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Classroom Eye Candy 1: A Flexible-Seating Paradise

…something in, write on a paper-covered wall, etc). I have little to no fidgeting problems or issues with attention loss.” Intrigued, I asked to see a picture. Rebecca obliged, and then I lost my mind: “YOU HAVE THE PRETTIEST CLASSROOM E-VER,” I shouted at her. “I WANT TO BE IN YOUR ROOM!!! I CAN’T STOP YELLING! OKAY, I’M OFFICIALLY STARTING A GALLERY OF BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM PHOTOS AND YOURS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE.” And so Classroom Eye Candy was born. Classroom Eye Candy will be a feature where I invite you to join me in ogling creative classroom…

Classroom Eye Candy 3: The Funky Science Lab

It’s back!! After many, many months, I am ready to show you the third classroom in our Classroom Eye Candy series. All images will open up nice and big in a new window if you click on them. Ready? Classroom Tour Kisaundra Harris Name: Kisaundra Harris (@curriculumgeek) Job Title: 11th and 12th Anatomy & Physiology Teacher School Location: Amarillo, Texas Q: Tell me about the evolution of this classroom. What was your thinking when you put it together this way? A: I first became inspired by a previous Classroom Eye Candy post. I immediately fell in love with the room and could not…

Classroom Eye Candy 2: The Learning Lounge

Last November, I showed you an incredible classroom that blew me away to such a degree that it caused me to launch the Classroom Eye Candy series. Since then, I have heard from dozens of other teachers who wanted to share their classrooms as well. To keep the site from being overrun by classroom photos, and to keep the series special and exciting, I have decided to only feature classrooms when they completely blow me away. So the time has come for the next room, and it’s a rock star! Although this 5th grade classroom also emphasizes flexible seating (which is NOT a…

Classroom Eye Candy 4: The Simplified Retreat

This post contains Amazon Affiliate links; if you purchase from Amazon after going through these links, Cult of Pedagogy receives a small commission at no extra cost to you. If the first few classrooms featured in our Classroom Eye Candy series have anything in common, it’s that they have all been very full—full of color and furniture, things hanging on the walls, and other small details that made them interesting and stimulating. This classroom takes a slightly different approach: Since shifting from traditional to flexible seating this past school year, 5th grade teacher Kelly Almer’s goal has been to continually…

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Restorative Justice in School: An Overview

…blog! Thank you so much for sharing. I am currently attending the University of Northern Iowa and studying to become a Social Studies teacher. I find your podcasts to be extremely helpful. I hope to use Restorative Justice in my future classroom! Eric Wenninger Hey Garnett, I think it’s possible to successfully implement restorative justice practices in an individual classroom, although it may be more difficult without the support of a school-wide program. One aspect that stands out as something you could use at the classroom level is the practice of having classroom circles. Check out Teaching Restorative Practices with…

How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why it Matters

…BUT the connection you make between a student’s name and their sense of identity speaks to me. On the flip side of unusually names we have really, really common names so I have to ask: Have you ever encountered the issue of having two children with the same name in one classroom? If so, how did you handle it? My name is Jessica and where I live it is the most common name for girls my age so I ended up in quite a few classrooms with other Jessica’s. (One time I went to a summer camp with three other…

Episode 78: Four Misconceptions About Culturally Responsive Teaching

…you stand to a person? What kind of eye contact do you make? What kind of communication patterns tell you we’re in sync? Right? There are things we can do to build trust. What I suggest teachers do is learn more about collectivism and bring more elements of collectivism as the cultural orientation into the classroom. So right now, most schools are centered around an individualistic orientation, right? Keep your eyes in your own work. Pull yourself up by the bootstrap. Whereas collectivism is, “I am because we are.” It’s interdependency. And it doesn’t mean that students of color and…

5 Common Teaching Practices I’m Kicking to the Curb

…consequences. When small disruptions do come up, it’s best to deal with them quickly before they grow into bigger problems; to achieve this, the Distract the Distractor method worked well for me. And on days when things did get out of hand, I started using a notebook strategy that got my emotions under control and allowed me to accurately pinpoint where the trouble was coming from. The two articles below offer other productive methods for dealing with large-scale disruption. Learn more: How to Handle Misbehaving Students, by Michael Linsin, Smart Classroom Management Positive, Not Punitive, Classroom-Management Tips, by Larry Ferlazzo,…