Want more tips and tricks to help you with classroom management? Check out this article on eight essential classroom management practices! Stop! Drop! Roles! Learning fire safety rules is much more fun (and less scary) when demonstrated by a charming and diverse group of animals. Alligator, Panda, Octopus and the others work hard to master fire safety rules and perform the perfect fire drill, but thinking about fire is a bit nerve-wracking, and each of them reacts differently – often with hilarious results. Mentoring texts are great for teaching content areas, but it`s also wonderful to use books to teach rules in class. If you start the year by laying the groundwork for rules and expectations, the rest of the year will go much easier! I also asked some colleagues for suggestions for good books and ideas for creating lesson rules with high school students. There are things we haven`t learned yet. This book teaches all about it by helping children see what they can`t do as something they can`t do yet. The Magical Yet will help teachers reshape their students` mindsets by helping them see things positively. I`ll leave you on a positive note with a student favorite used in classrooms everywhere to promote everyday happiness. The concept presented in this book is that everyone carries an invisible bucket to contain good thoughts and feelings that add up to happy thoughts and actions.
With simple instructions on how to be a bucket filler, this story emphasizes the power of kindness and respect. Take it a step further by creating a dedicated bucket filling bulletin board in your classroom and recognize those that demonstrate the characteristics of excellent bucket fillers. I`m new to kindergarten and this list is awesome and so helpful! Would it be possible to get a printable list of these books? Whew. That`s a lot of books! But I can promise you that my saving grace this past school year has been to CLEAR EXPECTATIONS and teach and model rules and procedures during the first 2 weeks of school. I personally own many of these books and have found them to be a wonderful tool when it comes to teaching every rule, procedure and wait. Maybe you are using some of these books or others, so if you do, please leave me a comment so I can add this book to my collection and add it here. We teachers need all the help we can get, and collaboration ensures success in the classroom! Ideas for using this book in class: After reading the book, create a T-chart. Ask students to talk about some of the negative behaviors the bad seed had in the book. List these behaviors on the left side of the anchor chart.
Then ask them to help you think about what the bad seed might have done instead. List these behaviors on the right side of the chart. This is a great way to check students` expectations of different rules at school. Have you ever seen a bully in action and done nothing about it? The kids at Pete`s new school get involved instead of being spectators. When Pete begins to misbehave, his classmates teach him „The Promise.“ Will Pete decide to give up his bullying habits and make „The Promise“? Check out these resources to combine with this book. The school is in session! When it comes to surviving school, Percy is at the top of the class. If you can follow its ten simple rules, grading will be a no-brainer (and school will be a lot of fun). But there`s more to school than showing up on time and staying awake in class. If you have any doubts, Percy also shows exactly what you shouldn`t do. The stories allow our students to practice experiences through the characters in their books. They watch Lily learn her lesson on her purple plastic purse. It`s much more powerful than an adult lecture.
Martha Hanley told me that she combines the rule-making process with learning how to write the U.S. Constitution. Sometimes she uses the book We the Kids by David Catrow. He takes up the preamble of the constitution and gives it meaning through caricatural illustrations of three children and their dog during a camping trip. For example, for the words „take care of the common defense,“ Catrow points to the dog standing guard outside while the children play in the tent. This entertaining version of the preamble, along with the musical version of School House Rock, would inspire students to learn more about the Constitution and create their own meaningful teaching guidelines. This book is one of many that are perfect for teaching the importance of following the rules in school. Here are 8 more book suggestions to learn more about periods and why they are important in school. Lily has a lot of things she loves, including her movie star sunglasses, her brother Julius, school, and her purple plastic purse.
Lily can`t wait to show her purse to school, but her teacher takes it away from her. This makes Lily angry. When her teacher returns her purse with a sweet note, Lily realizes that she should apologize for being angry. This heartwarming story is about the power of individuality and fear associated with feeling alone. As students explore all the things that set them apart from their new classmates, this book reminds us that connecting with others takes courage, even when you feel scared and alone. What a great reminder of the power of kindness as the foundation of your classroom`s expectations! Rules at school: Instructional discipline in the responsive classroom provides practical techniques to help you set expectations, teach and reinforce positive behaviors, and get kids back on track quickly. Although Matty`s art teacher warned him that too much glue never dries, Matty loves glue. After all, he and his dad do tons of adhesive projects at home. One day, during art class, Matty finds the fullest glue bottles and the fun begins. With pressure and a plopp, Matty pours a lake of glue before floating in the middle and clinging to his desk. When Matty`s father arrives at school, instead of being crazy, he celebrates his son`s creativity and calls it a piece of art.
It seems that there are so many „social“ issues in education that need to be addressed and/or taught in the classroom. Here are some other books I`ve found and others I`m using to talk about these topics. I hope you find them useful! The punky and feisty Isabella always screams her every thought, idea and feeling. She loves using her strong voice so much that it has even earned her the nickname Decibella! But it`s not a nickname to brag about. Isabella is so loud that she interrupts the lesson and irritates others. She doesn`t know how or when to use a softer, calmer voice until her teacher introduces all five vocal cords. If you don`t mind, I`d love the printable list of books too! Below is a list of great books for teaching the rules in your classroom! Can you please send me the list of books? Thank you for finding all these books. Ideas for using this book in class: Ask students if they have ever been excluded. Remind them that the elephant in the book was excluded from the Pet Club day.
Invite students to write about a time when they were excluded from something or someone.
