Practical Teaching TipsA Primary Perspective

Classroom Management:General Thoughts

Rule #1: Be Prepared-When you have to pause to refocus they get distracted.

-Know your lesson.

-Have supplies ready and close by.

-Plan for Transitions and Early Finishers

-Have procedures to get attention/be ready

-Routines help students know what to expect and what is expected of them.

-Have a behavior management plan that works for you.

Classroom Management: Practical Strategies

Getting Attention:-Teacher: “1-2-3, Eyes on Me”

Students “1-2 Eyes on You”

-Clapping Patterns

-Chchch (Echo)

-Two lips closed 2 eyes on me.

• General Management

-Ask 3, Then Ask Me

-Noise Level Stoplight

Listening and Ready:-Give me 5 (Eyes are Watching, Ears are Listening, Lips are closed, Hands are Still, Feet are Quiet)

-Criss-cross applesauce, spoons in a bowl.

Classroom Management:Practical Strategies

Remember: -Individual and group

-Move up, not just down

-Proximity and Motivation

Behavior Management Systems:

-Free Time Minutes

-Points earned and spent/class money

-Stoplight

-Marble Jar (Whole Class)

-Divide into teams/table groups

-Moving Clips

Teaching Strategies:General Thoughts

Master the Mini-lesson. Short attention spans.

Multisensory whenever possible.-Motions, songs, props, write, read, hear, say.

Key Questions/ Objectives-Introduce them at the beginning and return to them often.

General Pattern: -Prior Knowledge, New Content, Model, Practice, Assess

Teaching Strategies:Practical Suggestions

Centers/ Task Board

Gallery Walk

Think-Pair-Share

Graphic Organizers (KWL Charts, T-Charts, and Venn Diagrams)

Bingo or another activity during a movie.

Exit/Entrance Slips

Teaching Strategies:Practical Suggestions Continued

Discussions/Questioning: If only a few people raise their hands, ask

students to: “tell someone near you”, then repeat the question.

If an answer is not complete or not exactly what you were looking for, try asking “does someone want to add to that?”

Jar of sticks with names/numbers Whiteboards Think-Pair-Share

Teaching Strategies:Practical Suggestions Continued

Vocabulary: Memory I have_______, Who has ________ Act it out (do it together, or in groups and

share) Word Wall Concept Circles (What’s my Rule?-Learn

relationships between words.) Word Detectives