What Time Is It?

My students are sweet, but they aren't always focused on what we, as a class, are doing at present. Friday we talked about how there is a time for everything - a time to listen, a time to clean up, etc.

I came up with a little poem that I'm going to teach the class this coming week. I actually got the idea from a wise man who wrote a different poem many years ago; I'll post his words at the end of this blog. I've called my poem, "What Time is It"?

What Time Is It?

A time to listen
And a time to speak

A time to work
And a time to eat

A time to rest
And a time to play

A time to give thanks
For a wonderful day

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Now for the poem from Ecclesiastes (3:1-8, NASB):

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--

A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.

A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

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Do you have any classroom management techniques you would like to share?