Discipline

Discipline with Dignity
All students need to be treated with dignity. Even when a student is being disciplined, he or she needs to retain dignity. Private remainders and conferences with the child will preserve his or her dignity and yours.
One of the best things to remember concerning disciplining students is that they win whenever they get you to "lose your cool". Take your time when students "push your buttons" and decide carefully on your response. In this way, you will not behave in a way that you will regret later.
Teach Students Responsibility
Students need to be taught that they are responsible for their own behavior. If a student does not follow the rules it is best for natural or determined consequences to take their course whenever possible. When parents and others intervene, they take the responsibility for student's behavior away from the student.
Exercise Break
One of the best favors you can do for your students and yourself when students get wiggly and cannot seem to concentrate is to take an excercise break. One good time for break like this is about 45 minutes before lunch. Take your students outside for 5-7 minutes of exercise led first by yourself, and then, after they know the exercises, the students. This is not to replace physical education, but it is a quick chance to do some specific physical activity when the students need it most.