Late to Class…Again!
Date: November 8th, 2023
Ask Polly Bath: Telling a Kid to Stop Immediately
Date: November 4th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “What do you do when you tell a child to ‘stop immediately’ and they say ‘I wasn’t doing anything’?”
Back Talk? Or Power Struggle?
Date: November 1st, 2023
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Plugging Toilets on Purpose?
Date: October 29th, 2023
Deliberately Annoying Behavior?
Date: October 25th, 2023
Ask Polly Bath: What’s My Role as a Para?
Date: October 22nd, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I am a paraprofessional and lately it’s getting harder to get the kids to do their work. I feel like I’m jumping through hoops and enticing them and even nagging them! What’s my role here?”
What is an Apology?
Date: October 18th, 2023
Are you teaching your students that there is more to apologizing than just saying the words I’m sorry?
Ask Polly Bath: Calming Techniques and Disregulation
Date: October 15th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I use yoga and mindfulness techniques in my classroom regularly but when the kids get upset they don’t use these techniques in the moment! How can I get the good stuff to kick in?”
Reduce Behaviors with “Talk Time”
Date: October 11th, 2023
I reduce behaviors by giving my students five minutes of ‘talk time’ at the end of each class.
Ask Polly Bath: Is All-School Community Possible?
Date: October 7th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “Our school is very spread out with grade levels in their own hallways. How can we create an ‘all-school community’ when our paths rarely cross?”
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