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Classroom Tension Tamers: Three More Ideas to Use Now!

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
I wrote last week about things you can do to ease classroom stress during testing and other high-anxiety times. Here are three more tips for keeping the atmosphere of your classroom calm and productive! Have a
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Classroom Tension Tamers: Three Ideas to Use Now

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
It’s spring, and end-of-the-year-testing looms. The children are stressed. You’re stressed. You need to ease the tension—but how? Well, you’re not alone! When we asked Responsive Classroom fans on Facebook if they’d like to read about
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Behavior Challenges in the Homestretch? Interactive Modeling Can Help.

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Classroom Management, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/behavior-challenges-homestretch It’s April. It’s tempting to think that by now students understand our expectations and know how to behave, so we can all just coast to the end of the year. But, in most classrooms, that’s probably not true.
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Handling the Holidays (Part 5): Morning Meeting Message

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/handling-holidays-morning-meeting-message Tips on using Morning Meeting Messages and the last part of Morning Meeting, reading the message together, to set a positive tone during the build-up to winter holidays and vacation. Winter themes. As with sharing, you might include
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Handling the Holidays (Part 4): Morning Meeting Group Activity

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/handling-holidays-morning-meeting-group-activity Tips on using  Morning Meeting group activity, to set a positive tone during the build-up to winter holidays and vacation. Consider levels of movement and activity. How does your class respond (especially right now) to activities that get
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Handling the Holidays (Part 3): Morning Meeting Sharing

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/handling-holidays-morning-meeting-sharing Tips on using Morning Meeting sharing to set a positive tone during the build-up to winter holidays and vacation. Themed shares. This is a great time of year to have some themed shares. For instance, you might ask
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Handling the Holidays (Part 2): Morning Meeting Greeting

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/handling-holidays-morning-meeting-greeting Tips on using the greeting component ofMorning Meeting to set a positive tone during the build-up to winter holidays and vacation. Observe your students as they enter the room before settling on a greeting. Are they bouncing and
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Handling the Holidays (Part 1)

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/handling-holidays As the holidays swing into full gear, maintaining a productive and calm atmosphere in the classroom can be challenging. Students can be more fidgety, giggly, testy, and tired at this time of year. In December, children are also
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Do You Have a Chatty Class?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Classroom Management
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/do-you-have-chatty-class I hear a lot from teachers who are feeling frustrated by students’ “chattiness.” They say things like “Mike, they’re not bad kids, they just won’t stop talking to each other. As soon as I stop talking, they start,”
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Introducing Time-Out to Older Students

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Classroom Management
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/introducing-time-out-older-students A few weeks ago, on the RC discussion board on Facebook, Aimee Casale asked for suggestions for introducing Take a Break (also called Positive Time-Out) to students in the upper elementary grades. I answered her there, and I
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Balancing Act: Starting the Year with Community Building and Testing-Prep

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/balancing-act by Mike Anderson Responsive Classroom Newsletter: August 2009 It’s the beginning of a new school year. You’re excited about your incoming class and have all
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Q & A: A Focused Finish

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/focused-finish Q: What’s the most important thing to focus on during the last weeks of school? A: Showcasing students’ learning and celebrating the community you’ve built together should be the focus at the end of the year.  It’s a
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Q & A: How do you manage to have private conversations with students?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Classroom Management
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/how-do-you-manage-have-private-conversations-students A: When I needed to chat privately with a child or help a few students work out a problem together, I often did it during lunch or recess. Meeting outside of class time gave us more time to
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Re-energize Yourself When Fatigue Sets In

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Health and Balance
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/re-energize-yourself-when-fatigue-sets A: I remind myself that in my life, just as in my classroom, certain things are non-negotiable. An important non-negotiable for me is exercise: I swim every morning before school. When I’m stressed, it’s tempting to think about
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Portsmouth fifth graders learn teamwork during UNH ropes course

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, In the Media
Original Article: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061031/GJNEWS_01/110310182 DURHAM — It was an activity fraught with the type of make-believe danger and true adventure any fifth-grader would love. Granted the saving of ailing chickens, rescuing of mini-zebras and deadly snake pits did not truly take place
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“Perfect” look for classroom – Seacoast Online

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, In the Media
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20050404/NEWS/304049988 PORTSMOUTH — The centerpiece of Michael Anderson’s fifth-grade classroom at Dondero School is the wooden loft in the middle of the room, at the top of which students find seating cushions. Below are two tanks where students
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Q & A: News and Announcement Charts

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Great Academic Work
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/news-and-announcement-charts A: I incorporate bits of word study into the charts whenever possible. In the younger grades, I sometimes made a stack of word cards and asked each student to place a card into a category on the chart
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News & Notes

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, In the Media
February 2005, Responsive Classroom Newsletter, Original Link: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/news-notes-18 We’ve Moved! Northeast Foundation for Children moved to a bigger space in November 2004 to accommodate our growing operations and increasing number
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Milken Educator Award announcement

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In In the Media, Press Releases
Michael R. Anderson (NH ’04) Teacher Mary C. Dondero Elementary School Portsmouth, NH At the time of the Award, Michael R. Anderson was: Teacher Mary C. Dondero Elementary School Portsmouth, NH Subject(s) taught: General Elementary Grade(s): 5 Biographical Information
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Positive words, positive results – Seacoast Online

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, In the Media, Teacher Talk
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20040208/NEWS/302089982 PORTSMOUTH — Like other teachers, Mike Anderson had one generic phrase to award students for good work when he taught at Flanders Elementary School in East Lyme, Conn. “‘Great job!’ was mine,” said Anderson, now a fourth-grade teacher
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Reading Violence in Boys’ Writing

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Great Academic Work
Link: http://www.ncte.org/search?q=reading+violence+in+boys+writing
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Balloons raise students’ spirits – Seacoast Online

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, In the Media
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20020919/NEWS/309199995 PORTSMOUTH — Crouching on the ground in front of a portable camping stove, teacher Mike Anderson placed a length of stove pipe over one of the burners and turned up the heat. The 20 or so students closed
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Q & A: Working with Families

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Classroom Management
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/working-families Question: In my classroom this year, I am implementing two teaching strategies, Morning Meeting and Rules and Logical Consequences, but I’m concerned about parents’ reactions. I can imagine that they will worry that we’re “wasting time” with play or
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