50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior: Simple Solutions to by Todd Whitaker, Annette L. Breaux

By Todd Whitaker, Annette L. Breaux

From best-selling authors Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, 50 how one can enhance pupil habit: basic options to advanced demanding situations is a must-read reference for academics, either new and experienced!

In a full of life and fascinating kind, Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker percentage 50 basic, common options for making improvements to pupil habit and lengthening pupil cooperation, participation, and success. every one sensible, well-defined procedure will be utilized in study rooms of all grade degrees and matters. thoughts include:

* tips to make scholars extra liable
* find out how to nip strength difficulties within the bud
* studying what to miss
* setting up lecture room principles and tactics
* educating in small bites (It makes scholars hungrier!)

As pupil habit improves, so too will the standard of studying on your lecture room. With this e-book, you can start to introduce a number of latest innovations into your instructing perform this day!

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Here it is: Send one note per class per day—one “happy note,” that is— to the parent/parents of a child in your classroom. A happy note consists of wording along these lines: Dear _________, I am so proud of your child, ______________, for ______________________________________________________ _______. I knew you would be proud of her, too. And that’s it. Fill in the blanks, and sign your name. What many teachers do is photocopy these letters in order to have them ready at any given mo- 22 ♦ 50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior ment.

Get the picture? No one is pointing any fingers here, as almost all teachers have reacted to students from time to time. The problem is that this type of reaction has never worked. Ever! Now take one of the listed items that is missing in your classroom and do the following: Using the aforementioned list, address one issue that is missing in your classroom. Even if you found three or four, select only one. For the entire day, address that issue. Let’s say that you are not typically organized. Can you be perfectly organized tomorrow?

Yet another example is a student drawing or doodling while he is supposed to be completing an assignment. Sometimes the best way to approach this is to redirect him instead of reacting to his lack of engagement in the activity. ” You may be amazed to learn how well this technique works. In essence, you appear to have overlooked the fact that he was not participating, but in reality, you simply dealt with it in a more effective manner. The following are just a few examples of what the best teachers overlook: ♦♦ Student noises that are made to attract the teacher’s attention ♦♦ Slouching in desks ♦♦ Daydreaming ♦♦ Underbreath comments designed to aggravate the teacher ♦♦ Slamming books on the desk when students are aggravated about something ♦♦ Less-than-pleasant looks on students’ faces ♦♦ Occasional whispering between two students ♦♦ Occasional laughter between two students Bottom Line If you look hard enough to find something wrong, you will find it every time!

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