Date: August 18th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “When I am writing on the board someone will whistle but then I turn around and everyone acts innocent. This drives me crazy! How can I deal with this kind of behavior?”
Date: August 14th, 2024
Date: July 20th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Any time my lessons involve vocabulary such as ‘the wind breaks’ or words that rhyme with something crude, my 7th graders start snickering and saying inappropriate things like ‘she said break wind!’ or ‘she said fart!’ This drives me nuts. Any ideas?”
Date: June 23rd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Could you explain more about Tier 2 for behavior? I don’t know what language to use when I need help or when I need to document behavior.”
Date: June 5th, 2024
Through management, intervention, and logical consequences, I learn how to manage my skill deficits and challenges, accept who I am, and know proactively how to respond to the world, the good, the bad, and the ugly, without creating disruptions, disrespects, refusals, and safeties.
Date: June 2nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “We give our kids with higher ACES scores extra support but they often still resort to escalating behaviors and/or refusal. Why are they still struggling with learning?”
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.
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?”
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?
Date: March 31st, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I know kids need help paying attention in class but I’m struggling with all of these fidget toys and gadgets. Are they really helping my students pay attention because I worry that they are distracting?”
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