I had more fun and was a lot more interactive with my Kinders. I moved and grooved with them. In third it is so much to do and teach, I find it hard to get along sometimes. I can have fun with some but with others, it is hard because they take it to the extreme.
I am trying to be the all-inclusive, well-rounded teacher but I am also finding it hard to do it in the 3rd grade. This is an excellent blog post! Having fun in the classroom is so important! Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email. I was the yellow crayon that quit!! Check out my Facebook Page to keep up-to-date with current events. Click the image for more!
Comments I hate to admit it but the only way one can make progress is to confess the sinful nature and work to be better…but I am a boring teacher. Thanks, Humble Bird! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Nothing is more frustrating than spending so much. School allowed me to dream using the material I had been given through giving me problems to solve that fuelled my passions.
With purpose to their learning they can see some actual use for coming to school. They can see they are starting to lay the building blocks of their post-school plan. We found that youth who are pursuing a passion report a higher average percentage of their teachers who have these discussions with them. This speaks to the influential role teachers can play in fostering passions. A year-old from Western Australia described what happens without this kind of direction. Get the kids to try arts and music, design, computing, and help them find their passions.
The new Year13 Post-School Planner helps connect students to careers and post-school options built around their personality, skills, interests and passions to alleviate the stress and uncertainty of finishing high school. Use these and your textbook to help you take notes as your teacher speaks.
You can ask your teacher for clarification at the end of the lesson or after class. You can structure your notes in whatever method works best for you. Whether it's using bullet points, writing in shorthand, making headings and subheadings, or all of the above, you can make your notes work for you. In math class, try to break your notes into easy, repeatable steps. Making Your Notes Exciting Use a pen that's your favorite color. Add bullet points to make lists of important information.
Draw pictures and charts of complex topics to make them easier to understand. Type up your notes after class to review the information. Listen carefully to the teacher and follow along with the lesson. Even if it's not the most fascinating lesson, you may save yourself time on the homework or grief on the tests later. If you're too bored or tired to take notes, simply watch the teacher while they talk or read along in the book. That way, you'll know the teacher can see you.
Participate in class discussion and ask questions. The time will pass much faster when you are engaged in the material. Ask about the assigned text and what you haven't understood or offer counterpoints to someone else's opinion in class. Offer to volunteer in group work or demonstrations to show your teacher that you're engaged in the lesson. When you need to ask a question, make eye contact with your teacher and raise your hand to let them know.
Most teachers won't be upset if you ask for clarification during the lesson, since they want their students to understand the material. Use group work to talk to friends and classmates. In some classes, teachers will allow students to work in pairs or small groups on projects, worksheets, or even homework. Take time to talk to your classmates about the lesson and ask them questions if you're confused or lost. If you finish your work with extra time, you can talk about whatever you want! This will help keep you engaged and interested in the topic.
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Write your notes by hand with a good-quality pen or pencil.
Having a laptop in class can be a huge distraction for many students. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Always listen for homework and assignments at the end of class. If you miss the teacher saying the assignment in class, you'll have to ask someone else to tell you what it is. Keep a separate notebook for notes. When the teacher is teaching, make questions based on the chapter for yourself. Challenge yourself with these questions later. They will really help with tests.
If you're permitted to use laptops, but some websites are blocked, some sites like mathplayground. This is better for passing time during study hall than during class, though, as you don't want your teacher to catch you or accuse you of being distracted. If your teacher is currently monitoring your screen, it's better to do something productive Like writing or checking your grades than to play games or e-mail friends.
If your classmates are also bored, you can write "Draw something and pass it on" on a sheet of paper or sticky note and pass it around. If your teacher doesn't want you doodling, though, don't try this. Related wikiHows How to. Many teachers misunderstand the oft-heard mandate for more rigor. Our job, if we are to do it well, is to do the opposite.
The most effective teachers simplify, break down, and cut away the non-essentials—making content easier for students to grasp. So many teachers just talk at their students, forgetting the most critical element: selling it.
Talking about behavior instead of doing something about it. Teachers who struggle with classroom management tend to talk endlessly about behavior. They hold class meetings. They hash things out.
Effective classroom management is about action. Directing too much, observing too little. Most teachers are in constant motion—directing, guiding, handholding, and micromanaging students from one moment to the next. This is not only remarkably inefficient, but it dampens enthusiasm for school.
Instead, rely on sharp, well-taught routines to keep your students awake, alive, and responsible through every transition and repeatable moment of your day—while you observe calmly from a distance. Good teaching strives for a focus and efficiency of time, movement, and energy. The day crackles and glides cleanly from one lesson or activity to the next. Moving sharply and purposefully forces students to stay on their toes, their minds engaged. Boredom never enters the picture. Sometimes all your students need is a moment to stretch their legs or say hello to a friend.
The ability to concentrate over time is a critical and often-overlooked aspect of learning, and so pushing the time-on-task envelop is a good thing. And when students cross that line and into boredom, misbehavior is sure to follow.
The good news is that by avoiding the common mistakes listed above, you can keep boredom at bay…. Click here and begin receiving classroom management articles like this one in your email box every week. Most days go pretty well. You can sure see the value of a well-oiled machine on the days where something happens to plans, such as equipment failure, fire drill, etc.
Sure can tell the difference! I love reading these informative articles. Yet I still feel like a failure. I have a problem with discipline to me that means everyone looks at me, the board or the book when presenting important grammar phenomena, they all participate or they show respect to their classmates. Do all those wonderful tips work? The article is about what not to do. You can find articles on each of the topics you mentioned and a lot more in the archive. I try to read your advice every time…thanks a million…it really is a mind opener….
Great article! How many kids become disengaged, bored, etc. How many of these kids who are affected by their classroom dynamics get unfairly diagnosed with a mental disorder? For the past month I have been following your blog and have started reading your book, got fifty pages in last night.
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