For helpful insight into how to create a positive classroom experience starting on DAY ONE in the class, check out the following PowerPoint. Within the presentation there are also discipline techniques (some from "Discipline with Dignity") to help address students that are negatively impacting your class room. Remember, two negatives make a positive ONLY in Math, not in relationship building. On the first day of class we are not going into a battle where dominance needs to be established, we are going into an opportunity that provides a space to build positive relationships and set the tone for the rest of the year.
