School Teaching Behavior
Cool tools are one-page lesson plans that assist staff to teach students the school-wide behavioral expectations. Cool Tools are used to teach students procedures for non-classroom areas (e.g. Give Me Five, Lining Up, Quiet Halls, etc.) The following resources were created by classroom teachers for their schools.
- Cool Tools Give Me Five
- Cool Tools lining up ABC order
- Cool Tools Quiet Halls
- Cool Tools Thinking Chair
- Cool Tools Buddy Classroom
Make your own with the handy Cool Tools template.
At Home:
In regards to teaching family expectations, using the process of defining why an expectation/behavior is important, teaching examples, practicing through activities or role-plays and providing reinforcement is an effective approach to providing your child information, clarity, practice and reward of desired behaviors.

