Posts Tagged ‘Consequences’

Author: Joel
Posted: September 4, 2012
Category: Classroom Management

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I have written extensively in the past about classroom management and I admit I have glossed over some things while belaboring other points way beyond the point of exhaustion. Below are a few of the common classroom management pieces of advice and a handful of simple tricks to use in effort to make those things happen. Try one or two and see if things become easier…

• Work on your pacing
  • Slow down your rate of speech; kids don’t comprehend information as fast as we do
  • Be silent more often; silence allows kids to reflect more on what has been said
  • Communicate urgency without getting frantic
  • Be in control of what you say and how you say it
  • Don’t argue with

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Author: Joel
Posted: September 24, 2010
Category: Classroom Management

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Author: Joel
Posted: May 12, 2009
Category: Classroom Management

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Author: Joel
Posted: May 7, 2009
Category: Inspiration

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Author: Joel
Posted: May 6, 2009
Category: Classroom Management

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Author: Joel
Posted: January 31, 2009
Category: Inspiration

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Author: Joel
Posted: April 14, 2008
Category: General

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Author: Joel
Posted: February 8, 2008
Category: Reader Appreciation

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Newby writes:

I have noticed lately in a couple of your posts you mentioned how terrible your first couple of years of teaching were. As a new reader, I have gone back into your archived information to learn more about this blog but have not come across why you had such a hard time. What made your first years so difficult? As a teacher with more years under your belt, do you think those experiences helped make you a better teacher or would you just as well forget about them altogether?

What made my first years so difficult?
I think there were a few factors that made my first year difficult.

1. I didn’t know how to control the class
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