Last night I had a conversation with a veteran teacher who actually has some experience with the DD stuff and some other things and especially middle school. We talked about a lot of what I've been doing, and I started to realize that although I have been made to believe that I'm doing everything wrong, I actually seem to be doing a lot right, and that just from thinking about things, I have come up with a lot of the strategies that other teachers use all the time...
I now think that I will have them enter my classroom and have them be timed on the entrance cards, a zero for anyone who doesn't have it done in time... And maybe with grades they will be serious about being quiet and doing everything they are supposed to. I hate to motivate with grades, but my present system allows for a lot of taking advantage of me, and I have to stop that before I always have to teach in 5 minute intervals..
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