It is important to have a positive classroom for your students. This can make it more welcoming and feel like a safe place for them. One important thing that you as a teacher should be is positive. You may not always feel that you want to but it is important that you can show your students you are excited for them to be there and they are going to have a fun time learning. You want to make sure you are welcoming the students every day and giving them some appropriate praise. This is important to show your students that they are improving and doing a good job and it may even change the behavior of students. You don't want to always give personal paise because it may backfire. The students may think it is out of there control and just apart of who they are so they won't strive for improvement. You should try praising things that they tend to struggle with as they start to complete them so you can see their improvement. Other ways to have a positive classroom is to get to know your students to create a sense of respect and the caring and understanding between each other. You could keep track of how well each pod was able to listen, get there work done and behave. Then whichever pod had the must points could get a reward at the end of the week. You could also keep whole classroom points where when they reached the amount they receive the reward they picked. Finally, you could do individual points for students. They could each have a card and when they did something good they would get a stamp on the card. These last ideas help you maintain a positive classroom while still giving appropriate praise to the students making it a better environment for everyone to be in.
