Creating a Positive Learning Environment

Creating a Positive Learning Environment

Association for Middle Level Education November 6, 2014 Fran Salyers, 2014

At Least I’m Getting Better

I run and run and run and run And then I trip and fall. I throw and catch and throw and catch And then I drop the ball. I write my name a hundred times And then I miss a letter.

But everybody makes mistakes . . . At least I’m getting better!

by Judy Lalli, ten-year veteran of elementary classrooms Fran Salyers, 2014

THE “I didn’t do my homework” EXCUSE SHEET

Name _________________________________________________

Date _______________

Assignment ____________________________________________

Class ______________

I did not do the assignment because:

I understand that I may turn in my assignment late but that my grade will be lower since it was not ready at the time called for in class. After the next late assignment my parent/guardian will be called.

Student Signature _____________________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Phone Number ________________________________________________

Assignment turned in on _______________________________________________________ Adapted from an article by Susan Davis in the January 1990 Middle School Journal Fran Salyers, 2014

CLASSROOM RULES OR BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS

Be quiet

Be on time

Be prepared

Be respectful Fran Salyers, 2014

Happiness is . . . a teacher who is understanding.

. . . a student who is cooperative.

Fran Salyers, 2014