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behavior

by Jane

Feb 13, 2016

I have a student who is a class clown. He disturbs the others at all times throughout the day by making noises, talking inappropriately, blowing in faces, etc...When I ask him to stop the behaviors he does but then restarts as soon as I turn away. I have found the best thing is to send him to the back corner of the carpet away from touching distanc...See More

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jane On 2/14/16, Jacque/WA/K-1 wrote: > I answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... > I have a similar child this year, though mine was also > violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck > of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). > I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved > dramati...See MoreOn 2/14/16, Jacque/WA/K-1 wrote: > I answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... > I have a similar child this year, though mine was also > violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck > of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). > I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved > dramatically---instead of several times each day, we > haven't had a violent incident for 6 weeks. He can get a > little squirrelly at times, but is now listening to > reminders. Here's what I did....he is my youngest child > (August 30th birthday and our cut-off date is Sept. 1st--- > WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!! He's also an only child). I > gave him a little rug to sit on right by me because > personal space knowledge seemed to escape him. I sought > out ways to improve my relationship with him which was > enormously difficult since I spent so much time in the > beginning having to discipline him. He also refused to > work at times, but after I put my hand over his and forced > him to complete work twice, he has never bucked working > again. He also would be purposely slow to pack up, making > the whole class wait on him so I told him we would no > longer wait for him, I couldn't let him make the bus > children late for their buses, so anyone slow was just left > (I did inform parents beforehand that I was going to do > this---he was perfectly safe, knew the way out)...it took > just 3-4 times and now he packs up and is ready to go---the > second time I just left him, he said to me, "I hate this, > why would you do this?" and I told him, "I can't let you > make the others late for their buses". We had him hold > hands with myself or another adult if he couldn't walk in > line without bothering others--he didn't like that either > so shaped up pretty quickly. One of the biggest parenting > issues was parents who excused his behaviors with "it was > an accident" or "I was only hugging"---those excuses did > not fly with me and he was held accountable---no longer > says that. I asked him in late January, after several > weeks of steady improvement, if he'd like to try without > his rug and he was excited to do so. He's been a bit > squirrellier (is that a word?), movement-wise, but has > listened and responded to reminders, sometimes if I just > gently touch his shoulder or cup his chin in my hand helps > him to maintain. There are times I sent him to his table > in the beginning because that seemed to work too. I also > made the child who was injured or bothered look him in the > eye and tell him what they didn't like, then he would have > to respond with a suggested apology and/or a mandatory, > "I'll try not to do that again"....every time...consistency > is SO important. Though his mom was resistant at first, > she worked in my classroom and saw him first-hand and was > onboard for whatever I felt was necessary. We had many > conferences and I sent home a simple behavior note every > day because he never would tell her anything about his > behavior. Hang in there! Hope some of this will help. > > > On 2/13/16, Jane wrote: >> I have a student who is a class clown. He disturbs the >> others at all times throughout the day by making noises, >> talking inappropriately, blowing in faces, etc...When I >> ask him to stop the behaviors he does but then restarts >> as soon as I turn away. I have found the best thing is to >> send him to the back corner of the carpet away from >> touching distance of the others or send him to his own >> desk instead of allowing him to stay at the table with >> the others. Mom is furious that I would isolate him. What >> would you do with a student like this? I'm open for ideas >> that will allow for my other children to learn and stay >> safe.

Feb 15, 2016

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Jane Thank you! Good ideas.

Feb 15, 2016

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How to teach the value of diversity by Leah Davies

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Feb 10, 2016

Children’s identity and self-respect are related to how others treat them, and ultimately to their future success...

How can administrators and staff help children value diversity? [Click below to access the article.]

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Stickers? Name on board? The better way...

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Feb 7, 2016

In his short article on motivating students, Dr. Marv Marshall writes: A very important difference between the two types of motivation concerns building characteristics and values such as integrity, kindness, generosity, caring, perseverance, and responsibility.

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Getting attention from kids

by Joyce

Jan 10, 2016

I am a kindergarten teacher (children from 3 to 5) who's been facing troubles to get them attention. I feel they don't give me any respect, since they start chatting as soon as I come to the class. Some of them turn back and just don't care about the class. I am very disappointed! When I taught adults and teens a few years ago it was totally differ...See More

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DonnaR/CA I use a lot of singing, music and rhythms in my classroom, which I find gets their attention easily. Among my favorites:

Transition Times - I use my iPad to create musical cues. The app is called ClassCues, and it's available for iPad and iPhone -- not sure about Android. I have music for Rotations (by far, the most used), Snack/Recess, an...See More

Jan 31, 2016

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Flacka If you are their classroom teacher, have a class meeting and talk about what is going on and solicit their ideas. They sometimes have very good insight and can take ownership of the ideas.

One thing many teachers do is let the behavior slide and they pay for that all year. If they don't line up quietly, send everyone back to their seats a...See More

Jan 31, 2016

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First year teaching

by Cassie Richards

Jan 9, 2016

Hi!

I just graduated college and landed a kindergarten teaching position! However, I will be starting in the middle of the year. This class is now my own, and I will be teaching at this school from here on out. Does anyone have any advice for me!?

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Mike On 1/09/16, Cassie Richards wrote: > Hi! > > I just graduated college and landed a kindergarten > teaching position! However, I will be starting in the > middle of the year. This class is now my own, and I will > be teaching at this school from here on out. Does anyone > have any advice for me!?

