Tools And Ideas
Tools and Ideas
Practical information and resources for educators
Celebrating API Month
Explore contributions to American history and culture with these multidisciplinary resources for all grade levels.
Testing Changes Course
The Common Core State Standards are being rolled out across the country. Are schools and teachers ready?
Teaching Strategies
Getting Kids To Read Over the Summer
Summer sizzles when you add the excitement of a good book! But if kids take a vacation from reading, skills may fizzle over the break.
Advice & Support
Use This, Not That
Cut classroom costs by substituting these inexpensive items for pricier classroom supplies.
Connect with Your Peers
Disruptive Honors Students
April 27, 2013
Patrick S. says, “I have a section of Honors Geometry, and I love every minute of it. I’m having trouble (if I can call it that) with three boys in particular who have taken a liking to me. They like and respect me, as I do them, and they do their work and learn well. However, when they finish their class work early, their behavior changes and they become quite disruptive: tossing pencils at the ceiling, swatting paper balls with their textbooks, etc. I struggle with keeping them on-task.”
April 29, 2013
Robert Emerson says, “Make it clear that you are their friend, but their buddies are guys their own age, and you are not one of those. The pencil games and the paper wad baseball cannot happen. Don't allow it. My suggestion: have some ‘brain teaser’ questions made up. Questions above the level they have just completed, but with teachable skills involved.”
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Disappearing Pencils
Tired of scrambling to find pencils for unprepared students? Or worse, wondering what happened to all your spare pencils you once had? Ms. Reid has a solution, and it won’t cost you a dime.
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