One of my “12 Ways Series” articles was just published at Teachers.Net Gazette:

Susan Fitzell: A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community …
Apr 1, 2009 … Susan Fitzell is a nationally recognized speaker and author of several educational resource books. She has over two decades of experience …

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Filed Under (Differentiated Instruction) by sfitzell on 02-11-2008

Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students.

Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the Thinking Classroom out of the U.K.

What do you use? If you have some calming tips, please add them!