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://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1191128

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://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1191128

**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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As you know my whole approach to classroom management is to be proactive by keeping students actively involved in my lessons. One of my favorite ways to do this is by using cooperative learning activities. Some of the cooperative learning activities are short and simple while some or more complicated, but all of them succeed in keeping students actively engaged in my lessons…

Here is a sample of one of the cooperative/active learning activities from Rob Plevin’s Needs Focused Lessons. Simply click the following link: http://www.TeachingTipsMachine.com/Cooperative-Learning-Sample.pdf

I hope you find it useful.

Remember, cooperative learning activities form just one of the sections of the Needs-focused Lessons(TM). They can be used for any subject matter to enliven lessons and deepen learning and retention.

There are actually SEVEN more modules to the Needs Focused Lessons and members receive materials from all the modules each week. If you want to try out the whole program for just $1 you will find it here: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=3728832

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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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://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=3728832

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://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=3728832

Good Luck!
Adam Waxler
Teaching Tips Machine, LLC

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Towards the end of last school year I made several posts on the importance of allowing the students to evaluate you as a teacher.

Here are two of those posts:

1. End of the year teaching tips…

2. More on teacher evaluations

I even provided you with a sample evaluation form that you could use…

I hope you put it to good use because now is the time to put those evaluations to work.

With the new school year just about to start, NOW is the time to go back through your teacher evaluations and look for patterns in the answers and comments that your students made about your teaching. Which units did they like best and why? What didn’t they like and why? What common suggestions did your students make? How can you, as the teacher, take what your last year’s class said about you and use it to improve your teaching for this year.

Bottom Line: What is it you are going to do to be a better teacher this year than you were last year?

Good luck with the new school year!

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