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I am currently teaching a practicum where my students (who are actually teachers getting their master’s degree in special education) are teaching students with.

Tips, Tricks, Ideas, Suggestions, and Methods for Substitute Teachers. Have a collection of tests/quizzes in your packet. Here are Internet addresses of some tests/quizzes, found by doing a search in the Internet for . Here are some examples, taken from Lateral Thinking Puzzlers by Paul Sloane, New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1. Don't give away the answer until the end of the day! The word list can be drawn from subject matter, such as rules of punctuation or capitalization, or the words can be a wise saying. Word search puzzles can be generated from a CD (Ultimate Word Attack) or can be generated on the Internet and printed.

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Another suggestion: . Students stand beside their desk. You explain that we are going from A to Z using . If they don't know an answer, they sit down until the next round.

The next round you could change the game to use the ABC'S with food: A: . Some of the letters get hard, making the students really use their thinking skills. The kids love it. I would suggest that you think over your category list so that, if the whole class can't come up with an answer, you can help them out. Always remember to laugh with them, not at them! Suggested collections (found by doing a search in Amazon Book Store http: //www. After every three or four problems, read out the answers.

It's essential to know the names of the students in the class. Pass out paper. and have students write their own names large. Ideally. name should be attached to front of each student's desk with masking tape. Alternative suggestion: holding a seating chart, walk around to each student, ask each student his or her name, and write each name on the seating chart. Don't worry about wasting time. Just take as much time as you need to. Here is another suggestion that was offered by a teacher: .

If the names of students are not attached to desktops, I draw a quick sketch of layout of desks. Then, when students answer to the roll call, I jot their names on my layout. I have found this to be very helpful. The kids love to be remembered so quickly. If any students start jumping up and down yelling OOOOH WE GOT A SUB!, you take a good look at those students, and, when you call the roll, put a checkmark by their names on your list. This way, when they cut up later on, you can call out their name. This kind of freaks them out.

It usually works. Any time that something untoward happens, go to the paper and write down the name(s) of the student(s) under the appropriate heading. Let the students wait for you while you do this. At the end of the day, leave the paper for the classroom teacher. Smart students are always raising their hands.

Don't take hands. When asking. a question, name the student first and then ask the question. If name isn't visible. It gets their attention much quicker. Have it written on the whitebard/chalkboard, so that all you have to do is say, . During this time I look at a seating chart I have made of the classroom. Often teachers have the students' names on their desks, so I simply go around before class starts and write them down.

Then I take roll by seeing who is in their seats, avoiding saying strange names. I want them to know I am there and paying attention, always walking around. Sometimes simply walking by kids will keep them focused. Then I explain that for every second I count, that is how long they will have to wait extra before recess/p.

I write this number on the board so they can see it and add to it when I have to wait for them. Sometimes I will also subtract when they are behaving well. I then have the kids get ready to go, but they have to sit in their seats for that extra time. Thirty seconds can seem forever for a kid! Then, each time I have to tell them to be quiet or calm down, I erase a letter. Most classes only lose 1 or 2. In the very low functioning schools I have not gotten perfect control, but I sometimes do as well as the regular teachers.

There are inner city schools that are in control. In these you find a principal with a clear understanding of right and wrong, who still knows that children are children and that adults do not need to rap with them to maintain order. Schools that major in rapport building are out of control. Those that major in law and order are in control and also have better rapport between students and teachers than the aforementioned because the rapport is based on respect where respect is due. In the inner city elementary schools a sub can sometimes gain very good control by using a lot of gimmicks such as chorus reading, having them draw, playing silent ball, bribing with extra recess, using slates and asking math problems, etc.

You. have a lot to learn, don't you. Now is the time for learning.

You'd better. take advantage of it.? Pink Blouse, who was the fourth president of the United. States? Purple Shirt, what was the year of the Declaration of Independence? Yellow Sweater, what is a genome? If you are. successful, they will see that they will be missing out on a lot of interesting information if they don't pay attention and get down to work. Make students accountable for doing the work that you have assigned.

For example, if you have assigned the reading of a passage in a textbook, before classroom discussion of the passage ask easy questions about the material in the passage. Name a student (at random) before asking a question.

Don't take hands. Ask several questions. Students get the idea that you are serious about their doing the work and that they had better do the work if they don't want to be embarrassed. Keep a record of students' accomplishment/non- accomplishment of work assigned. When a class is disorderly, you want to put the students at a disadvantage. I envision this scenario: you find a paragraph to dictate, make sure students. Then you collect the.

While the students watch, you slowly look through the set of papers. Don't compliment anybody. Then you tell them what a lot they. A disruptive person tends to quiet down when he or she gets your undivided attention.

If someone is making trouble, pull up a chair next to him or her and talk with him/her confidentially, in a soft voice, without anger. Never mind that the class wants to hear every word.

Ask personal questions, such as, ? Were you born here? Do you have brothers and sisters? Do they look like you? They are the ones who never come up with the right answer, and their envy of the . They are eager to succeed - at something! Make sure that these students get to answer questions, to help out with classroom chores (passing out paper, etc.), and to receive your encouragement.

In the light of school shootings, see what a poor student thinks about elitism in his school: Why I Hate My School. Benjamin Franklin had something to say on this topic: . The man turned into being a friend.) Following Franklin's example, you can ask a troublemaker to do you a favor - sharpen pencils, straighten out bookshelves, straighten out a paper closet, make a list of book sets in the classroom, get something from the library, wash dirty tabletops, etc. This is what one teacher had to say on this topic: Christine's Tips. You will find other suggestions in my responses to a few e- mail letters: Responses to e- mail letters. Gary Hopkins, Editor- in- Chief of Education.

World. com, would like other methods to be used to deal with disruptive students. He recommends these sites: http: //www. If the classroom work doesn't provide enough material for questions. You could find the names. Nobel Prize winners that interest you, go to the article about each such person, and print it. I use Google for searches (1. Become an expert on your favorite figure in history.

Buy a biography of that person. Let the students know who your favorite is and find out if they have a favorite. Tell them stories from the favorite's life. Keep a list of quotes from that person in your packet. I also take my 1. Doing a DVD search on Amazon for .