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Musical Mornings
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This year I bought a new CD player for my classroom. It made a big difference
in the classroom atmosphere. I have a collection of acoustic and instrumental
music. Every morning I would play this music during student free time and
discovery learning lessons. Music did do a lot to soothe children. Students
this year seemed to be more task focused this year. I had fewer behavioral
outbursts and the class as a whole was relaxed and calm. I really think
the music had a big impact.
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To help minor behavior
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"My students were constantly talking out of turn and blurting out in the classroom. While we were taping our reading sessions in the listening center, we accidentally left the tape recorder on. To my amazement, it picked up most of the blurters and also me correcting the students' behavior. So during the school year, I began to use a tape recorder to listen to myself teach and to make the necessary corrections with my speech patterns and that of my students. Since the students knew the tape recorder was on, and they could be heard when they blurted, or misbehaved, the irregular talking decreased drastically. At the end of each week, the students and I listened to the tape and discussed ways to improve behavior as well as our speech. During the year, my students were asked to participate in most of the school programs; they were often commended on their great speaking abilities and their improved behaviors. We were rewarded intrinsically as well as extrinsically."
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"Tickets"
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"I have worked in a hard to staff school for 4 years and I needed a way to get my students to respond. So, I I decided to use a ticket system.
I purchased a roll of raffle tickets. Each day a student has a chance to earn 3 tickets. One for homework, one for behavior in the morning(which is given out before lunch), and one for their behavior in the afternoon. I I also give out tickets randomly for good deeds, good participation, and so on.
At the end of the week, students can go to the "prize" box and purchase toys and school supplies. I have a big prize box and a small prize box. No student can hold over 60 tickets at a time. I learned this the hard way; one student saved 150 tickets and wiped out my prizes in one day!! Some of the prizes are: lunch with the teacher 25 tickets (I buy the kids lunch), toys from the dollar store, erasers, pencils and anything you can think of! Good Luck!"
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Great Job Chart
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"The great job chart works like this; every time students are judged to be good, they get an index card and write their name on it. Then they put it in the open slot. On a day when every slot is filled the teacher closes their eyes. The teacher draws how ever many cards they choose. Students that are picked receive a prize."
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"Shoulders Up, Shoulders Back"
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"When I line up the students to go home, to go to computer class, to go to lunch, I say, "Shoulders Up, Shoulders Back!" I first explained to them (in the beginning of the school year) about GREAT posture...and for some reason (smile on my face) this causes them to line up in a WONDERFUL straight line with no talking!"
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"This is a Holdup"
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"We had been studying the "Wild West", so when I needed their attention, I would say loudly, " Okay guys, this is a hold-up." This meant for them to freeze where they were and put their hands in the air. The novelty of it was what made it work. But, it did work. I have used it this entire year, and the kids still giggle about it."
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"Attention-Getter"
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"Our principal uses this one at assemblies and it works in a classroom too. "Clap once if you can hear me," he says in a normal speaking voice. Of course, only the first few rows hear him and respond. So the next command is, "Clap twice if you can hear me." By the third clap, the entire gym is silent and clapping in unison."
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