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First Weeks of School Mistakes

10 First-Week Mistakes You Must Avoid This Year

It is time to return to the classroom! Are you ready? I always find that it is a little bit difficult to get back into the swing of things. It’s hard to jump right back in and pick up the momentum where you left off the year before. I know that I’ve personally made many…

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Filed Under: New School Year, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: classroom management, lesson objectives

Getting Student's Attention

Save Your Voice and Your Sanity: 3 Ways to Effectively Get Students’ Attention

The class mumbles with whispering for a few moments. It grows to a murmur and before you know it, they are nearly shouting to the people next to them. How do you get their attention? How do you snap them out of discussion mode and back to listening mode without raising your voice? I’ve used…

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Filed Under: New School Year, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: classroom management

Joe Paprocki

Joe Paprocki on “Evangelizing Discipline”

I am happy to welcome Joe Paprocki, author of The Catechist’s Toolbox: How to Thrive As a Religious Education Teacher, as a guest at The Religion Teacher. Joe is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his very popular blog this week! Joe was an inspiration to me in starting The Religion Teacher three years ago, so…

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Filed Under: Evangelization, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: catechesis, classroom management

Students Talking Out in Class

How do you manage students talking out in class?

Students talking out in class can be one of the most frustrating challenges teachers face on a day to day basis. Whether it is whispering to their neighbors or blurting out questions or comments without a hand raise, talking can be a problem. Usually it is the same students causing the problems day after day…

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Filed Under: Teaching Strategies Tagged With: classroom management

Harry Wong Quote on Classroom Management

6 Classroom Management Strategies for the First Weeks of School

The first weeks of school is the most critical time for establishing effective classroom management for the rest of the year. I’m a big believer in holding off on all significant teaching of course content until some effective classroom management procedures and classroom rules are established and practiced thoroughly. Consider using the following classroom management…

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Filed Under: New School Year, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: classroom management

Classroom Procedures for Religious Education

Classroom Procedures and the First Weeks of School

Classroom procedures and routines are the key to effective classroom management. One of the earliest and best lessons I learned as a teacher was the importance of classroom procedures above and beyond classroom rules. All teachers have rules in their classrooms, but many teachers waste time and energy enforcing rules instead of practicing procedures until…

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Filed Under: Elementary School, High School, Middle School, New School Year, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: classroom management

Scripture-based Classroom Rules

Scripture-Based Classroom Rules

When you are developing your classroom rules this year, you may want to consider a couple of Scripture passages to provide a framework for acceptable behaviors. You will, of course, need to create succinct rules such as “follow directions,” “seek permission to get out of your seat by raising your hand,” “raise your hand to…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, Middle School, New School Year Tagged With: classroom management

Harry Wong, First Days of School

Harry Wong, The First Days of School

If you are trying to become a more effective teacher, then there is no better book to turn to than Harry Wong’s classic The First Days of School. Harry recently published the 4th edition of the book this year. I can still remember the first time I watched his video: “work, work, work…do, do, do.”…

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Filed Under: Books, New School Year Tagged With: classroom management

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