Be prepared a week ahea...See More

Jan 9, 2016

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Kat On 1/09/16, Mike wrote: > On 1/09/16, Cassie Richards wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I just graduated college and landed a kindergarten >> teaching position! However, I will be starting in the >> middle of the year. This class is now my own, and I will >> be teaching at this school from here on out. Does > anyone >...See More

Jan 9, 2016

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looking for snowflake poem

by K.Fair

Jan 9, 2016

Does anyone know of a simple poem about catching snowflakes with your tongue? I want to post it with the pictures my kids made of the same...

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DonnaR/CA Ah, found one! How about....

Ogden Nash in his Winter Morning Poem:

Winter is the king of showmen Turning tree stumps into snow men And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes Smooth and clean and frosty white The world looks good enough to bite That’s the season to be young Catching snowflakes on your tongue ...See More

Jan 15, 2016

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kfair On 1/15/16, DonnaR/CA wrote: > Ah, found one! How about.... > > Ogden Nash in his Winter Morning Poem: > > Winter is the king of showmen > Turning tree stumps into snow men > And houses into birthday cakes > And spreading sugar over lakes > Smooth and clean and frosty white > The world looks good enough to bite > Th...See More

Feb 12, 2016

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Counterwill: The Most Misunderstood Teacher-Student Dynamic

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jan 6, 2016

Although adults experience this phenomenon, we seem to be surprised when we encounter it in young people.

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Children's Book

by Lovelymoosie

Dec 28, 2015

Where should I begin looking for a children's book publisher? There are so many things that come up when I type in children's book publisher. What should I look for in a publisher? Thanks!

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DonnaR/CA On 12/28/15, Lovelymoosie wrote: > Where should I begin looking for a children's book > publisher?

There are two things that jump out at me, though I have never had anything published.

One is a book called the WRITER'S MARKET 2016. That may have some good ideas for you.

Another place would be to look through vari...See More

Jan 2, 2016

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by Cherrie

Dec 28, 2015

I am currently doing a project on creating a product to aid the learning of dyslexic children. My product is a Rubik's cube with letters on it, so instead of matching the colors, the children will match the letters into simple 3 letter words. A part of my project is to get comments from kindergarten teachers on my product, and I would really apprec...See More

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Mr. Jackson Hi Cherrie. I think your idea to change a Rubik's Cube,
which is a toy into something more academic is quite a
creative idea, and there's a high possibility that it
might work out well.

However, I have one suggestion for you. I used to be a
nursery teacher, and now I teach at a primary school. I've
dealt with a few dyslexic...See More

Dec 29, 2015

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I will bite The school is in Virginia

On 12/29/15, Cherrie wrote: > To "I will bite", would you mind telling me your school or the > location of your school so I can write it down on my project > papers? Thank you. > > On 12/29/15, Cherrie wrote: >> I don't think this website allows me to attach documents... >> Als...See MoreThe school is in Virginia

On 12/29/15, Cherrie wrote: > To "I will bite", would you mind telling me your school or the > location of your school so I can write it down on my project > papers? Thank you. > > On 12/29/15, Cherrie wrote: >> I don't think this website allows me to attach documents... >> Also to "I will bite", thank you for your comments. My >> product idea is not for kindergarten children (it was >> designed for 8 - 10 years old dyslexic children), however >> for some reason our school requires us to get comments >> from children, parents, kindergarten teachers and primary >> teachers, which is why I posted on this chatboard to search >> for help. Nevertheless, your comments are a great help to >> my project, so thank you! >> >> On 12/28/15, I will bite wrote: >>> These are my thoughts: >>> >>> Children in my district are not identified as dyslexic >>> until at least 2nd or 3rd grade. In K many of the children >>> mix up letters, write letters backwards, etc. We call that >>> "kindergarten brain" and it isn't until later that we >>> would even realize that there is a real problem. >>> >>> At my school, which is a title 1 school, we don't get to >>> cvc words until April for most of the kids. I have a >>> Lakeshore product that has 3 cubes on a stick and they >>> twist the cubes to make cvc words. There is no way for >>> them to self check and know that they made an actual >> word. >>> I try to have them write the words that they made and it >>> works OK with the higher kids and the others just write >>> the letters because they don't have the skills to figure >>> out if it's a real word or not. >>> >>> I am not sure if these are the kinds of comments you >> want >>> but you didn't give us a whole lot to go on. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/28/15, jojo wrote: >>>> On 12/28/15, Cherrie wrote: >>>>> On 12/28/15, Ms. Anna wrote: >>>>>> On 12/28/15, Cherrie wrote: >>>>>>> I am currently doing a project on creating a product >>>>>>> to aid the learning of dyslexic children. My product >>>>>>> is a Rubik's cube with letters on it, so instead of >>>>>>> matching the colors, the children will match the >>>>>>> letters into >>>>>> simple >>>>>>> 3 letter words. A part of my project is to get >>>>>>> comments from kindergarten teachers on my >> product, and >>>>>>> I would really appreciate it if you could take a bit >>>>>>> of time to >>>>>> just >>>>>>> give a few lines of feedback on my product. Thank >> you >>>>>>> very much. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, no attachment included >>>>> >>>>> What attachment is needed? Thank you. >>>> >>>> How can anyone give you feedback on a product idea >>>> (because >>> it >>>> isn't a product) that is just a sentence long?

Dec 29, 2015

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Guided Reading Sequence

by Ruth

Dec 27, 2015

Hello! I KNOW that there are scientifically based research regarding the components of a successful reader; phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading, comprehension, word work,..... but can anyone lead me to research regarding the research of a specific "sequence" if there is any??? Thanks!

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