I had a great first week of teaching my three new grade 2 classes! They are lovely groups of children, and I am excited for what the year will bring. The first week was spent doing a variety of "get to know you" activities as I had 60 names to quickly learn! We have now moved on to learning about subjects and predicates in a sentence, and soon will be reviewing capital and punctuation rules.
One activity that I do with all of my classes as a positive reinforcement/behavioural management tool is a bead system. Each student in the class has a pipe cleaner hanging on the wall. When they are caught listening well, working diligently or helping a friend they are given a bead on their pipe cleaner. At the end of the month the pipe cleaners are taken down and are made into bracelets.Students will be allowed to bring their bracelets home to keep, and you will be able to see just how many beads they earned with me each month! I will also occasionally pass out "Caught You Doing Something Nice" tickets which are simply just small coupons that are given to students who are caught being an extra helpful friend.
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