, 2015
Watch this video to see how letting a kid speak and listening can help him solve his own problem.
Behavior management: consistency with building rules
Date: May 20th, 2015
We reduce bigger behaviors when we consistently enforce building rules. Watch this video for more.
#5 When your students add, can they explain how they got their answer?
Date: May 19th, 2015
Tom Schersten: It’s not until fourth grade that the common core standards expect kids to have memorized the traditional algorithms for addition and subtraction. That means that in the second and third grades, we have to have other ways of the kids modeling how their thinking is going.
Use in-school suspension to teach skills
Date: May 14th, 2015
In-School Suspension should build skills in students. Watch this video for why this is so important and my tip on how to do it.
Classroom management: deal with distractions to help kids focus
Date: May 7th, 2015
Students are very easily distracted while we are trying to teach the class. Watch this video for my tip on how to deal with those distractions.
#4 The power of understanding place value when adding 3- and 4-digit numbers
Date: May 6th, 2015
Tom Schersten: This video is going to show the power of understanding place value when adding three- and four-digit numbers. Please take a look at the example that I have here: 375 add 256. I’m going to start adding on the left side, because I know that that stands for 300, and this is 200, […]
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