Behavior expectations

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Teaching self control to kids can often times become a tricky topic. When a child hears, “Use self control”, do they even know what that means? So often we expect kids to know exactly what we mean or how to behave, but we fall short in our teaching and explanation. We cannot expect a child […]

Hi everyone! It's Naomi O'Brien from Read Like a Rock Star! I've noticed a lot of teachers heading back to school, and thought I'd share a few of the ideas I use to create a positive classroom culture. For years, my coworkers chalked my sweet and well behaved classes up to the "luck of the draw", but then they had to admit, it must have been something I was doing. We, the teachers, really are responsible for setting the tone in our classroom. Our children are always watching us and how we…

Have any students that are having difficulty remembering the expectations for sitting on the rug? This poster is a great reminder of what expected and unexpected behavior looks like while sitting on the carpet. It contains short, simple language with visuals to support expectations.

Words matter, especially when communicating with children! A "when-then" statement helps us nudge our children toward appropriate behaviors. These statements clearly explains what we expect from our kids, as well as the the positive outcome that will happen as a result of their behavior!

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After the beginning of the school year starting, are you noticing attention seeking behaviors in your special ed classroom? In this blog post, you can read my favorite strategies to use for attention seeking behaviors in children. The best place to start is by collecting data to see if the behavior is actually attention seeking. You can grab my data collecting sheets here to help. Then see my process of how I reduce the attention of the behavior, use a time out, and then replace the…

Classroom management and strong teaching go hand in hand. Here are five tips on how you can create explicit behavior expectations in your classroom.