JARIYA: Behavior Bank, Fun Facts and Speaking Softly

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Behavior Bank, Fun Facts and Speaking Softly

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May 30, 2013.

Featured Post:
Vocabulary and Spelling Fun

From L. Mims
A teacher in Newark, DE:

My students love playing games on VocabularySpellingCity.com! There is a no-cost version and a premium version. I use the premium version because of the added features, but the no-cost one is great to use as well. I love it because it helps reinforce skills. My students love it because it is fun!

Question of the Week:
Routines & Procedures

From The Worker Bees:

When you are out of the classroom for an absence, meeting, testing, etc., how do you make sure the class continues to follow normal routines and procedures? Do you enlist classroom helpers to work with the replacement? Do you have a super checklist that the substitute educator can follow?

Behavior Bank

From Debby Klock:
A second-grade teacher at Lightfoot School in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin:

Ms. Klock sets up a classroom store, teaches money skills and lays the ground work for an effective discipline policy with her own unique twist on a common classroom activity. Find out how she does it.

It Can Be

From Beverly Whitson:
A third-grade teacher at Lindley Park School in Asheboro, North Carolina:

Ms. Whitson uses flashcards to play a math game with her third-grade students that helps reinforce basic addition skills. It can be fun! It could be and it is!

Magnified Reading

From Mary Modder
A middle school special education teacher:

Ms. Modder's special education class is easily distracted during sustained silent reading. To complicate matters, several students must read aloud to aid comprehension. What to do? Discover how she solved the problem with some inexpensive PVC piping.

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