Ask Polly Bath: Letting Students Sit in Groups?
Date: December 30th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I am a math teacher. How do you feel about letting students sit in groups?”
Ask Polly Bath: Kid Denies Being Mean to Classmates?
Date: December 23rd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How do I handle a child who is very mean to her peers but then always vehemently denies it with a big outburst?”
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Constantly Fidgeting and Making Noises During Class?
Date: December 17th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “My classroom sounds like a percussion section. No matter what I do my kids are constantly making noises like tapping their pencils or kicking the legs of their desks. It’s so distracting! What do I do?”
Ask Polly Bath: Teach Kids the Difference Between Equity and Equality
Date: December 10th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I have a student who saw another kid getting rewards for their behavior chart so now he’s mimicking the behaviors and asking for his own chart and rewards. How do I address this?”
Ask Polly Bath: Giving Elementary Students Sensory Breaks?
Date: December 2nd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I’d like to throw in a couple sensory breaks every day for my elementary students, even though we’d miss some academic time. What’s your opinion?”
Ask Polly Bath: Kindergartener Hitting, Spitting, and Throwing Things!
Date: November 25th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I have a 5-year-old student who destroys the classroom, hits, spits, and throws things. Just about everyday we call home for an early pickup, but there must be something else we can be doing here. Suggestions?”
Ask Polly Bath: Kid Lying and Making Up Stories?
Date: November 19th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How do I handle an elementary kid who constantly lies and makes stuff up?”
Ask Polly Bath: Are Breaks Making it Difficult for Kids to Settle Down?
Date: November 12th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I cannot get my ninth graders to settle after break time. They keep talking and laughing loudly. Ideas?”
Ask Polly Bath: Behaviors Causing Teachers to Burnout?
Date: October 29th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “We are all burnt out and sad. Every day we face cursing, disrespect, and violence. Most teachers leave after only one year. What can we do?”
Ask Polly Bath: Are You Letting Kids Misbehave By Not Responding?
Date: October 22nd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “You’ve said that sometimes it’s better NOT to respond to a behavior but isn’t that just letting kids misbehave?”
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