Scenario: Responding to a Minor Behaviour in the Classroom

Marvin December 8, 2023

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Scenario: Responding to a Minor Behaviour in the Classroom

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Teacher Dan is leading his Year 3 group in a maths lesson using choral response. While most of Dan’s students are engaged and responding on signal, two students are not. They are busy making faces at each other and inappropriate noises during the choral response moments.

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To address this minor behaviour, Dan uses planned ignore and positively reinforcement. Without interrupting the flow of the lesson, Dan acknowledges Caty, a student nearby the two misbehaving students who is following the activity. He says, ‘Great job Caty for being an active learner and participating in a clear, respectful voice!’, and then immediately rewards Caty with a digital token.

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One of the two misbehaving students looks at Caty, then immediately begins to participate in the next round. Dan uses another round of planned ignore and positive reinforcement for another student, this time making eye contact with the final misbehaving student. This gets that final student back on track as well.

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Once everyone is engaged, Dan enthusiastically awards a class point to the Teacher-Student game on the whiteboard, accompanying the point with positive feedback. Dan weaves each of these behaviour management practices into the language of his lesson so that the choral response continues and the learning flow remains uninterrupted.

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Scenario: Responding to a Minor Behaviour in the Classroom

Marvin December 8, 2023

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