#classroom control

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Will You Control Your Classroom or Will It Control You?

Will You Control Your Classroom or Will It Control You?

Andrea pushed a student against the classroom locker. The faces of some students looked shocked while other encouraged the other students to do something about it. Mrs. Lawson tried to quiet down the class, but no one listened.

Suddenly, Timothy, a kid quick to get angry, threw a toy across the room, hitting a little girl in the top of the head. Not another day of this, she thought. What am I…

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How to Survive a Hostile Classroom Environment: Coping with High Risk Students

How to Survive a Hostile Classroom Environment: Coping with High Risk Students

Surviving a hostile classroom can present a momentous challenge to educators, especially for new teachers. Hostility can occur suddenly and without warning. Unprepared teachers may find themselves surrounded by unmotivated, unruly and disrespectful students. Such situations can happen at any time of the year. However, teachers must be trained to cope with these intense moments. A few carefully…

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Oak Grove Elementary, Sept. 10th

What did we learn in class today? 

1. How to misbehave on catastrophic levels.

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2. Jazz Squares

There comes a point where you have to casually ignore the photo-bombing of attention seeking children. By this I literally mean jumping in your face to get your attention. 

Unfortunately, during my Monday class, my dancers were only successfully able to go through their warm up and across-the-floor exercises before getting restless and destructive. I like to think that I have GOOD classroom control, but I believe that this is the most difficult part of teaching primary aged children. 

For the last 20 minutes of class, we had to sit in a semi-circle while we discussed the rights and wrongs of class, and why *exactly* we were not able to have fun. 

The first step to success is laying down the law.