Welcome! I'm Rose from Rosie's Resources. Are your students busy practicing for state tests? Want to keep them motivated? Here’s a solution.

1.  Photocopy stacks of awards on colored paper. Keep them handy, wherever you’re working with kids—at your desk, at your guided instruction table, etc. Every time kids score 100% on their practice, give them an award.

2.  Let kids know about the awards before they start their practice. They will work hard to earn the certificate!

3.  Keep giving the certificates out. Kids like to collect these. Sometimes they get little competitions going to see who can earn the most.

4.  Differentiate when necessary. For example, you can give an award for improvement.

5.  Assign an early finisher as a helper. He/she can fill in student names while you’re remediating with other kids.

6.  This is a very simple way to communicate with parents. They are so proud when their child comes home with an award!

You may download a free set of awards by clicking here.  Enjoy!

Tips for a Well Behaved Classroom-Sharing is Caring Teacher Blogging Collaborative

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Do you want to turn this years group into a dream class? 

One of the most difficult jobs that a teacher has is to develop discipline techniques that will be effective for their classroom. These seasoned educators from our Caring is Sharing Collaborative have been there and done that. Read what they have to say about the subject.

5 Tips for a Well Behaved Classroom

By Megan Bodman of Adventures Teaching 4th

Using Whole Brain Teaching to create a well behaved classroom is a "no brainer." I've got 5 tips that will help your class be well behaved no matter the situation.

5 Tips to Better Classroom Management

By Marypat Mahoney of Just Add Students

Looking for help with classroom management? Check out these 5 simple tips.

5-1/2 Tips for a Positive, Well-Behaved Classroom

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

5-1/2 tried and true tips/resources to help your students focus on the positive behaviors.  

Discipline with Love

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

I’ll never forget the book I read back in college called, Discipline Without Tears, by Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs. “It provides a clear, constructive outline of his proven strategies for dealing with a wide range of childhood misbehaviors. Believing that children are social beings who want to belong, Dreikurs stresses encouragement, cooperation, and firm control in a democratic alliance of parents, teachers and children."


Five Tips For a Well-behaved Classroom
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

How to turn this year's class list into a group of dream students.

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