By Ron Walker Visual posting strategies All room decoration should be directly related to what the teacher is currently teaching. Room is decorated with visual cue cards and posters containing currently taught academic information. Material is left visible during quizzes and daily work so that students can directly copy from the posted cues. Posted material is taken down for chapter tests, unit reviews, and etc.
Students help make and post as much of the material as possible.
Pencil sharpening should not be permitted during work periods. Timers, particularly those that make repetitive noises, often decrease the concentration of students with attention-focusing problems and can distract others. Digital timers are significantly more effective with such students. The more eye contact students have with one another when seated, the greater the conversation level in the classroom. Physically active students should be allowed to kneel in or stand by desks and the teacher should not try to limit their movement so long as it is not disruptive to others.