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Classroom Management Tip

KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT WORKBOOKS

If your students always seem to be losing their class workbooks, consider keeping them in a central location as a class set - cardboard magazine holders are perfect to store a class set of work books. When you want to take a maths lesson you only have to grab the maths box. When students have finished their work, they can place it back into the maths box and you can conveniently carry the box around for marking.

Behaviour Management Tip

ACKNOWLEDGE
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR

"Effective teachers acknowledge the appropriate behaviour of a child who is in close proximity to the targeted child. The appropriate behaviour acts as a model and acknowledging it acts as a positive cue for the child who has not followed the teacher's instructions. The closer the ackowledged behaviour to the targeted child, the greater the effect."

'Managing Challenging Children', Gerard Gordon (1996)

Classroom Focus Topic

PLAY CORNER IDEAS

Discover some great play corner ideas for your classroom. Plenty of creative ideas, tips on setting up your dramatic play corner, resources and photos.

If you have any ideas to share, please send them to AusTeachers - photos would be an added bonus.

Classroom Displays

A gorgeous 'Back to School - Welcome' display in my classroom, created by a university prac placement student - thanks Monique :)

If you have any class display photos to share,
they can be sent to AusTeachers.

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