Neil Brewer
Indiana University Southeast Instructor of Education Methods
Office: 812-941-2135 / nhbrewer@ius.edu
Summer II, 2008 / Graduates' Field Trip Course
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Summative Decision Point III Exemplars
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For my web article evidence project I will use Dr. Mac's Behavior Advisor which is accessible through Google. I will focus on tattling which is found under the heading "Strategies For Addressing Common Behaviors and Conditions". The tattling section outlines students' motivation for tattling, legitimate complaints vs. tattling, aggressive students vs. passive students, and other motivations. Sarah T.
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~whitten/champaign_project/behavior.html#problembox This website had many different management ideas. The one i choose was the Problem box. This talks about having a decorated shoe box to have students write their problems down and drop it in the box unanimously. It also talks about the different rules about using the box. Jean
I'm going to be doing my classroom management on giving the students each a classroom job that they have to be responsible for. The website is<http://k6educators.about.com/cs/classroommanageme2/a/classroomjobs.htm> Holly
classroom management http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc071120.html - Ashley
For classroom management I would use a card system. The goal is for the student to earn a purple card for being an exceptional student. http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/management/classroommanagementtools.htm -Katie S.
http://www.teachingheart.net/classroommanagementtips.html This website gives little tips on different sorts of things. It says to grade papers and get them back to the students quickly. It also gives an idea to teachers to have things ready before you leave for the day, just in case something happens and you can't come in or you are running late. I thought the index cards with each student's name on them in order to write different things are neat. The teacher set it up where she can flip them and write on them without the children knowing. Neat little website to refer to! - Melanie
The article that I choose talks about setting a timer for random intervals and checking behavior when the bell rings. Some type of reward can be given to the ones on-task and behaving. http://www.behavioradvisor.com/PositivePeerPressure.html -Natalie
Here is the website that I found http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/IMessages.html. This website deals with "I messages". To avoid arguments from escalating avoid any negative use of the word "you" when discussing a behavior. Instead use the word "I" and explain how the behavior affects you. - Megan D.
Here is the site I found that offered some great behavior management techniques: http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/CatchGood.html The three techniques I found were called: - Secret Student - The Sticker Chart - The Sandwich Technique. These are techniques that focus on rewarding children for good behavior rather than focusing on punishments for misbehaviors. - Lindsay
This article focuses on catching the children doing good things and rewarding them with suggestions from a list of possible recognition. The positive attention and rewards will encourage the students to continue the behavior.http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/CatchGood.html -Erica
http://k6educators.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nea.org%2Fhelpfrom%2Fgrowing%2Fworks4me%2Fteachtec%2Fstarting.html This website talks about different ways to pair students up when needing to work in groups - Meredith
http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc071023.html The website that Ipicked had ideas on how to creatively make transition times smoother in your classroom. - Sara
I found this when I was looking for my classroom management site. It talks about playing chess in the classroom. http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc030115.html - Chris
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson168.shtml
The website I found has mini lessons to "fill extra time without wasting it" and
keep the students occupied.
http://users.erols.com/interlac/subtch.htm This website is designed for substitute teachers. It supplies tips on how to maintain control and classroom management in your temporary classroom. - Becky
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ClassroomManagement.html This site explains the benefits of using the "ticket system" for behavior. This is a positive reinforcement for behavior and can be used in all different grade levels. I like this system because it is POSITIVE, you don't get points or tickets taken away, but you have to earn the tickets to win the privileges.- Aimee
Here is my website - I searched Harry Wong and I found some interesting sites. I like this site because it talks about ideas used for the beginning of the year and a lot of it is idealized by Harry Wong. http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/classroom_management_tips_and_be.htm - Van
Two websites I like, from Terry: http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip52.htmla.This webpage lists 52 thoughts to share with students emphasizing positive traits and is a good source for creating classroom rules.
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfmWhen a student finishes an assignment, this site, from the American Library Association, is a great place for them to explore various topics, keeping them busy as other students finish working.
http://users.erols.com/interlac/subtch.htm This website is designed for substitute teachers. It supplies tips on how to maintain control and classroom management in your temporary classroom. - Becky
http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc071120.html This class management tip is focused upon getting the students attention. http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/grading.html This is a class management tip of controlling overload of grading papers. This is a keeper! - Angie
The website I found is http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc071127.html. It has several useful suggestions for effectively lining students up, making the process educational, eliminating cutting, and rotating the order in which students line up. One method is giving each student an index card with a fact on it that reviews the lessons that are being studied, for example, multiplication facts or state capitals. The teacher would say, "Students with the state whose capital is Indianapolis line up." Another method is having students line up alphabetically by their first name. These activities can be varied easily. - Sarah
I found
this awesome web site that offers a free subscription to Tom Daly's Classroom
Management strategies. This really is a free opportunity and it only requires
you to fill in your email address and first name. It will send you the link via
email instantly. This subscription will auto send to your email address for six
days.
http://www.adhdsolution.com/7dayclassroomg/ The
first article talks about children that are simply bored in class. He suggest
providing a "What to do when I'm done" poster. He gives several ideas of
activities to include. He introduces this poster to his class in the first few
days of school with a quote, "Life is made up of time. When you waster your
time, you waste your life."
I really enjoyed this article and hope that you will take the small amount of
time to register for your subscription. - Brittney
This website has some simple tips about classroom management from teachers: http://www.yesiteach.org/classroom.htm and this second website is one that gives some ideas of where to get some freematerials: http://www.stretcher.com/stories/980730b.cfm - Heather
http://www.adprima.com/managemistakes.htm Ideas for Avoiding Classroom Management Mistakes and How to Deal with Parents - By: Dr. Bob Kizlik / This website gives its readers common mistakes teachers might do in a classroom. This website also gives useful tips on how to communicate with parents peacefully. Lastly, the website contains a list of recent literature about classroom management. - Cassie
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr261.shtml- This site has 7 creative teacher tips to help tame possible tantrums that could occur in the classroom. - Amanda
http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc071023.html This website provides information about how to manage transition time between activities. - Sean
2 tips for classroom management. A great tip for using songs for lining up and walking in the school hallways. Great for 1st and 2nd graders!http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems39.html I really like the use of a "behavior notebook" for students. Have them write in a notebook about their behavior infractions. This can help to start a self-reflection process for the student. http://www.nea.org/tips/manage/behavior.html#tracking - James
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