COMMUNICATON
SOLUTION: I came up with an acronym that helped me break out of my ineffective habit responses to my difficult students.
B.L.E.S.S.
disappointed but not angry.
“I’m sorry you chose to ____. When you made that choice, you also chose the consequences of that choice.”
If you have rules and consequence posted you could refer to that.
CONTENT
ORGANIZATION – Classroom Management
10 Comments
Oh man, I am definitely going to hang that BLESS sign up in my classroom next year as a little reminder to myself to just take a second for myself and breathe! And your writing process stuff… LOVE! I need to get to work on something like that for my little friends!
Thanks for linking up!
Writing has always been a struggle for me and reading your post I realize my lack of organization with my writing resources may be part of the problem. Thanks for sharing that idea!
Destiny
Terrific Teaching and Learning
LOVE your Bless sign! I need that one!!! I also love your Powerpoint slide! I bet that is a huge help in the mornings!! Thanks for sharing! Good luck with your home office! I am redecorating mine this summer too!
Chandra @ Teaching with Crayons and Curls
Peggy, I just love your blog. The colors and just the tone in which you write 🙂 That bless sign is fantastic, and a great reminder for when we are feeling frustrated 🙂 I do powerpoint slides for my version of daily 5 rotations, but I never thought to use slides as they come in-in the morning, I LOVE THAT IDEA 🙂 Good luck with you home office, and ENJOY your summer!
Melanie
-Momma with a Teaching Mission
I love your writing process graphic organizers storage! That is so smart and right there when you need it. I definitely need to get busy on that one too!
Stephanie
The Learning Chambers
Thank you for this wonderful link up! Glad you like the BLESS! I need to put that on the end of my nose. 😉
I hear ya, Destiny! Writing has always been a challenge for me! So I read all kinds of books, went to tons of workshops, and then took what seemed to work the best for my kids. Having the resources at hand has made a huge difference in the amount of writing we do!
Thanks Chandra! The morning powerpoint slide had such a huge positive effect on our mornings – I wish I had done it years ago. 🙂 Have fun with your home office too!
Melanie, thank you for those kind encouraging words! Hope the morning slide brings as much joy and peace to your mornings as it did to mine!
Happy Summer!
Thank you, Stephanie! Just what you need – another project – right! Happy Summer!