Classroom Management Tips for Children & Adolescents
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"Today I will behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” - Dr. Seuss
Kids act up for all sorts of reasons!
I’m tired
I’m hungry
I don’t understand I’m have ADHD
My parents are getting a divorce
Understand your learners’ developmental needs
Attention Spans:
• Ages 2-3= 3-4 minutes • Age 5= 5 to 10 minutes • Ages 6-8= 15-20 minutes • Ages 9-12= 22-35 minutes
Sciencemaster77.blogspot.com/2011/01/attention-spans-revisited.html
Go in with a positive attitude!
We’re going to rock this
year!
Put yourself in a better mood before class!
Exercise
Give yourself pep talks
Relax with music
Meditate Eat breakfast
Change the environment to
help you facilitate!
Image CC Classroom View by Kathy Cassidy, Flicker
Learning Stations Group work
Individual work Whole class
How do I manage this?
Activity Logs
Calendars
• Give each group a stack of yellow, blue, & red cups. • The top cup is their status. • Yellow= sunny & bright, everything's all right • Blue= we're through, what should we do? • Red= we have a problem we cannot solve alone
The Cup System
Theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/cup-management
Differentiate activities
Move around Include rest periods
Balance out activity and inactivity
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Suggested Activities for Kids
Games
Closing song/dance
Breaks Dance! Sing!
Hands-on activities
Story time
Hello song
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Suggested Activities for Adolescents
Pair or group mini tasks Circle discussions
Games
Scavenger Hunts
Surveys Videos
Interviews Journal
Hands-on activities
Polls
Podcasts
Blog
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Come up with the rules together
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• Arrive on time • Be nice to others • Share • Clean after myself • Listen
Communicate nonverbally!
Allow them to take a break
and do something
calming
Talk to them about their
actions.
Digital Badges
(Girl) Scout Troopers by JD Hancock, Flic.kr/p/8jBfQv
“Celebrate what you
want to see more of.”
- Thomas J. Peters
Girl Scouts visit Mayor Summey for Girl Scouts Week by North Charleston, Flic.kr/p/kVYxBZ
They mark a certain achievement ... when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them. - Juliette Lowe
Humanize digital learning
Openbadges.me/designer.html
Futureofeducation.com/page/rscon5-digital-badges
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“At the end of the day, the most
overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement
of parents.” - Jane D. Hull
Parent partnerships
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