Classroom Tips & Lesson Plans
Works4Me Classroom Tips
Get practical classroom tips and ideas from educators just like you from the NEA's Works4Me service. Here are just a few of the thousands of teacher-tested and approved tips:
- Video at Open House
9/7/2010
In the fall, we hold a traditional open house for parents, in which they come to school in the evening and meet the teachers by following... - Private Grades
9/7/2010
In order to respect the privacy of my students' grades, I designate the top left or right corner as a place to record grades... - Talkative Class
8/31/2010
If the class as a whole talks too much, I have had good results with talking to them as a group and explaining that... - Self-Addressed Student Letters
8/31/2010
On the first day of school, students write a letter to themselves that will be given back at the end of the school year. I give students a handout with a list of questions... - Seating for Needs
8/19/2010
I let the students choose their seats for the first week. This allowed me to get a feel for which students needed preferential seating - for whatever reasons. I created a seating chart and... - In Charge of Seating
8/19/2010
For years, I have used Harry Wong's technique very successfully: Greeting the student at the door, with a smile and a handshake, sets up an amicable relationship, but the assigned seats...
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