Middle school behavior

My rule #1 in a series about bringing out the best behavior in middle school students, Helpful tips for managing adolescents effectively.

Having a classroom management system in middle school is so hard!! A lot of it is too “elementary” for them and they just won’t buy into it! If you want a management system to work for any grade level, there has to be buy in from the students. When I was in college I had a professor who was like Mr. Feeney to me & he told us, “a child will do anything for a Jolly Rancher.” I used this to my advantage & made it into my classroom management system! Jolly Rancher Wars is a weekly challenge…

Classroom management is the foundation of an effective and positive learning environment. Managing a classroom well ensures that students will be engaged, on task, and focused during their learning time. Classroom management contributes to an overall positive classroom community.

30 social-emotional learning strategies for middle school kids to boost confidence and strengthen SEL skills students need for success.

Once we established our positive behavior expectations, our PBIS team’s next big goal was to create a sitewide behavior intervention flowchart. In this flowchart, the goal was to: Clearly def…

As a middle school teacher, it can be hard to manage difficult classes. But don't worry - help is here! Learn helpful classroom management tips and strategies to gain control in your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade classroom! You will be ready to start class and the year off on the right foot with these middle school classroom management ideas!

Learn how two little behavior note templates can be a complete classroom management game-changer. Glow and Grow Behavior Notes are a simple and highly effective behavior management strategy for kindergarten and beyond. Parents will love getting positive behavior notes sent home, students will love earning them, and teachers will love how easy they are to […]

Being the crazy person that I am, I've been at school the last week and a half setting up my classroom even though I won't be returning until November because of my maternity leave. In between the hot gluing and book labeling, I met the person who will be filling in for me while I am out. She's fresh out of college, completed her student teaching, and came to meet me with a list of questions and color-coded notes. She was prepared ... and I was impressed!We got talking about the big picture…

The educational strategies I use in my classroom are things I continuously reflect on and develop. The classroom management of my middle...

I never bought into the whole Clip Chart thing. As a parent, if I saw my child was on GREEN (or whatever the acceptable color is nowadays), I would still wonder if my kid made mistakes that needed a parent's guidance, or even worse, was a complete A$$ at school. I get that kids need a chance to redeem themselves, but kids are so smart that they will goof off all day and pull it together in the last hour. I've seen it happen. So with three words, I manage the expectations and behaviors in my…