When Kathy Gaji found that her second grade students at Brookside Elementary School in Binghamton, New York, just weren't remembering everything they needed to know to be ready for the day, she created a "morning check-in" routine to correct the problem....
It makes an appearance -- complete with "briefcases" and "prizes" -- nearly every Friday in her fifth grade classroom at Gobles (Michigan) Elementary School!"I hardly ever watch television, but I was home on maternity leave with my son, Lucas, and I started watching Deal or No Deal,"...
her students arelearning. While teaching in the urban school system ofPrince George's County, Maryland, she developed what she callsThe World's Easiest Token Systemfor behavior management. She continues to refine her system in her present third grade classroom atSawgrass Elementaryin Sunrise, ...