Noise Management

I am a visual learner, so I tend to do things in my classroom geared toward that. I hang THISsign up on the board. I use a cute pointer magnet to let the students know where I want our class noise level to be at for that activity. I will give them reminders before we begin such as "Take a look at the level for the activity. I expect everyone to be working in the Yellow Zone." It works great. I love it especially during guided reading and center time. When the noise level starts to get too loud, all I need to say is "RED" and they quiet down again. Of coarse it takes a lot of training those first few weeks of school, but saves you the rest of the year.

Group Points

Do you hate the tally marks going across your board? I know I do! But I like to have tables earn points together to promote teamwork and help those struggling students get ready quicker or be attentive quicker! So I made these handy point keepers. I copied each one on a different color of cardstock, laminated them, hung them on my board, then used different cutesy magnets for each one. Once a table reaches 20 points, that table gets to eat lunch in the classroom with me. They love it! I move every table back to 1 once a table has earned the prize and most of the time I do a little switching of students too.

To download or take a look at what I made click below:

Group Points