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The Silent Scream: Playing Fun Games while Keeping Your Sanity

November 6, 2017 //  by Linda

Kids love playing fun games and they can learn so much from them. They learn social skills and how to follow directions, but the screaming indoors can drive you insane and ruin your hearing. I love using this behavior management technique while playing fun games. A Fun Game for Using the Silent Scream In Kodály teaching, …

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Category: Behavior management, Keeping your Sanity, Playing Fun GamesTag: Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Distance Learning, games, Games in the Music Classroom, Social Distancing

Classroom Rewards Crayons

Make Your Own Non-Candy Classroom Rewards

August 12, 2016 //  by Linda

A few years ago, I got this idea for classroom rewards and have been saving leftover crayons. At the end of last school year, our district came down with a new rule that said we can no longer give out any candy. I suddenly got motivated to put my plan in place and made these …

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Category: Behavior management, Classroom incentives, Classroom RewardsTag: behavior incentives, Behavior Management, Classroom incentives, Classroom Management, Classroom rewards, incentives, Rewards

How to Have a Successful Elementary Choir

August 12, 2015 //  by Linda

I won’t pretend that my choir has the perfect sound, perfect attendance, perfectly behaved students, or perfect concerts, but I have a good choir culture, kids who love choir, and parents and teachers who are very happy with our choir.  I have found that if my students were perfectly behaved, listened at all times, and …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Behavior Management, Choir, Classroom Management

Looks Like and Sounds Like Behavior Managment

October 22, 2013 //  by Linda

At a district music meeting, a lady who is our district liaison for the music teachers gave a presentation on behavior management that made sense. She said we should post something so the students know what it should look like and sounds like to come into class AND what it should look like and sound …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Behavior Management

An Around the World Behavior Chart

August 1, 2013 //  by Linda

I have been using the same behavior chart for the past 4 years. I have been having my person of the day put up tickets each time a class has a good day or does something especially well. This year, I got lazy with it and didn’t do it during class. I feel like it …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Behavior Management, incentives

Behavior management

July 14, 2013 //  by Linda

I am always trying to tweak my behavior management plans. In the past, I have done a combination of group rewards, where I give tickets on a chart for great things that happen, and a loose 3 warning system for individuals. Of course, with your hardest students, you try to find ways to relate to …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Behavior Management, Spanish

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