Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

Goldfish…..

• Are in the top 10-15% of their class
• Are “teacher pleasers”
• Are highly motivated to perform well
• Show enthusiasm for learning
• May be “over achievers” and /or high achievers
• Etc., etc., etc…….

Pre-Planning Strategies

• Determine the learning styles of your students
• Determine reading levels/skills of students
• Inventory access to technology
• Connect writing to what is being taught
• Focus on academic expectations and core content
• Establish a variety of instructional strategies

Essential Questions

• What do I want all students to know and be able to do at the end of this lesson?
• What will I do to cause this learning to happen?
• What will students do to facilitate this learning?
• How will I assess to find out if this learning happened?
• What will I do for those who show through assessment that the learning did not take place?

Think-Pair-Share

• “Best Practices” in Lesson Planning
• Some Guiding Principles
• Adapted From: 63 Ways of Teaching or Learning Anything by Gary Phillips and Maurice Gibbons

Thinking It Through…

• Lesson Content
• Learning Level
• Instructional Methods, Materials, Activities
• Student Activities
• Evaluation Tools, Strategies, Activities

The Lesson Plan Rubric

• Academic Focus
• Instructional Strategies
• Student Engagement
• Writing Strategy
• Reading Strategy
• Technology Strategy
• Assessment Strategy

Unmotivated Students…

The Unmotivated Student…

• Problems often emerge during late elementary or middle school.
• Often initiated by early academic problem.
• Begins to see school as a place of “drudgery”.
• Will most often become discipline problem.
• At risk of becoming a “drop out”.