I remember when I first started teaching... I bought a Behavior Management Pocket Chart ( click to view ) and used the card system. Students misbehaved and moved colors. I wrote their colors in their agenda and most parents signed. I used this system for about two years... I then started searching online and saw that other teachers were using something called a clip chart. I liked this so much better. The idea is that each student starts on green and has the opportunity to move up or down depending on their choices. I liked this so much better, because I could reward and draw attention to the students making good choices. I made my own and loved it! Click here to download a Free Behavior Chart :). Then one day I came across something called Class Dojo . I tried it one year when it was fairly new and still had many bugs and issues. It seemed like more of a hassle than a help, so I decided to stick to my clip chart. I sadly forgot about Class Dojo until this year! One ...
I remember back in the day when I would sit quietly with folders on my desk to block my "neighbor" from looking at my paper. My teacher would distribute the multiplication timed tests and start the clock for a minute. I'd race to get as many problems correct as I could, but honestly, I've never been very fast at solving multiplication facts, despite my ability to answer them correctly. On a good day, I could get through most of the problems, but the rest were left on the page unanswered. So, now I'm obviously a teacher. My first year of teaching, I did the timed tests the same way. I would project a countdown timer on the board, set it for a minute, and allowed the students to start. As a teacher, when observing my students as they worked, I noticed that many students didn't even finish the first few problems. How would they ever finish the rest? Now, it was probably unlikely that they would take this paper home and have parents require them to f...
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