SUBSCRIBE chat center Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Gazette|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post Classroom Management Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Hot Now... • July 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom? Posted by d.mac on 5/02/08 I start off my year with rules and policies. I talk about respect and the start yelling "shut up, stupid, idiot...." Until I have their attention. Then I say, "those aren't kind words are they?" And we talk about how often they are used in class from students and how when I said it they were a little nervous and some even thought I was talking to them directly at first. I ask them if I can walk down to the office and tell the secretary to shut up if I don't like what she is saying. And they laugh, of course I can't. In the real world you can't say these things to people, not seriously anyway or without consequence. Yet, in school (I teach middle school)they say it all the time and are corrected sometimes but always "get away with it". I tell them I am trying to prepare them for the real work and we won't talk to each other like that in here. I still have to give reminders, but they are usually genuinely sorry when I call them on it. It does depend on the class though. SOme groups of kids are just a bad mix and I have resorted to punishment when it gets too bad. You could try having them say two positive things to redeem themselves. They have to "balance out the atmosphere" so to speak. Use a little peer pressure to get them to spill their 2 positive things and have the class wait for them. They won't like the class waiting on them and it is actually a difficult thing to do when you are negative all the time. This should at least curb the comments for awhile. I tried it once when kids said something mean to another student they had to say something nice. It did help the atmosphere a bit. On 4/29/08, MathMommy wrote: > The life is being sucked out of me by all the negativity > in my classroom and in our school in general. I have > students who cannot open their mouths without something > negative coming out - literally! How can I turn this > around? or prevent it? or stop it? I am already looking > ahead to next year, knowing that I don't want to deal with > it again for another year, and knowing I must nip it in > the bud. The negativity is about everything from the > day's lesson to the temperature of the room to the fact > they have to get up out of their chair to get a pencil > from the supply table in the corner of the room. Posts on this thread, including this one How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 4/29/08, by MathMommy. Re: Fun catch phrase that EVERYONE responds, 4/29/08, by marjoryt. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 4/29/08, by Steve . Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 4/30/08, by MathMommy. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?/ questions, 4/30/08, by Steve . Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/01/08, by ~connie. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/02/08, by DarrenB.. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/02/08, by d.mac. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/05/08, by MathMommy. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/06/08, by Lisa P. Re: How do we stop negativity in the classroom?, 5/08/08, by Tiffany.       June: The 30 Days of Teachers.Net (Introduction) 1 The Gazette 2 The Mailrings 3 Harry Wong 4 Lesson Bank 5 Tech Center 6 Teacher Classifieds 7 State Teachers.Net 8 Live Chat & Meetings 9 Teacher Printables 10 Project Center 11 Chatboard Network 12 Share Teachers.Net 13 Your Feedback 14 Interest Groups 15 Administrators.Net 16 Chat Center 17 Streaming Teacher Video 18 Tutoring Center 19 Academic Grants 20 Teachers.Net Bookshelf 21 Chatboard Tips 22 Grade Levels 23 Staffroom Flyer 24 Teachers.Net Archives 25 Hot Topics 26 Language Arts 27 Subject Areas 28 Quick Links 29 Meet Teachers.Net 30 Summer Job Fair

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