When I started teaching I always greeted students at the door and had a “starter” activity ready. I would ask students to sit down in silence and complete the activity, which would be different each day. Some students would do so, while others would choose any excuse not to.
And so I found I was giving around 10 behaviour warnings a week at the start of lessons. This rarely set a good tone for the lesson and I had to work harder than I should have had to. Since then, I have employed three simple classroom management strategies to effectively manage the start of lessons in the geography department.
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