How to Use Class Dojo: In the digital age, technology has revolutionized the way we connect, communicate, and track progress. ClassDojo, a popular communication platform for teachers, parents, and students, has emerged as a game-changer in the education landscape. From fostering seamless parent-teacher communication through photos and videos to providing free digital portfolios for showcasing … [Read more...]
Use Class Dojo to Redeem Points with Ease
You can now use Class Dojo to redeem points with ease. Class Dojo now has a feature that allows you to redeem points with ease. Let me show you how to use this feature from the website and the app. As well as an important tip you need to know to use class dojo points for teachers. How to Use Class Dojo to Redeem Points First, as a classroom teacher, you have to teach rules and structures … [Read more...]
Simple Center Ideas for Kindergarten Classrooms
Let's talk about simple center ideas for Kindergarten classrooms. Center ideas in Kindergarten are all about what learning center activities we dived into during the second week at school. We will be moving our learners from play centers to work or skill center activities at the main tables, but still allowing some play. So let's dive into center ideas for Kindergarten. Simple Centers Ideas … [Read more...]
How to Make and Manage No-Contact Centers
What are No-Contact Centers? Let's talk about this and so much more. The big question in education is how can we keep students in one room, engaging our learners, and still allowing them to be well... KIDS?! Every school and every district will have different needs, but one thing I am sure that will be the same is this: no contact. So let's dive into how we can still make and manage no-contact … [Read more...]
Reward & Motivate Learners in Digital Learning
Reward & Motivate Learners: Managing a classroom in a classroom is one skill set, but what about managing a digital classroom? Let's talk about some fun and unique ways to reward and motivate learners in a digital learning environment. Before Digital Learning My classroom uses the free site Class Dojo to manage communication, and portfolios, and to reward students for the good choices … [Read more...]
Good Choices and Bad Choices
Let's talk about Good Choices and Bad Choices. What are good choices? How can we make good choices? Why should we make good choices? These are not just important questions for little ones themselves, but most likely questions they have in general. Are you addressing, answering, and specifically addressing these questions in your classroom? More Than The Terms Good Choices and Bad … [Read more...]
How to Make and Use a Star Chart
How to Make and Use a Star Chart: Let me show you how to make and use a star chart in your classroom. I need to start by saying I didn't invent the idea, but I saw this in a neighboring classroom and decided to make it my own. This was created 13 full school years ago and it works just as awesome today as it did the first year. Here is how to make a star chart and how to use one in your … [Read more...]
Save Your Sanity! How to Use Class Dojo to Redeem Points
Get ready to dive into How to Use Class Dojo. Let's start with talking about time. Guess what I don't have? Time to waste in the classroom tracking everyone's behavior and constantly rewarding those who are on track doing the wrong thing! Nor do I have time to constantly be correcting behaviors we don't want to see. Time is the enemy and I think I show you how Class Dojo can be your BFF. Class … [Read more...]
Classroom Management Tips
Classroom management is hard. It is so hard. Little learners don't always know how to behave at school or in a structured setting. And let's keep it real. Some students have little desire to behave. Classroom management was the single most important topic I needed to learn in college. Why?My former principal told our faculty this: Those question marks touch my soul. When I have a student … [Read more...]
Teaching is a Love/Hate Relationship
Teaching is a love/hate relationship. Teaching is a passionate love/hate relationship. Let's talk about it. Teaching is a Relationship Why? Teachers are absolutely passionate about their careers, their gift, and most importantly their students. After all, once a student enters a teacher's room, that teacher holds claim to them. Forever. They will always be "my student." This passion … [Read more...]
Make Time For Each Learner
One of the biggest struggles for a teacher is to make sure they make time for each and every learner each and every day. But if we are successful in making a little time for each learner every single day, the impact on their lives is simply immeasurable. The impact on your life is even greater. This is the best teaching trick I ever learned about in college. Make Time For Each Learner Why is … [Read more...]
Daily 5 Self-Management Necklaces
Daily 5 Necklaces is the answer to how you manage free-flowing choices during Daily 5. You asked. You guys wanted to know about my idea to use self-management necklaces. This is a management tool I give my students to empower them to take ownership of their learning during the literacy structure called Daily 5, which is what we do during our reading block. What Is Daily 5? Daily 5 is a … [Read more...]