Happy New Year!

To help get your New Year off to a GREAT start here are two FREE ebooks that you are going to love…

Both ebooks (written by master teacher Rob Plevin) will help reduce classroom management problems, increase class participation AND improve student comprehension.

You can get both of these books for free right here: http://teaching.crowdpullersnee.click2sell.eu

The first is called Games and Activities for Language Arts Teachers, but the truth is most of these activities can be used for any subject area as most are vocabulary based.

If you’ve read any of my work then you know I am a big fan of using fun and games to teach my students and there are over 50 easy-to-use games in this one book.

The second book, Fun Starters and Fill-in Activities for the Classroom, has another 70 activities that will motivate your students to learn as well as fill in any “down” time at the end of class. If you know anything about teaching then you know how important this can be for both improving comprehension and reducing classroom management problems.

You can get both of these books for FREE right here: http://teaching.crowdpullersnee.click2sell.eu

**Important Note: On the download page there is a “crazy offer”…make sure you click on the link that says “Check Out Our Crazy Offer”

Trust me…you don’t want to miss out on this!

To a great new year!

Best Wishes,
Adam Waxler
Teaching Tips Machine. LLC

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Have you tried iTunes U? If not, you need to check it out…Definitely a great (free) teacher resource. It is available through the iTunes store, but there is nothing to pay for…

Take a look here: iTunes U

There are lots of teacher resources for nearly every subject and grade level.  You can download audio files, videos, primary sources, and even lesson plans.
 
Many universities and colleges even have portals to all sorts of great teaching materials. For example, the University of South Florida, College of Education, provides reading resources (audio along with printed transcripts) for all grade levels and reading abilities.  Check this one out here: Lit2Go. Notice there are tabs for every grade level!
 
I’m just getting started with iTunes U, but I am very excited this teacher resource.
 
Hope you find it useful…
 
Best Wishes,
Adam Waxler
Teaching Tips Machine. LLC

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As any teacher knows…time is our biggest enemy!

There never seems to be enough time in a day to get everything done. That’s why I am always on the lookout for teacher resources that will actually save me time.

One great time-saving resource you may have heard of is Stevan Krajnjan’s site called Timesavers for Teachers. The site is filled with resources that will help teachers save time…such as printable, often-used classroom forms, report card comments, spelling activities, practical teacher tools, worksheets and downloadable teaching materials…all designed to save teachers valuable time.

Well, here’s some great news…

I have just been in contact with Stevan and he has offering a generous discount to all my subscribers. For the next two weeks only, you can get a 20% discount on any product offered through Stevan’s site. Simply use the coupon code “adamwaxler” during checkout (without the quotes).

Here’s the site: TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS.com

Just remember, this coupon code is only good for 2 weeks!

Best Wishes,
Adam Waxler

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Have you heard of the Needs-focused approach to teaching?

If you want to make your lessons more interactive, more cooperative, more engaging and more FUN then you must read this…

The principle behind the needs-focused approach to teaching is that there are three main psychological needs that are each incredible motivators. As humans we MUST have these needs satisfied in our lives.

What does this have to do with teaching?

Everything…

If teachers don’t provide an appropriate way for our students to meet these needs, they will seek alternative ways to satisfy them – often to the detriment of the lesson.

For example, one of these needs is fun. Yes, that’s right…humans need to have fun and if we don’t provide this need for our students then our students will go about finding their own fun such as talking out in class, writing notes to friends, texting, getting out of their sit, throwing things around the room etc. I’m sure you’ve seen it all before.

Therefore, you must create lessons that are truly engaging and fun for your students to prevent these types of classroom management problems from occurring.

However, that is only part of the answer.

We all know that you can spend a huge amount of time creating all sorts of fantastic lessons designed to be “fun” and still have classroom management problems or just have students that are simply not engaged.

That is because you are missing two other vital pieces of the puzzle…

As well as providing “fun” in your lessons, you must also design your lessons to meet the students’ need to:

1) Belong

2) Feel empowered

Fortunately, there are certain activities you can include in your lessons that meet all three needs…and my buddy Rob Plevin has put together a truly amazing package that will show you how to do just that…

If this “needs-focused” approach makes sense to you (and it should) then you need to check out Rob’s new program he calls Needs-Focused Lessons.

However, you need to do it now because he is currently letting people in for just $1…yes, you read that right…for only $1 you can try out Rob Plevin’s Needs-Focused Lessons at http://teaching.crowdpullersnee.click2sell.eu

I seriously wouldn’t wait on this…Rob told me himself that he is limiting this offer to only a small number of people so if you miss out you’re going to kick yourself…

If you want to start seeing an drastic improvement in classroom management AND student achievement then head over to Rob’s site right now: http://teaching.crowdpullersnee.click2sell.eu

Good Luck!
Adam Waxler
Teaching Tips Machine, LLC

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Are you ready?

Remember, the key to a successful school year is having effective classroom management skills.

Well…my friend and colleague, Rob Plevin in the UK, has an amazing resource that will give you ALL the tools and resources you could ever need for effective classroom management?

Rob has been classed as an “Outstanding Teacher” by The Office For Standards In Education (Ofsted) and has been running training courses and lectures on effective classroom management for the last 3 years.

His main philosophy is that many of the classroom management problems we encounter as teachers can be PREVENTED by adopting a specific approach he calls “needs-focused”. He has been delivering this course all over the UK and as far away as Singapore and is now making it available in a Home Study Format.

I’ve had a look at it and can only tell you that there is a STACK of material in there that will help you prevent and deal with classroom management problems and effectively support your more challenging students.

There are so many classroom management techniques in this course that I can’t get into all of them here, but some of my favorites have do with developing positive relationships with your most challenging students, how to de-escalate tough situations, and really easy ways to bring humor into your lessons…he even provides some simple scripts you can use (or edit and make your own) that will get your noisy classes to settle down a start working right away!

For more information…take a look a Rob’s site here:

Best Wishes,
Adam Waxler
Teaching Tips Machine, LLC

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