Sit with your students

​At the same time I decided to try not yelling for a year, I also made up a chart and was deliberate in my attempt to sit with each student for a short time while they worked on projects. I used this time to learn a bit about them and their interests and even how they were feeling about the class. These conversations, still today, give me ideas for projects.
 
Building these mini students-teacher relationships will help lessen the confrontations in your room and help students know, in a real way, that you do care. It is important to see all of them with equal attentiveness. Students are keenly aware if you are “faking it” and that your interest is less than genuine.
 
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by making these important connections.