Tina and I have a system for classroom management. I hope I’m not being rude, but so many teachers try things that “might work” and they tinker and tinker and the years go by and they hate their jobs because they don’t have a dedicated and defined easy to implement and follow SYSTEM. They even […]
There are, over the past ten years, 6,834 posts here and 51,625 comments on this PLC. This one is by far the single most important of all of them: Sometimes things come into our daily routines that blow our minds. It happens so rarely. But on my PLC today Greg Schwab shared a link that
This is a repost from a few years ago: In one of my classes a boy named Fernando seems to enjoy writing at least two quizzes per class. It’s his way of getting back at the slackers. It’s like the two of us our conspiring to hold the other kids accountable, because we both know
This morning Margarita Pérez García in NZ sent me this email. It’s something of a celebration that that the Invisibles have made it down there to join the Hobbits: Hey Ben – The invisibles not only work but are contagious! A colleague (who is leaving NZ and will be back soon in Spain) came last
I send out a kind of blurb letter that I send to new members of the PLC as they join us here, and decided to share it here with experienced members of the group: Hey ______ – welcome to the PLC! Please explore some of the cut and paste articles that are on the “Primers”
Q. I can’t get my kids to really listen to each other. They are always blurting over each other. A. You have to use the Classroom Rules with a smile. Every time. Each and every time there is blurting or talking over, simply take a deep breath, walk calmly and slowly over to the Classroom
In the video below we see Sammy Davis, Jr. tell the guy with the cigar in no uncertain terms to put it out. He did so at the very moment he became aware of it. Do we do this in class when our kids talk? In the very moment it begins, do we stop it?
We were talking recently about teachers who just walk away from the profession for their mental health, citing that situation in Utah where Paul left and Amy fights on. Brian Olive – only those who were reading here five years ago or so will remember – was a TPRS/CI rising star in those days but
Here is a question that some of us may encounter from time to time: Hi Ben, First of all, thanks for the Invisibles. They do work and all the support in writing, in the FB page and via Tina’s videos make possible that other teachers (like me) learn how to use them. So my question
Jeff wants to create a positive reinforcement system so the students police each other and is considering the class points system to earn a party if they reach a certain goal. He learned from La Maestra Loca about her point system at CI Cascadia. His question is: “Does anyone in the PLC have experience with
A repost: Kristen ND Wolf shares: I too have struggled with classroom management, like we all have. The Invisibles have been my saving grace. They naturally build a sense of community and respect. I love how Tina suggested going slow at first and being patient with yourself. I also need to remember this! Sometimes I
I don’t think I’ve ever written a mission statement. Something Julie said prompted this reaction from me and it looks kind of like a mission statement so I’ll call it that for this group: I want to play my part in the current dramatic changes taking place in foreign language instruction in the United States.
