Most of my clincal experience has been with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers but I have to student teach in a 3rd grade this coming fall. My concern is how to keep them focused and not get out of control. The management and transition methods (singing songs, using chants, hand claps, etc.) that I use with younger kids probably won’t work with 3rd graders. How do you connect with them? How do you get them to be quiet and focus?
Please help, I’m really concerned lol
#1 by whiteparrot on December 17th, 2010
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You need to devise procedures and expectations before you ever go into the classroom. Then, the first days, review each expectation and procedure and have the students practice them. You want them to put things away after their done using it? Practice it. You want them to raise their hands? Make them practice. The best way to manage a classroom is to take prohibitive action first.