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		<title>How To Turn Around Difficult Students (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/03/06/how-to-turn-around-difficult-students-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In How To Turn Around Difficult Students (Part 1), I made the case that teachers struggle with difficult students because their compassion overrides doing what is best for the student.
If you haven’t read the article, I encourage you to read it before continuing with this one.
In this week’s article, I’m going to going to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Turn Around Difficult Students (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/27/how-to-turn-around-difficult-students-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the start of every school year you drag your finger down your roster, hopeful you won’t see one of the few names that can send shivers down your spine.
Every year, it seems, there are a handful of students that have the potential to make your life miserable.
Having one of these beauties on your roster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Classroom Management Sticky</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/20/how-to-make-classroom-management-sticky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=3371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In their book, Made To Stick, authors Chip and Dan Heath describe the story of Jane Elliott.
Jane was a third-grade teacher on April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King was assassinated.
Struggling to explain the tragedy to her students, Jane decided to try something unusual. She separated her class by eye color.
She placed the brown-eyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Students To Raise Their Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/13/how-to-get-your-students-to-raise-their-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/13/how-to-get-your-students-to-raise-their-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[calling out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling out is a momentum killer of the highest order and can turn a well-planned lesson into a halting mess.
But that isn’t the only reason why you should require your students to raise their hand.
Here are a few more:
Calling out is unfair
Every student has a right to participate, not just those who are more assertive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Having Fun Makes Classroom Management Easier</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/06/why-having-fun-makes-classroom-management-easier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/02/06/why-having-fun-makes-classroom-management-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Calm, Focused, And Happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=3210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I was asked to teach a summer school science class to a group of eighth graders.
Because many had failed a similar course during the school year, more than sixty students signed up.
Another teacher was brought in to help.
His name was John Dugan, and we hit it off right away.
John was hilarious.
After a test, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Daily Checklist For Effective Classroom Management</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/30/your-daily-checklist-for-effective-classroom-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/30/your-daily-checklist-for-effective-classroom-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What Effective Teachers Do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classroom management checklist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily checklist]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=3102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps more than any other profession, teaching requires you to be mentally prepared before the heavy lifting of the day begins.
If you’re feeling hurried, stressed, or distracted in the moments before the students arrive, teaching can be unforgiving—particularly in the area of classroom management.
This is why it’s important to spend a couple of minutes every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Never Argue With Students; And How To Avoid It</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/23/why-you-should-never-argue-with-students-and-how-to-avoid-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/23/why-you-should-never-argue-with-students-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=3012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s begin this weeks article by looking at a common scenario.
You’re leading your students to class after visiting the library one day, and you notice Andrew kicking the heels of the student in front of him.
He is clearly doing it on purpose.
You stop the line, walk over to Andrew, and say, “Andrew, please stop kicking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Behavior Contracts Don&#8217;t Work</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/16/why-behavior-contracts-dont-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/16/why-behavior-contracts-dont-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a teacher seeks help in handling a difficult student, typically one of the first things recommended is a behavior contract.
Behavior contracts are popular because they give teachers a definite plan for improving behavior.
And where there is a plan, there is hope.
If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with how they work, behavior contracts are created collaboratively—usually the teacher, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Command Respect From Students</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/09/how-to-command-respect-from-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/09/how-to-command-respect-from-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Calm, Focused, And Happy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that some teachers don’t have to work as hard at classroom management?
Certain teachers can walk into a classroom, and almost magically, the students become calmer, more mature, and more receptive in their presence.
These teachers may use the same classroom management plan as everybody else, but somehow, year after year, their students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Care If Your Students Dislike You</title>
		<link>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/02/why-you-should-care-if-your-students-dislike-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/01/02/why-you-should-care-if-your-students-dislike-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Linsin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Management Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I overheard a teacher confronting two of his third-grade students after they ran through a hallway on their way to recess.
He stopped them, called them over to where he was standing, and said, “Congratulations, you two just lost your recess.”
With an index finger jabbing the air, inches from their sullen faces, he spent the [...]]]></description>
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