Date: May 3rd, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I’m never sure what I should say to a student when they rejoin my class after having been removed for disruptive behavior. Suggestions?”
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Date: May 1st, 2024

How can you use school values to strengthen Tier 1 behaviors?
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Date: April 28th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I like to thank kids who are following directions in order to encourage other students to get into gear. But it doesn’t have any effect!! Are these kids that unaware or do they just not care?”
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Date: April 24th, 2024

There is a difference between behavior management plans and intervention plans. Behavior management plans are for the adults. Intervention plans are for the kids.
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Date: April 21st, 2024

Polly answers the question: “The other day when I was working with one of my students another kid screamed out ‘I need help over here! My hand has been up!’ He didn’t seem to appreciate that I have other students. This is an attitude I’ve been getting a lot lately. How do I handle this?”
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Date: April 17th, 2024

Behavior plans are for adults, they are what we do in response to a behavior. The child doesn’t always have to be in on that information!
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Date: April 14th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “Sometimes I just don’t know what to say! When an upset kid comes to me with a problem I don’t always have the answers. How can I help when I don’t know what to say or do?”
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Date: April 10th, 2024

Too often kids wonder what their purpose is in school. So, we need to give them a purpose!
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Date: April 7th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “The other day one of my students got really upset with a peer because she wouldn’t stop bothering him. I gently told her to stop, pointing out that he had been asking very nicely. But what I really wanted to do was yell, ‘JUST STOP!!!’ Is there a time for that? I pride myself on being calm and gentle but sometimes I worry… am I too kind?”
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Date: April 3rd, 2024

Have you ever been teaching a class and kids are having side conversations? Of course, we’ve all had that happen. How do you handle it?
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