Posts belonging to Category Managing Behavior
Posted by Chip on April 22, 2010
Assertion is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: assertion, Building Relationships & Community, bullying, children’s positive attributes, Managing Behavior, Morning Meeting, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional learning | 
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Posted by Chip on April 14, 2010
In reflecting on some of the responses to my last blog about bullying (and what we can do to be more proactive in our classrooms and schools to address this serious issue at all grade levels), I spent some time thinking more deeply about the social skills at the core of the Responsive Classroom® approach [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on March 30, 2010
Six high school students have been charged following a long investigation into the tragic suicide of fifteen year-old Phoebe Prince, who killed herself on January 14 after being bullied in school, on Facebook, and through text messages in South Hadley, Massachusetts. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, children and technology, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, social-emotional learning | 11 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 16, 2010
Parents, how are your kids doing this week with the time change? If you notice that they’re a little more worn out and fussier than usual, it may not be something going on at school or with friends—or then, again it might be, because all that stuff is harder this week, and they can’t figure [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 15, 2010
Some call this week at school “March Madness,” with a nod to the endless basketball parade on television this time of year. The analogy does fit if you think about the college kids who are sometimes playing three and four basketball games in as many days, the ones with the greatest stamina often the ones [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on November 2, 2009
It’s sort of a trial balloon to see if there’s enough interest to establish a dedicated parent page on the blog—one where we could have sections for various ages or topics of special interest to parents. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns |
Tags: Managing Behavior, parent concerns, parent questions, Parent Questions & Concerns | 12 Comments »
Posted by Chip on September 21, 2009
The first month of school is not even over yet, but the honeymoon may be. Teachers often refer to the first few weeks of school as a “honeymoon” period when children are getting to know their new teacher and classmates and tend to be more or less on their best behavior. It doesn’t take long, [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Books, Caltha Crowe, Managing Behavior, Solving Thorny Behavior Problems, Thinking Developmentally | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 20, 2009
A wonderful blog to link to from this one is Rae Pica’s “The Pica Perspective.” Just click on the blog’s name to the right, under “Blogs I Like,” and find her February 27, 2009, entry. In it, she notes the flurry of research and press about the positive influence of recess on school behavior and [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: children's need for play, importance of play, importance of recess, Pica Perspective, Rae Pica, Responsive Classroom approach, Thinking Developmentally | 2 Comments »
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