Practice Nine – Ideas at the door!
- Student Ambassadors - Outline for establishing a school Ambassador program.
- Strategies for Pairing Learners - Includes a variety of methods for pairing learners - These same pairing strategies may be used to assign new seating. As students enter the classroom, hand them one of a pair and tell them to find its matching answer. That will be their assigned seat.
- Greeter Procedure - Script examples for greeting, introducing, welcoming, and seating visitors
- Visitor/Greeter Energizer - Strategy for practicing visitor/greeter dialogue
- Procedure for Asking and Answering Questions in Complete sentences Example
- Door Greeter Rhyme Sign - Door sign to invite visitor to knock and wait to be greeted.
- Door Sign - “You are now entering……..”
- Door Sign for Non-traditional Class Setting - gym, music, etc. - requests visitor to come inside and wait to be greeted. - FREE digital download
'All Who Enter Here' Door Poster
- Magic Triad Greeting Rug - Visual strategy for giving students the choice of how they want to be greeted each day.
- Entrance and Exit Tickets - article explaining and giving examples.
- The First 2 to 6 MInutes of Class - 10 Ideas for beginning class
- Remedy for Tardy Students - strategy for positive handling of tardy students
Strategies for Use of the Magic Triad - includes multiple lessons, activities, and songs
- 4x4 Magic Triad Task Card - Songs and poems
- Student Management Songs and Chants Includes:
- Quiet’s Alive Chant
- Chant for Leaving Desk
- Callback for Quieting Students
- Self-Discipline Refocusing Chant
- Criss Cross Applesauce Chant
- Song for Going Out to Recess
- Hands and Verbal/Non-verbal Class Management Procedures
- Redirecting Behavior by Offering a Positive Challenge: A Classroom Example
- Friendship Life Principle