You know how it goes, every class period the same three students give their input. And as insightful as they may be, those kids take up all the energy, not leaving any space for other voices to emerge. I gotta be real with you. I haven't always been great at giving students an opportunity to talk, r emember I'm a talkaholic. But over the years, I've started to add a lot of class discussion into my lessons.
Usually, we have three or so discussion times each class period - - during the entry task, when teaching the main concept, and then to debrief at the end of the class. We've got you covered! Get instant access to five free health lesson plans for in-person or digital instruction. I'm Janelle!
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I have taught elementary music for 18 years and this year has been extremely frustrating. The children talk all the time. Would you specifically say… This is the time to speak without having to raise your hand?
I would do exactly what you said! Just explain that this is a time when everyone is welcome to speak without raising their hand. I find most groups of students handle this no problem! I teach 2nd and 3rd grade virtually.
Do you have any ideas on classroom management for virtual classrooms? Thanks for the tips! I actually teach and I love that most of these strategies still apply and can be implemented with ease. Especially the blurt box concept! I do check Spam. Thank you. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Facebook-f Instagram Pinterest. Teacher Tips. Grab the Classroom Management Cheat Sheet! Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Type here.. Get in touch and learn more! So I have to do research tasks with the kids in a really big learning area at the same time that another class is also in this learning space with another teacher.
I try to reward the main few culprits whenever they do something positive, but they just think of the rewards as a joke. I normally let the classes pick their own groups for research tasks but with one class I chose for them because they were so rude and noisy when I explained the task.
What can I do??? Classroom management is one of the biggest challenges teachers face. But it can still be done, for sure. On the site, we have a bunch of posts tagged behavior management — I suggest looking through those to see if something jumps out as a good place to start. You might also want to check out the resources on our Classroom Management Pinterest board.
You say that if the whole class is doing it, then its on us. However I see 4 different classes and I behave the exact same way for every class. However, the 4th class, which is 6th graders continually talk when I am trying to give them a lesson even though every single time, I have told them clearly what I expect.
I have given them different consequences every single time that I defined at the beginning and yet they still wont show me respect. Especially when 3 or the 4 classes behave the same. Please explain how it is me!! I really would like an honest response. Please help! It sounds like whatever systems you have in place in those 3 classes, are generally working really well. What stood out to me though is that you said you behave the same in all 4 classes, and the reality is, as you know, is that not all classes or make-up of classes are the same.
I had great classroom management for years…and then one year…Bam. Although I implemented the same procedures and routines as usual, and established really great relationships, the dynamics of the class were just different. My kids were different. They had different needs than my other classes. They interacted differently. I needed to make adjustments; ultimately, I realized I needed to be more structured than usual and more than what I wanted.
Not structured as in strict, but as in taking things more slowly. Breaking down tasks and directions into smaller chunks. It was challenging, but hitting reset and taking smaller steps really helped. We also have a lot of resources on our Classroom Management Pinterest board. I hope this helps — hang in there! I think maybe they are too younger, could you give me some advices, please to keep them quiet in the class room? Most classes catch on and learn how to be quiet when I am speaking.
I give them the option and the power to choose which type of class they want to attend. As a 2nd grade teacher, I had this exact same problem. I would get on to my students for talking when doing individual daily assignments. A classroom management strategy I use in my classroom is color behavior. Using this strategy helped me tremendously. I agree that education courses seem to ignore how much students talk. But I think students need to talk sometimes. So I can see how a smaller classroom could help control them when they are talking.
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Mike F. Jen says: March 11, Debbie Sachs says: March 19, Literacy researchers have been telling us for years that dialogue offers important elements to build literacy skills for children. I would venture to guess that the same holds true for adults as well. We can all learn a lot from discussions. High quality, engaging discussions. We need to stop talking so much in the classroom, and we need to spend more time listening to our students.
Focused discussions around the learning intentions set up for the lesson can help us all learn a lot from one another. Students will learn from us, at the same time we can learn their level of understanding of the concept.
It means during collaboration as well. Through authentic collaboration students, teachers and leaders can build an environment that is conducive to learning As with most high quality learning environments, modeling is important.
It creates a perfect storm if dialogue is not encouraged in the classroom. Classrooms where focused conversations or dialogue are part of the daily environment are much more fun, but they also have the largest effect on learning. So take a day and focus less on talking, and listen to students more.
Model the behavior you want, and he include them in the process of discussing what is appropriate and helpful feedback. They have amazing things to tell us, and we all learn in the process. Wiki Spaces - With proper modeling, students can learn how to appropriately interact with one another.
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