This will be my first year to assign roles during group work. Maybe this is where I’ve gone wrong with group work over the past two years. I decided to design a set of group work roles posters that could be hung on the wall to remind everybody (including myself) what the responsibilities are of …
General Classroom Posters
This is going to be the year that I master classroom management. Okay, maybe I won’t master it. But, I hope I won’t fail at it. I really liked these quotes about who starts and ends class from Harry Wong’s The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher. So, I decided …
Praise Process. I need to praise process, not answers or achievement. I need to praise effort, not speed. I created a poster to remind me of this truth as I embark on a journey to emphasize growth mindset in my classroom. Here’s what the praise process poster looks like in my classroom. Free …
Rules. Classroom rules. These fall under the category of classroom management that I just haven’t quite figured out yet. My big things to work on for 2014-2015 are classroom management / effective group work. These actually go hand-in-hand because the reason my group work has never been effective is that I lack classroom management skills. …
I’m excited to share some group work norms posters I created with you today. One of my big goals for the upcoming school year is to incorporate effective group work into my classroom. Group work is something I really struggle with. I try it, it doesn’t go how I want it to, and I give …
I learned about Truth Signs while reading Inspiring Active Learning by Merrill Harmin and Melanie Toth. According to the authors: Truth Signs are not the usual signs posted in classrooms. They do not tell students what to do (“Think before you act” or “Respect the rights of others”). They do nor moralize. Nor do they …
This year I have two classroom rules: I created a set of classroom rules posters to hang on the wall. Part of the teacher evaluation process my school uses requires that classroom rules be visibly posted in the classroom. Free Download of Classroom Rules Posters – Work Hard and Be Respectful Want more posters for …