3rd-5th
Boomer Sooner
This tool is a call and response. The teacher calls out “Boomer” and the Students yell back “Sooner” while stopping side conversation and facing the teacher.
Brain Breaks. Movements Cards for The Classroom
Brain breaks are a very useful and help tool to use managing a classroom. Student of all ages are not made to sit in a classroom all day without a break. Allowing and offering brain breaks to students will benefit their education positively.
Setting Daily Agenda
Creating an agenda each day can be very beneficial to students reviewing what is going to take place each day and checking off items as they are completed helps to build a sense of accomplishment and helps students know what is coming up next. This helps students know the classroom routine and gives them a sense of predictability.
Kindness Train
The kindness chain is an activity where all students are writing down kind, positive, and encouraging messages for their peers on a piece of paper. At the end of the activity all the students have a list of these notes to keep! This helps build classroom community as well as self-confidence for students.
Silent Light
Similar to Silent Hand or Quiet Coyote already listed on this website, Silent Light is another attention-getter technique to quickly transition, or bring the noise level down when the classroom becomes too loud. Turn the silent light on when attention is needed and listen as your students begin to settle down once they notice the light is on.
Quiet Critters
Quiet Critters can be used in your classroom to signal to students when they are working quietly and following expectations. Quiet Critters are a fun way to encourage students to work quietly and independently. They are a great way to recognize students for their hard work.
Ready-Stop-Go Cups
This tool is helpful because it allows for students to communicate with the instructor when they are working, and when they are ready to move on. This tool can be used individually per student or with groups. The cup will be flipped upside down when working, and right side up when the student(s) are ready for the next step.
Classroom Set-Up
The classroom set-up is an important tool to have knowledge of because we rely so much on our room. We start thinking about room set-up before the school year begins, and it is where we spent so much of our time. The room should be reflective of a safe place that promotes critical thinking, as well as proving students with everything they need to be successful in school. The classroom is the heart of our learning.
Classroom Promise
This is a promise that is made up of students’ expectations for their classroom. This promise really creates the classroom climate that not only they teach would like, the students as well!
