I am starting my second year as a curriculum coach so over the summer I was able to plan all the back to school things! I have had the ...

Everything you need to know to get started with a house system in elementary school. You'll learn about the benefits of using a house points system as a class reward system as well as the low down on distributing house points. Becoming a house points classroom is the perfect fit for upper grades classroom management as it builds student engagement and motivation.

A kindergarten and first grade teaching blog.

With 1000+ students in PK-6, Madison City's Mill Creek Elementary has created a House System, writes principal Carmen Buchanan, "to ensure that our large school has a small feel." The combination of Houses and "Families" promotes mentoring, positive relationships among faculty and students, a sense

How to set up a house system as a behavior management tool in your primary classroom.

If you walked into Pond Gap Elementary School on a recent Friday morning, the all-school meeting in progress may have been a little confusing. With 4th-grade teacher Jamie Dailey acting as ...

Clifton Hills' house system is part of the school's plan for student behavior. And the strategy, known as RTI2-B, or Response to Instruction and Intervention for Behavior, is being deployed across Tennessee.

These eleven classroom management ideas and classroom management strategies are perfect for upper elementary. This blog post discusses the importance of putting a class mission statement and class reward system, or a house system, in place. It also highlights the benefits of opportunities for student reflection, brain breaks, and a regular student check in. Read for more classroom management tools like these!