Classroom Management Archives

Many teachers avoid using partners, but in reality, partners in the classroom make a great learning tool! Read these eight reasons to use partners, shared by our guest blogger, and decide which partner activities might work best for your students!

8 Reasons to Use Partners in Your Class Today!

You are in for a treat! Please welcome Brandi of My Teacher Friend. Today she shares some practical advice about pairing up students and included

Classroom Management Ideas: Using Art for a Caring Environment

Please welcome Christi of Digraphs, Decimals, Discoveries, whose post today on classroom management ideas using art will inspire you. These strategies create a caring classroom

Are you a teacher looking for Pinterest boards to follow? Check out these three collaborative Pinterest boards with hundreds of pins to inspire you!

Three Great Pinterest Boards for Teachers to Follow (or Join!)

Pinterest is such an amazing resource for teachers! I am constantly amazed at all of the incredible ideas I find there. Of course, I am

how to motivate students to behave in class

Make the Most of Your Class Marble Jar

If you teach in an elementary classroom, chances are, you have a Marble Jar. The Marble Jar is one of my favorite classroom management

Class Dojo – Awesome Classroom Management Tool

Hi, I’m Stacy from over at Funky Fresh Firsties, and I am so thrilled to have the chance to be a guest blogger while Rachel is away!

Positive reinforcement is almost always more effective than negative reinforcement. Try out random reward in your classroom and see how it reaps the benefits for classroom management!

The Power of Random Reward in Your Classroom

Random reward is a huge motivator. It’s why many adults play slot machines and why many children with inconsistent parents whine endlessly (because, every

Cooperative Learning from a Student’s Point of View

Yesterday, my daughter, a high school junior, came home from her second day of school disappointed and upset because she had just learned that all

Friendship Questions for Children to Make and Keep Friends

SVG Image Map Example Just asking some friendship questions can make a big difference in your classroom! As you get to know your new class,

Have you ever wondered why some students seem to be able to pay attention better than others? Our guest blogging Occupational Therapist shares insight into why some children pay better attention than others. Click through to read more about her insight.

Why Some Children Pay Better Attention Than Others

Guest blogger Loren Shlaes is a registered pediatric occupational therapist and regular contributor to the special needs blog at Pediastaff (where this post is also being published). This is the

What can I do to get the students attention in my classroom

Attention Signal Ideas!

A while back I asked my Facebook followers to share their favorite attention signals. They were, of course, awesome and shared a bunch of them. There

Many teachers take away recess and sometimes even PE class when their students misbehave. However, this is the wrong decision when it comes to students' academic success. Kids need recess and PE in order to be successful academically, and this blog post explains more about why.

Why Kids Need Recess and PE for Academic Success

Guest blogger Loren Shlaes is a registered pediatric occupational therapist and regular contributor to the special needs blog at Pediastaff (where this post is also being published). This is the third