make him write several pages from Emily Post or Miss Manners, or (long out of print) Esquire's Ettiquette for Men. Give him a zero for every day he fails to do...
What things have you tried? I find that you have to get to the root of his rudeness. Examine his home life and see if there is a reason he may be choosing...
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What have you tried? How about a conduct contract? Both you and he agree to follow some conditions for a respectful and co-operative classroom. He will use...
Thank you sooo much for your advice! It's been a great help! Hello, discipline group! Let's all welcome Jackie Chan Whoopa. She's a new member. Hello, Jackie! ...
... There is a wide gammut of behavioral manifestations mentioned on this list. Let's begin wtih the Hostile/Aggressive and the Defiant behaviors. In the...
What can I do to reinforce good behavior in an upper elementary class with rowdy boys who don't give a hoot? I've tried holding educational games in which I...
I would set up a token economy. Make a list of behaviors that you want to extinguish - talking out of turn, rudenss to the teacher, throwing things, ...
Hi! Well, what i usually do is that I warn them about their behaviour in private, and if they don't cool down, at the end of the class I would give prizes like...
Hello everyone - The job fair is over, and I received a Letter of Intent from one of the districts there. Holy Toledo Batman, NOW WHAT?!?! I was worried about...
Congratulations!! You will do great!! Don't panic. I'm a sixth and seventh grade inner city teacher. The first thing you should know is that even though...
Hello all - Yahoo deleted my account so I had to reactive all of my lists. I know that I didn't get them all back. I couldn't remember them all. Anyway, I...
Thanks for those reminders. Sometimes I'm so worried about the bigger stuff that I forget to think about the everyday things. As for future questions . . . I...
In some schools and at home some teachers and parents punish children by making them go bare foot for an amount of time. Has anybody used this as a punishment...
Haven't heard of it.... my first impression of your question though... for most, at least for me, it would have had the opposite effect. Shoes are a ...
Hi! This is your beloved moderator speaking. I work in an after-school club for English students in Korea. I have an upper elementary class composed of boys...
I totally agree with you. I have taught for over 20 years, preschool through college age. I cannot emphazise enough the effects of positive reinforcement. It...
I have a points system which I've used with gneral grades and with a 'litearcy focus' class of grade 3-6 students. It's not perfect, and it gets expensive ...
A new and relevant poll is now available. MODERATOR'S NOTE: The question is, "What misdemeanors/felonies, would you execute lawful physical chastisement upon a...
I have a new job teaching at an English after-school club in Korea. One of my classes consists of 6 elementary school boys. They won't stop talking long enough...
The main problem in after-school activities is this: The students are already tired because they have been sitting still far too long. You wrote about this...
Hello Something that might help (and you know your classroom better than any of us) would be to "rewrite" the rules with your students helping you. Give them a...
I am at an English school in Korea. My worst class is an an upper elementary class. It meets for only thirty minutes, thank goodness. I have a new job which...
Hi, I just joined this group today. I am a documentary filmmaker looking to do research into Education Reform in the U.S. I would be thankful if any teachers...
Try making them count to a thousand in unison, but stopping to make one of the miscreants give the next number. This does have an educational value in...
Earlier this year, I compiled the best of Thomas Robertson's writing on classroom discipline into an ebook. It has now been published. At the time of...
Hello, If you are looking for the definitive web site for educational & disability resource information, look no further than http://www.k12academics.com How...
