https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary Classroom environment and behavioral classroom management theory for primary classroom - K-2 en-us 2022-01-27 00:43:20 UTC 2022-04-27 08:04:53 UTC hello@padlet.com beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2014854292 With the use of Chromebooks, students (especially younger) are constantly coming up to the teacher asking them to help with their passwords. To save the teacher time, and to teach responsibility, the students can walk to the tags. On the outward facing side, it has their name on it, and on the backside it contains the username and password for their Chromebooks. When they are done, they promptly return them to the spot on the hook. The hope is to teach them to responsible and self-sufficient as there is not enough time for the teacher to type in everyone's information.]]> 2022-01-27 01:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2014854292 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159623365 I like the tip of having designated talking and no talking times. I know many teachers like to use those light buttons, and I would use those as visual cues. If the green light is on, you may talk with your inside voice, but if the red light is on, that means it is the teacher's turn to talk and teach. You can have a class discussion of when they would like their special talking times to be like after a lesson before another one and then at recess. Of course there will be talking times during the day for educational purposes. However, for their own little conversations or songs, there will be a time and place. ]]> 2022-04-27 02:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159623365 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159624428 2022-04-27 02:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159624428 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159630816 2022-04-27 03:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159630816 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159662693 I like this idea as a way to teach responsibility and respect. This rhino visits people who are showing respect by taking their turn, raise their hand, and show kindness to those around them. There is a whole collection of behavior buddies like patient parrot, top-notch toucan, generous giraffe, and happy hippo. This is a visual reminder of their awesome behavior or that they may need to work on their behavior to be visited. ]]> 2022-04-27 03:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159662693 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159672565 I know that this not a podcast, but I could not pass this for my positive classroom environment. Something I really want to do in my classroom, no matter the grade, is make it endlessly inclusive. It is going to take practice, but I know I could do it eventually. I want to be inclusive with pronouns, images, and disabilities. As well, I want to teach my kids to be inclusive and to teach them WHY and HOW. Besides teaching them about pronouns, I want to be inclusive in the way that we defy gender norms. I want my he and theys to know that it's not 'girly' to do something. I want my she and theys to know that its not a "boy thing". I want them to make their own choices and defy society. I want them to know that a wheelchair does not mean you are weird or incapable of doing something. If there is someone with a disability in the classroom, I want them to understand the disability and how to use people first language. ]]> 2022-04-27 03:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159672565 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159709898 She opens the video by stating what we shouldn't be "dealing with" difficult students but trying to teach difficult students. She also "defines" what a difficult student is and makes it known that it is behavior and not academic. One of her main questions is "do you want peace or do you want control?" Having a set consequence ladder that you stick to. You do not want to come across as picking on one student if you pick the consequences in the moment. I love her point of grades need to be left out of behavior consequences.]]> 2022-04-27 04:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159709898 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159750527 I liked this article because it reminded me of the pyramid in the Oprah book. It talks about how you can not talk with a kid who is running so high on Cortisol. The goal is to guide a student into a self-regulated mindset, and it provides steps moving down towards a calm state. We want to redirect their thoughts or we can ask them to explain their body's responses. We can ask them to explain how their feeling or what their body or mind feels like in that moment. We could also use that moment to do breathing or a brain break as a class. ]]> 2022-04-27 04:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159750527 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159782907 This article talks about how young the assessment for the cradle to prison pipeline starts. It talks about how it is our job to attack the stereotype for these students early. Having a good and supportive primary experience can prevent the self-doubt and zero-tolerance behaviors.]]> 2022-04-27 05:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159782907 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159788946 This article is directly aimed at primary students. With young children, there is less shame in admitting what you did, making it easier to talk them through the process. You can start with asking what happened and then moving to how they felt in the moment that they committed the behavior. it also talks about asking how they felt after their action and if they have thought it about since. The list of questions is really nice for getting them to think about the consequences of their actions, and if done enough, they can begin to ask themselves the questions. ]]> 2022-04-27 05:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159788946 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159814662 I love this article because it criticizes the typical response of identifying one or two students as the "problem". Typically, we label them as the problem and the source of the rest of the classes behavior. It compares a classroom to an ecosystem. Saying, a classroom is its own environment and every aspect influences the behaviors of the inhabitants. However the inhabitants bring in non native plants and pollution from other environments, causing a disturbance. We can not solely work on one student's behavior because then were ignoring all of the other factors. You can pick a piece of trash off the ground, but you missed the ten other candy wrappers on the ground. ]]> 2022-04-27 05:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159814662 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159836885 I love this for primary grades. A lot of the time young kids talk without thinking it through. They may blurt out something that is untrue or that doesn't pertain to the topic. I think this is a simple and effective poster that can be referenced by the teacher to become the student's inner voice. ]]> 2022-04-27 06:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159836885 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159913556 I like these simple tips that we sometimes forget about. Some of them include modeling kindness and letting them follow and allowing the students to contribute to the classroom. I love the one that says when we ask our students to do something, whether its be brae or vulnerable, we have to be able to do the same thing. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159913556 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159917730 I will take any chance I can to use this website. It has so many materials for teachers that are all adaptable for students with disabilities. The three main factors it highlights is trust, respect, and support. We have to build trust between students and teachers, support our students needs, and respect their differences and boundaries. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159917730 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159920605 I love using these visual timers. I put them on while they do work or during a time that I like to keep a time limit to. For example, morning breakfast or if they have in door recess. Primary students are very visual, and it adds a fun element to a boring waiting period. I used a ticking bomb for a first grade class and they were running to their seats like it was actually going to explode. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159920605 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159920802 Little kids like to move, especially when you can make it fun. You can tip toe, lunge, or hop to the next location. It gets them moving and puts a twist on an otherwise boring transition. It gives them something to do rather than stand in line talking or playing with something they're not supposed to. I had a first grader come up to me pretending to be a bunny, and to get her to go back to her seat, I asked her to hop back to her seat. She hopped back to her desk, and she was on task next thing. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159920802 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159931458 These are simple steps to having a seamless transition. If you have everything ready, there is no waiting period for them to get off task. As well, setting the expectations for the transitions every single time gets them in a routine, so they will eventually know them by heart. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159931458 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159941944 Even if it is just writing the schedule on the board, kids like to know what is happening next. Having a visual schedule is also a nice reminder for the teachers, so they don't have to memorize their days. When kids know what to expect, it makes the transitions a whole lot easier. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159941944 beltemma https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159961820 I like to have small groups with younger grades. They still need that social interaction, but too many people in the group can be distracting and no work gets done. I want to have alternative lighting in my room to create a more calming welcoming feel. I also like having a reading corner, so they do not have to read at their desk. However, I know how it feels to not be able to get a special seating so I would opt for those round cushions. That way I could have more reading seating. I like the idea of a table to be able to pull out small groups, or just to have a wider work space than my desk. I also think it is important to have a carpet space for kids, big and small. We can have read aloud time, morning meetings, or a sharing space for any occasion. ]]> 2022-04-27 07:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beltemma/Primary/wish/2159961820