Building Positive Relationships
Gathering students together to connect, share, build community, and start the day on a positive note.
Morning Meetings
You ask a question to the class and only one student raises their hand. What's a strategy you can use to get more students to respond?
Turn and talk or Wait time
This needs to be clear & measurable. Use Bloom's taxonomy to help create this.
Goal / Objective
Visual and audio cues to get students to focus on you. Ex: clapping a pattern or saying "macaroni and cheese".
Attention Getters / Call and Response
Learn about backgrounds, interests, and challenges through one-on-one conversations, surveys, or journaling activities.
Getting to Know Students
Using materials at varying difficulty levels, varying the length of time allowed to complete a task, giving students choice to express their learning.
Differentiation Strategies
This is where you link to prior knowledge, engage students, hook them & get them interested in content.
Introduction
Nonverbal cues you can use to minimize disruptions. eg. holding up two fingers to sharpen a pencil.
Hand Signals
These foster a sense of belonging, connection, and communication. Can encourage positive interactions and create a supportive environment.
Community Builders
Frameworks that explain how people acquire and retain knowledge - often focus on cognitive or behavioral processes.
Learning Theories
These specify knowledge and skills of a subject area and grade level. Are often broad and may need to be “unpacked” into smaller, more manageable parts.
Content Standards
The process of moving from kids from one activity to the next. You can use chants, timers, movement, or break up your directions to make these more effective.
Transitions
Belief that intelligence & abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are a starting point. Can create a love of learning and resilience.
Growth Mindset
You ask multiple students for answers before providing any kind of feedback or saying whether they are correct or incorrect causing more students to start to put their hands up to add to the conversation.
"Snowball" Effect
This type of assessment is used to monitor student learning, provide feedback, and help teachers adjust their teaching when needed.
Formative Assessment
Strategies to prevent issues before they arise. Eg. setting clear expectations, seating charts, behavior-specific praise, actively supervise, & create a positive learning environment.
Proactive Classroom Management