Lesley Grimes Resources from Dr. Dan Mulligan www.e4ae.com 1. 2. 3. I should never have any behavior problems. Students should listen quietly to the whole 50-55 minute lesson. If I constantly have behavior problems in my class, I need to reconsider how I am presenting my lessons. Susie's Story Know Your Students Keep Behavior Management Consistent Stand near each student at least once each lesson E.A.T.S. E: Essential Question A: Activating Strategy (Hook) T: Teaching S: Summary Change “gears” every 12 minutes Keep the students engaged! Make the objective into a question. Make it in 1st person. Prepare these ahead of time so you can just post them when you enter the room. Refer to the question periodically during the lesson to assess progress. Hook Have the students start thinking/talking about topic Connect it to the students Activating/ Previewing Teaching Strategies Summarize K-W-L chart 3-2-1 1 Sentence Summary Ticket out the Door Note to your Friend Summary Toss Know Want to Learned Already Know Partnership Attitude Tracking Survey 2009 Percentage of teens 9-12th grade that. . . 1. used ALCOHOL in the past month. 39 2. used ECSTASY in the past year. 10 3. used MARIJUANA in the past year. 38 4. felt “being high feels good.” 51 5. said “friends usually get high at parties.” 75 6. # of teens agreeing strongly that they “don’t want 30 to hang around drug users.” SOLUTIONS: 10, 30, 38, 39, 51, 75 YES No Strike Stick Split Puck Pin Hoop Gutter Goal Rule: Bowling Terms YES Ignore Suggestions Talk About Something Else Say No! Walk Away Rule: No Hang Around Illegal Activity Pretending Like You are Doing It Keep it a Secret Choose Friends you know are making Bad Choices Refusal Strategies—Peer Pressure Organizing Theme: People involved in schools Things someone would say at school… Cafeteria Worker 200 POINTS Parent Student 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Principal Superintendent Teacher 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS Organizing Theme: Effects of Marijuana Can be Arrested 200 POINTS Damage/ Loss of Disease to lung Coordination 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Affects Memory Distorted Senses Increased Heart Rate 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 4-H Football Team Gang Confident Arrogance Assertiveness CUBING 1.Remember it. 2010 (Describe its colors, shapes, and sizes. What does it look like?) 2.Understand it. 3.Apply it. (What does it make you think of?) (What can you do with it? How is it used?) 4.Analyze it. (How is it made or what is it composed of?) 5.Evaluate it. 6.Create it. (Take a stand and list reasons for supporting it.) (Generate a new version of it. How is it an improvement from the original?)