Comments on: 8 ways to redirect off-task behavior without stopping your lesson

By: Rosa Risco

Rosa Risco — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:37:32 +0000

Very useful tips. I use some of them already.

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:53:23 +0000

I sometimes just “clear my throat” to get their attention. Works well.

By: Irving B. Cooper Jr.

Irving B. Cooper Jr. — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:43:50 +0000

Typically, the way I manage challenging student’s behavior, is by blowing my whistle to get their attention, the teacher stare, and speaking with them in private.
However, one of the strategies I appreciated from this article, is asking questions that prompt students to self correct instead of me telling them what to do.
I see that this strategy is more effective because it compels students to take responsibility and accountability for their actions.

By: Alana Barker

Alana Barker — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:28:15 +0000

In reply to Angela Watson. Hi Angela, Can you give an example of what you use for a counter and do they sit on the student's desk? Thanks!

By: Angela Watson

Angela Watson — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 19:47:57 +0000

In reply to Ezra. If the kids are acting out in order to get a cup of soup, then the hunger needs to be addressed, not the behavioral outbursts. If you can, make sure they ALL have food at the start of class. Even if it's not possible to make sure they all get fed, be careful not to use food as a reward or as part of a consequence to keep them from acting out. Any food you have available for kids who are hungry should be distributed equitably and not tied to behavior. I hope you and your students are able to get the assistance you need.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:10:49 +0000

Hi Angela, thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas and practical tips. Hope to find this earlier of our school year cause we’re at the ending part now. However, there is always a room for improvement so I could use this for the next sch yr. I handle first graders located in a poor place and find a lot of them showing off-behaviors because of hunger, most of the time I use the strategy of empathy like for example for the misbehaving child because he goes to school without food, I give a cup of soup from the canteen.
The problem is others will tend to do the same misbehavior for them to have the cup of soup.

Any more helpful tips? Thank you for your reply and God bless.

By: Maria Waugh

Maria Waugh — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 23:30:41 +0000

Doesn’t matter, just give us something that works. Let’s support each other.

By: Guiselle Zapata

Guiselle Zapata — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:43:17 +0000

In reply to Angela Watson. Good afternoon. I usually ask the child that is disrupting his/her group to help me move their desk away for a few minutes to help he/she think of their own idea/answer related to the topic they are learning. I remain around the area. Then I ask the child, quietly, if they thought of their idea/answer to share with group. Usually the child answers, yes, then I invite the child to help me move desk back to group and share his/her idea/answer to topic learned.

By: Angela Watson

Angela Watson — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:25:36 +0000

In reply to Annie Gonzalez. The term used in the post is "hand signals" which I believe is accurate. The only place "sign language" is used in is a reference to teaching children actual signs from ASL. If you can be more specific about the error you believe you've spotted, I'm happy to change it.

By: Annie Gonzalez

Annie Gonzalez — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:34:48 +0000

you can not say sign language, bt you can say gestures. Unless the teacher is using grammatical features to explain little things, this is not SIGN LANGUAGE. Please fix this error.