Most of the books on this list are situational books that will lead to discussion of how self control was used or could have been used. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman Angry by Susan Riley Baby Blue Cat Who Said No by Ainslie Pryor Berenstein Bears andthe Bad Habit by Stan andJan Berenstein Berenstein Bears… Read more »
Putting Your Reactions To Rest There are hundreds of decisions made by the teacher every school day. Allthese decisions have an impact on those in the classroom. Restraint is important in making good teaching decisions. Teachers can improve their decisions in the classroom by increasing their restraint of their own anger to students’ negative reactions…. Read more »
1. MY WAY It can only be solved if it is exactly the way I need it to be solved.Not interested in the variables, circumstances or alternatives. 2. NO WAY Non-engagement, avoidance response. Under no circumstance will I become involved in solving the conflict. 3. YOUR WAY Give in and go along. “Whatever you want”… Read more »
The Army on Thursday announced major reforms in the way it trains male and female recruits, including extended ethics training, after concluding that “sexual harassment exists throughout the Army.”. . . . The Army said it will respond to the highly publicized scandal at its Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and other training bases, by… Read more »
We have heard it since we were children. School athletic programs help students learn sportsmanship and unselfish team behavior. They build character. But do sports really do that anymore? You wouldn’t think so by perusing the flood of news reports on athletes these days. It appears at times that athletes from high school to professional… Read more »
A Poem This is the story about four People: Everybody,Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important Job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it! Everybody was sure somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody… Read more »
Live Them, Teach Them, They Work! A Word from a Parent about “Parent Posters” “Recently, while working with my sixth grade Girl Scout Troop (a typically hard age for socialization skills), wasn’t it great that I had a learning tool in the form of Mr. Bedley’s *Rules to Relate. This is a perfect refrigerator door… Read more »
The Idea Generator has found projects from past Make A Difference Days to help you brainstorm projects for your school. Community centers, parks,libraries, homeless shelters, hospitals and schools are all places where students can make a difference. When considering service activities with agencies, include their representatives in the planning stages. CLEAN SCHOOL GROUNDS Students in… Read more »
As pupils get older, acceptance of graffiti grows. It’s a state of mind in the public schools. What’s verboten in 5th grade is cool a year or so later. So says a survey of 5,000 pupils. You’re in fifth grade, graffiti’s a crime. You hit sixth or seventh grade, it becomes art. That’s the most… Read more »
Teenagers who have strong emotional attachments to their parents and teachers are much less likely to use drugs and alcohol, attempt suicide, engage in violence or become sexually active at an early age, according to the largest ever study of American adolescents. The study, published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association, concludes that… Read more »
