Happy 4th of July really late. I made this video and wrote this blog post on July 4, 2019. It won't be published until the last Sunday of July 2019.
Here are the 15 tips/Hacks they do not teach you in school. 1) Learn your students voices quickly right along with their name. 2) Whenever you feel like your classroom is full of negative energy, play the song “Walking on sunshine” by Katrina & the Waves. 3) Is your whiteboard not erasing? Use WD40. Spay a thin layer and wipe with an old wash cloth. It will erase. (I clean my board with this every Friday.) 4) When all the students leave for the day, prepare your room for the next day. Change the date on the board, write the new focus question or objective on the boards. Get your bell ringer questions ready to pass and all materials for the next day’s lesson. That way when you arrive the next day, you are ready to teach. 5) Want an easy way to identify your pencils? Take a knife and make a small slice right above the metal part. (If you have not watched the video yet, click the picture. I'll wait.) 6) Buy brightly colored pencils and hand every student one at the door. (Even kids that have a pencil). So you know you gave everyone a pencil. Now everyone needs to give you a colorful pencil when they leave. 7) Quick Grading Tip: Choose 3-5 questions per assignment you will grade and give feedback. Maybe use a :) for correct and an x for wrong. When you pass these out to the students the first time explain how you graded. This gives you and the students immediate feedback. 8) Are kids driving you nuts on St. Patrick’s day? Cut green construction paper in wrist bands. Staple to the child’s wrist that isn’t wearing green. 9) Parents not attending conferences? Offer the student an incentive if he or she can get their parents to come. 10) Your back is turned and someone throws paper at the board or does something inappropriate when you are t looking. Quickly scan all the faces of the kids in the room. 9 times out of 10, the child that did it will look guilty. Try it if you don’t believe me. 11) Invest in a cheerleader megaphone (cone). This way when talking to a loud class, it won’t sound like you are yelling. 12) Want to make that kid that never smiles laugh? Grab a piece of brown construction paper and cut out the letter e. Tell them you made them a brown e and walk away. A smirk will spread across their face. 13) Before you leave class to take your kids to lunch, establish who is going to wash your lunch room table. 14) Stay away from negative coworkers. 15) Are you dealing with a defiant student? Don’t stop teaching. If you sense the child will not back down, tell the child, “we will talk about this later” and continue teaching. Talk to the child later without an audience. Call the child’s parents as soon as you can.
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