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 [...]
World-class archer Kristin Braun practices six hours a day trying to do the impossible.
Standing 230 feet from her target, she takes a deep breath and, while simultaneously lifting her bow into place, draws a steel-tipped carbon arrow.
She peers over her left hand, taking aim by lining up the target’s bulls eye with the tiny pin [...]
In my previous article, I covered three conditions that best build classroom community. To review, they are:
The presence of an enticing goal.
Every class member is needed to achieve the goal.
A chance of failure.
Much like the close-knit bonds developed [...]
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Years ago—I was a fourth grade teacher at the time—the principal mandated every grade level to choose one way to build community in their classrooms. We had to agree on something as a team, and then follow through with the idea for an entire school year.
Dubious of the assignment’s value, the other fourth grade teachers [...]
A reader posted a question this week asking what to do if a student, in this case a kindergartner, crawled on the floor and under tables after being sent to time-out. Playing, straying, and not sitting quietly in time-out can happen regardless of grade level.
And this problem can be especially frustrating. It pulls the teacher [...]
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