When it comes to encouraging and rewarding students for good behavior or a job well done, nothing beats a good old fashioned stamp. Now you would think that in this day and age of hi tech gadgets and toys that a mere stamp would be mocked. Not so! The kids will risk life and limb...
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So now you’ve got your Engl on the blackboard. Your kids know your rules, but like all kids they slip up and slide toward that cliff of obnoxious ruckus that children all around the world have mastered. What do you do? You could just snatch up the eraser and make a letter disappear or you...
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So, last time we talked about classroom rules. Today I’m going to tell about the system of punishment for breaking those rules. Every day at the beginning of class I write the letters ENGL on the blackboard. During the lesson if students misbehave I’ll erase a letter. They hate that. You should hear the wails...
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When I first started out teaching English I found my biggest hurdle to be classroom management. I was a total softy. I saw the kids and thought, “How can those cute little kids do anything wrong?” Well, I learned fast. Those cute innocent faces turn into snarling grins if left unchecked. Unruly kids hardly...
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