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Behavior Incentive Behavior Skills Free Download.

January 14, 2015
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by Yara

Behavior Incentive Behavior Skills Free Download. Hi all! I’m Yara, I have been teaching for about five years now (boy time flies!) and the first two years as a part-time casual teacher whilst completing my studies. My sister constantly jokes and makes a point of how she remembers our playtime as kids *rolls her eyes* and says I’d make them all sit in a circle and I pretend to be the teacher – haha. So, apparently it has always been in my genes. =)

I’m so excited to be a part of this new blog launch for Ladies with Class. I have been creating lesson plans ever since I can remember and two years ago, I was so lucky to have found TPT as I’ve met so many awesome and amazing educators from around the world!

In this post, I will share with you some ideas on how to keep students motivated! Students yawning, talking, or losing interest in the subject can all make for a less energetic and boring classroom experience – and we’ve all been there. Not every topic we teach is going to be interesting – let alone interesting for students.

 

1. Give students a sense of control: for instance get students to choose the activity they’re about to do (of course have a list of the activities related to the topic) and allow them to choose an activity at least once a day. This not only gives them confidence, but shows that you’re interested in hearing their opinions and what they want. In my experience, this method has worked magically for me – if I can, I even use it a few times day and not just with activities, but I also get a student to ‘help’ me explain the topic. 🙂

2. Always use positive reinforcement: there are so many things teachers need to think about on any given day. The worst part is that sometimes we do lose sense of what we’re doing – not on purpose but merely because of pressure. I know I’m guilty of this. I once made a student leave the class prevented him from participating in one the activities the whole class is doing because of his disruptive behavior. This made him upset AND angry and when he was allowed back into the class – he wanted to ‘retaliate’ and this only encourage more of this negative behavior. However, the worst thing that you could do is to use punishment with students. In my experience, especially when I first started teaching – punishment NEVER worked.  didn’t understand why. When I was a child, punishment was used ALL the time. It only made students feel insecure, negative and hostile – and this only made matters worse in the long run.

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3. Allow students to work together and offer rewards: This in my experience always works like magic! Friendship, belonging and healthy competition – three things that students LOVE especially kids. My experience is mixed and I’ve taught both adults and kids and this works in both classroom dynamics. The important thing to note here is that teachers are slowly become more like ‘facilitators’ rather than the traditional view of teachers standing at the front of the classroom and ‘giving’ students the information they need. The ‘facilitator’ position promotes the inquiry process where students ‘look into’ their understandings and try to ‘find’ answers themselves.

I found this video to be AMAZING! A CLassroom Diva will share Top 5 strategies to use when dealing with challenging or difficult students. We all have those students each year that prove to be a little bit more challenging when it comes to behavior management and it can easily become overwhelming. I will also share with you how you, as the teacher, can keep your composure during frustrating or stressful situations in the classroom. I hope this video helps! #socialskills #behaviormanagement #classroom #teachers

Dealing with challenging students

I found this video to be AMAZING! A CLassroom Diva will share Top 5 strategies to use when dealing with challenging or difficult students. We all have those students each year that prove to be a little bit more challenging when it comes to behavior management and it can easily become overwhelming. I will also share with you how you, as the teacher, can keep your composure during frustrating or stressful situations in the classroom. I hope this video helps!

I found this video to be AMAZING! A CLassroom Diva will share Top 5 strategies to use when dealing with challenging or difficult students. We all have those students each year that prove to be a little bit more challenging when it comes to behavior management and it can easily become overwhelming. I will also share with you how you, as the teacher, can keep your composure during frustrating or stressful situations in the classroom. I hope this video helps! #socialskills #behaviormanagement #classroom #teachers

How to deal with a disrespectful student

Deal with disrespectful students: In this clever live broadcast, Cult of Pedagogy explains how you could successfully deal with disrespectful students. Some students seem determined to disrupt class and push our buttons. What are the best ways to handle this? In this weekly Periscope broadcast, I answer one reader question about teaching. This was originally recorded on April 5, 2016. Skip to 3:38 to see the specific tips. #behaviormanagement #classroom #teachers

Deal with disrespectful students

In this clever live broadcast, Cult of Pedagogy explains how you could successfully deal with disrespectful students. Some students seem determined to disrupt class and push our buttons. What are the best ways to handle this? In this weekly Periscope broadcast, I answer one reader question about teaching. This was originally recorded on April 5, 2016. Skip to 3:38 to see the specific tips.

Deal with disrespectful students: In this clever live broadcast, Cult of Pedagogy explains how you could successfully deal with disrespectful students. Some students seem determined to disrupt class and push our buttons. What are the best ways to handle this? In this weekly Periscope broadcast, I answer one reader question about teaching. This was originally recorded on April 5, 2016. Skip to 3:38 to see the specific tips. #behaviormanagement #classroom #teachers

Deal with Challenging students

I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and to end – I’d like to offer a free behavior rewards card. It’s so easy to use! Just let the student use a bingo marker or any marker to color in a square each time you give the student praise for something he/she did that was positive working silently/cooperating well with others etc… You name the rewards for that week. Each time a student gets all the squares marked off, give them a reward of some kind (you could name the reward at the beginning of each week). 🙂

Just click on the picture to take you to the free download.
Note: you could also print this in black & white / gray scale to save ink!

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