Frustrated with Classroom Management?

As a teacher, it seems that we have seen a difference in students especially after the pandemic.  Recently, we came across the following article about teachers being frustrated with classroom management.  It is an interesting read, and has a few quick pointers that teachers may be interested in reading, so we thought we would share some of these ideas and online resources.

How to Build a Classroom Management Plan

Management Resources

"The Well Managed Classroom" (Harry Wong)

Article on Sketchnoting

How to use ClassDojo - Help Desk

Online Math Manipulatives

Have other ideas you'd like to share with your colleagues?  Click here to share.

Best Practices of Asynchronous Videos in the Classroom from Screencastify

 As teachers continue to use Screencastify during inclement eLearning days, they are becoming more curious of additional ways to use video in their classrooms.  The following information is available to address these intrigues.

Click here for the full article

Click here to read this article

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Click here to listen

Online Randomizers and Other Teacher Tools

    How do you choose partners or assign ideas in your classroom?  There are many ideas throughout the classrooms in our district.   Are you interested in a quick way to have a random pick?  Don't let the name fool you!  You can use it for more than just picking names.  In the video below, this teacher used the Picker Wheel to assign topics to write about for a writing project.

https://pickerwheel.com/

https://wheelofnames.com/

ClassDojo has some great tools for teachers besides keeping track of behavior too!

Click here for ClassDojo support

Have more ideas to share with your colleagues?  Click here to share an idea, tool, or site you use in your classroom.

Nearpod: Tips to prepare for standardized testing

How can Nearpod help prepare for standardized testing?

 https://nearpod.com/blog/4-tips-to-prepare-for-standardized-testing-and-end-of-the-year-review/

(when you get the redirecting message, click the link listed on top)

1. Nearpod has keyboarding lessons for students who are not fluent when typing. Nearpod also  has lessons created to help navigate different question types.

2. Nearpod has lessons already created for SEL to help with test anxiety.

3. Nearpod has thousands of lessons already created to help cover the most critical standards.

Break up the Winter Blues with Google Slides projects or Virtual Field Trips!

 Have you ever seen the Southwest Airlines commercials with their tag line "Wanna Get Away"?

Well here is a chance to virtually "get away". Most of these are free! Which of these places fits in with your curriculum this month?

Click Here to get a huge list of free virtual field trips!
(if you get a window that says redirecting, click on the link again on that window)

Looking to try something new for writing? Try a Google Slides project with your class!

Click here for a few ideas that can be used with any writing topic or genre.

Want to try one of these features in your class but not sure how, or even which one to choose?

Contact your Technology Trainer for some guidance!

How Do You Flipgrid? Flipgrid vs Canvas Discussion Boards

Directions to use Flipgrid in Canvas

Within Canvas you can post a link from Flipgrid for your students to access, or you can use the external tool feature to create a Flipgrid.  Whichever way you are most comfortable choosing.

How to Create a Flipgrid for Your Class (Overview)

How to Create a Group

How to Create a Topic

How Students Add Response

Want to use Canvas External Tool feature to put Flipgrid in an assignment?
Click Here for Canvas LTI Integration Directions

Directions for Canvas Discussions

Click here for Discussion Information for Instructors

Click here for Student View Video

Which do you prefer, Flipgrid or Canvas Discussion Boards? 

What do you see as the pros and cons of each?

i-Ready Practice: How to adjust what your students are practicing

Now that students have completed the BOY and MOY i-Ready diagnostics, you may feel that the practice portion of i-Ready needs to be adjusted for some or all of your students. For instance, the diagnostic may show the student needs grade 1 math standards, but the student is performing at a higher level during class time or on Investigations units.

*When clicking on the links below, you will get a redirect notice. Click the link as it is listed again. When page loads, scroll down the list until you see the expanded directions.

To Learn More About How the BOY and MOY Diagnostics Determine Learning Paths, Click Here.
To Better Understand How to View Diagnostic Data for your students, Click Here.

Here are some options for adjusting the student learning paths:

-You can adjust a  specific lesson path for an individual student. Click the link below to learn how.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KuvlcYuRPYvrmUGwn8Jgm1gAl9Caz-2W/view?usp=sharing
*Note, if you are moving a student back to lower grade level content, the student MAY end up repeating lessons they already completed. Also, if you move a student forward and it is too difficult, you will need to go back in and readjust. The program will NOT automatically adjust backward based on their progress.

-You can adjust what subject domains individual students, groups, or the whole class experience while in i-Ready Practice. For example, if your tutoring group is focusing on measurement, you can turn off all of the domains except measurement for that group to ensure they are getting measurement each time they log into i-Ready Math. If the whole class has a test coming up on geometry, then you can turn off all domains except geometry for the entire class to ensure they are getting only that domain. Click the links below to learn how:
https://i-readycentral.com/faq/how-do-i-turn-domains-on-for-an-individual-student/

https://i-readycentral.com/faq/how-do-i-turn-domains-on-for-a-class-or-group/