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The Schoolroom Peace Plan, Part Three: Rewards
Elena AguilarOctober 28, 2008
Tags Discipline, Teacher Development, All Grades

This is the third part of a six-part entry. Start with the introduction.

How do you appreciate individuals, or table groups, or the whole class when students do what you ask them to do?

You've heard this before, and it really works: You can't praise or reward kids enough. Do it until you are oozing honey. It works.

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The Schoolroom Peace Plan, Part Two: Procedures
Elena AguilarOctober 23, 2008
Tags Discipline, Primary (K-2), Teacher Development, All Grades

This is the second part of a six-part entry. Start with the introduction.

"They come into my room shouting, wandering around, and talking to one another. During class, they put on makeup, text message one another, and talk over me. And they jump up to sharpen pencils when I'm in the middle of teaching."

Is this a familiar scenario?

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The Schoolroom Peace Plan, Part One: Introduction
Elena AguilarOctober 21, 2008
Tags Discipline, Teacher Development, All Grades

"I feel like I'm playing Whac-A-Mole every day," said the beginning teacher as she wiped the sweat from her brow.

I nodded and had flashbacks of my own first months teaching middle school. The class is settled, focused, and calm for two seconds, and then pop! On the other side of the room, a kid shouts, throws, reaches, jumps, and I dart over to "smash" him down. And then pop! I'm dashing to a distant corner, and smash, and pop! Pop! POP!

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