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Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students

Promoting Change through Relationships

Teachers in middle level schools face overwhelming demands and challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to know content and pedagogy, develop engaging lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners, and use...

Author: Mary Ellen Beaty-O'Ferrall, Alan Green, Fred Hanna
Number of views (390752)/Comments (3)/

Topics: Classroom Management Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation

Looking at Executive Function

It was bright orange and boxy. I had used it repeatedly to "catch air," plowing over snow piles at high speed in school parking lots during the winter. Doing these stunts was safe, I reasoned: It was the family...

Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (121618)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Advisory/Advocacy Teaching Young Adolescent Development

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation Rick Wormeli Critical Thinking

20 Literacy Strategies for Engaging the Middle Level Brain

Effective ways to enhance reading and writing experiences.

Recently, I was teaching a language arts class in Logan, West Virginia. The objective of the lesson was to analyze the impact of tradition on human behavior using narrative text. Sounds really dull, doesn't it? It...

Author: Marcia L. Tate
Number of views (121202)/Comments (2)/

Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Reading Writing Literacy Games/Gaming

Character Council Promotes Values in School and Community

Do you want to do more with your advisory period? Maybe you want to bring students and the community closer, or maybe you are looking to change a negative school climate into a positive one. You might want to try R...

Author: Ann Asher, Brandi Owens, and Ryan Wideman
Number of views (83574)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Advisory/Advocacy Family and Community School Culture/Climate Teaming

Tags: Student Engagement Character Education Cooperative Learning

Flexible Grouping in the Classroom

Remember the Fibonacci sequence? It's a series of numbers in which each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, and so on. One of the most fundamental concepts in...

Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (77257)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Classroom Management Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Rick Wormeli Grouping

Developing Relationships with Difficult Students

Four simple strategies can help forge a positive teacher-student relationship.

As Mary watched Ashleigh get off the bus, she knew it was going to be “that kind” of day. Ashleigh was mad and yelling in the faces of the other children. Mary watched her push her way through the hallway,...

Author: Lori Rakes & Audra Parker
Number of views (68602)/Comments (4)/

Topics: Classroom Management Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation Humor In the Classroom

How Rich Is Your Classroom Discourse?

Effective class discussions focus on critical thinking rather than right answers.

You ask the students, “What is the main idea of the passage?” Joseph responds, “Always persevere,” to which you reply, “Very good, Joseph.” In the average classroom, as much as...

Author: Jelani Jabari
Number of views (64451)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Critical Thinking

Perseverance and Grit

In every country in the world, we elevate those who endure, especially against overwhelming odds. We exalt politician William Wilberforce, who led a challenging campaign to end all slavery in the British empire. We...

Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (61712)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation Rick Wormeli

How to Be a Legendary Teacher

Can you imagine teaching middle grades students for more than four decades? As a middle school principal, I had the opportunity to work with just such a teacher. Barry Krizan taught three generations of our...

Author: Roger Chamberlain
Number of views (58341)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Inspiration Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Humor In the Classroom Teacher Leaders Teacher Mentors Teacher Motivation

Creating Your Own Destiny: Teaching the Importance of Effort

Lynn is an eighth grade student struggling through several of her courses; pre-Algebra is her biggest challenge. Until now, she has gotten by with acceptable grades, but this year she has found her classes much more...

Author: Elizabeth Ross Hubbell
Number of views (58009)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Teaching Young Adolescent Development

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation

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