My version of an actual update!

[distantmelody]

            It was a Monday morning at 9:00am.  I was tired; it had been a long and busy weekend and I felt as if I hadn’t had a break at all.  My 7th graders were tired.  They couldn’t focus at all.  They had just been out of school for the weekend, had two days off, and also had to get back into the school mindset.  Every Monday is a struggle and

Comments

[dani85131]

i don't think it's necessarily bad for students to know when you're legitimately pissed that they're an impediment to their own learning. i also don't think self-management is a bad thing to teach them. another thing that i did once, other than standing and waiting, was writing on the board in large letters something along the lines of "sit down and stop talking, please, so we can get something done". for whatever reason, probably because it's unexpected, that kind of thing works occasionally.