Classroom Management

            Throughout my reading and writing this summer, I came across some very interesting information regarding classroom management.  Every teacher should understand the importance of community building in order to increase classroom management.  By forming positive connections between the students as well as the teacher, you are increasing the trust, which leads to more positive relationships within the classroom.  These positive relationships are likely to decrease the amount of misbehaviors in the classroom. 

            This information is important to all teachers including specialists.  As teachers, we want to have good connections with students and for them to have good connections with us.  This leads to better classroom behaviors and who doesn’t want that?!  This information has shaped how I run my classroom this year.  I include various brain breaks and games during our time to help break things up and keep their attention.  I try to keep things moving in order to keep them interested. 

Implementing some of these ideas has greatly benefitted my classroom.  I include a new game at the end of every morning meeting and I also include brain breaks throughout the day or when I see the kids getting restless.  These changes have been extremely good and I will continue these games in order to build community in my classroom.