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Accentuate the Positives!
Cheryl BennettMid-Carolina Middle [email protected]
https://teacherpresentation.wikispaces.com
Student of the Day First week create Name Wordle or
Tagxedo www.wordle.net sample wordle www.tagxedo.com Sample tagxedo
Student of the Day Wordle or Tagxedo on bulletin board—
change daily STD bulletin board Camera Wireless mouse Wrist rest Flexible keyboard Anything in your room that you only have 1
or 2
Student of the Day privileges 2-3 photos Use special equipment Special chair Special privileges
Leave first Pass out papers Free homework pass Other suggestions
Student of the Day Photos Every 2-3 weeks, open class with slide
show of photos. Save photos in folder to desktop Open and View as a slide show Edit and rotate photos as needed
before student viewing Builds class unity and community
Awards Good behavior—weekly Great techniques—weekly Hard worker—weekly Smiley—weekly
Interim Awards Student of the Month—highest
average Photo on bulletin board certificate
End of 9 weeks awards Student of the Month—highest
average photo on bulletin board 2nd & 3rd highest averages
Perfect attendance Best behaved Most improved Best helper
End of 9 Weeks Awards Cinnamon & Spice Politician award Best reader Mathematician award Speedy award Other ideas?
Awards Students love to receive recognition!
Think of all kinds of things to use for awards:
Birthdays Outstanding work on an assignment good citizenship being a teacher helper helping a fellow student
Awards recognitions for outside achievements--
sports, 4H, dance Grade Changing Award--most improved
grade On time and ready Stumped the teacher award best artist technology support award A Tip of the Hat--student who is extra
polite
Fun Activities Tongue twisters about your subject
Have students create a tongue twister about the last topic you studied
Team/pair competitions
Activities Alphabetic list (your subject topics for
ABC list) Prizes, prizes, prizes
Candy Pencils, etc Pizza party Stickers Leaving first
Activities Power Point Parade
Students evaluate each others presentations
Checksheet with names Saves presentation time & all can see
Prizes always motivate! Students secretly vote for best--prize
CelebrationsCreate an excuse for a celebration:
everyone completed the homework everyone passed an objective end of testing a month of no tardies everyone passed quiz or test
Celebrations can be as small as a piece of candy or 5 minutes of talk time. They can be as big as a pizza party at lunch or recess.
Cheers Students love cheers. Celebrate completion, participation, or acquisition of skills or
knowledge Truckers cheer
Fist in air, pull down twice saying Whoo, whoo. Then put fist to mouth for CB and say Good job, good buddy.
Roller coaster cheer Chig, chig, chig to top, then whee down the hills
Fireworks cheer POW upwards, then cheee, cheee downward
More cheers WOW
3 fingers W, Open mouth, 3 fingers W Fantastic
Squirt bottle 3 times, then make circle with flat palm and say Fantastic, Fantastic!
Give yourself a gold star Kiss index finger and touch to forehead
2 Adjectives cheer Choose 2 words/phrases and repeat (Wow!
Keep it up)
Class building Scavenger hunts
New friend scavenger hunt http://712educators.about.com/od/
icebreakers/a/scavengerhunt.htm Getting to know you hunt
Icebreakers Icebreakers
http://712educators.about.com/cs/icebreakers/a/icebreakers.htm
Crossword connection Find your kind Take a stand Birthday lineup
Find 10 things in common http://humanresources.about.com/od/
icebreakers/a/icebreaker_com.htm
Reasons to do Classbuilding
Build positive student relations Enhances classroom environment & lets
everyone have fun Reduce discipline problems Increase motivation & learning Promote diversity skills Develop synergy Boost self esteem
Building class community www.fmucenterofexcellence.org
Scroll down to presentations on left Find Building classroom community
ideas Lots of great ideas to use for class
building www.kaganonline.com
Ideas for class & team building Smart cards $4, books $29
Classbuilding Corners Find someone who Inside-outside circle Line-ups Similarity groups Who am I?—secret identity cards
Learning chips Choose a chip
Choose from face up questions (chips) and respond in group
Draw a chip Choose from face down questions (chips)
and respond in group Purchase or make own set
www.kagononline.com Also good for review & discussion
Tips Wireless keyboard & mouse
Teach from 2 stations Wireless mouse to advance PP slides $1 earphones from Dollar Store White boards and markers
$1 from Dollar Store
Tips Technique check sheet—import
names from Power Teacher Names in gradebook—in Power
teacher, use demographics report—lines are same width as gradebook.
Clickers Quizzes Opinion polls
Websites www.DropItTo.Me
Must have a Dropbox account (free) Opt not to have email notifications
www.TweenTribune.com www.Wordle.net www.Tagzedo.com www.teacherpresentation.wikispaces.com Tom’s Autograph Page
http://www.digiulio.com/sports-team-addresses.html
Sharing Time What strategies do you use to
accentuate the positives in your classroom?
How do you get all students to use only one piece of technology or tool?
Other ideas
