I Want Perseverance!

Date: April 16th, 2025

I want perseverance and I want to teach perseverance!

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Look Deep into Behaviors for Results!

Date: April 9th, 2025

Let’s look deeper into the simple skills deficits that are getting in the way.

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The Kid You Don’t Like!

Date: April 2nd, 2025

Let’s change our lens on the kids we don’t like.

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Tell Don’t Ask!

Date: March 26th, 2025

Stop asking kids questions, give them statements!

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Teaching Respect the Wrong Way?

Date: March 19th, 2025

When you don’t clearly define what respect means in your school, then you end up missing the mark trying to teach it!

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Ask Polly Bath: Heated Class Discussions?

Date: March 15th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I’m a high school teacher and lately I’m quite shocked by how upset my students can get with each other in class discussions. I frankly don’t know what to do about this. Do you have any suggestions?”

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Regulating Yourself When a Kid Swears at You

Date: February 19th, 2025

A kid swears at you in front of the whole class! How do you respond?

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Ask Polly Bath: Blurting Out in Class!

Date: February 8th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I need help with blurters! They have such a need to talk in order to process so I try to let them talk when possible but it gets out of hand. How do I manage this?”

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Make SEL Natural!

Date: February 5th, 2025

Social Emotional Learning is such a BIG topic! We really need to look at it as something natural that we lean into every day, no matter what we’re doing. Here’s what I mean…

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Ask Polly Bath: Kid Always Sleeping in Class?

Date: January 25th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I am a new teacher and I have a second grade student who has literally been sleeping in class since the start of the school year. To date, he’s done absolutely nothing. How can I handle this?”

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