ClassroomProcedures

Classroom Procedures
 * Tips for Good Classroom Management:
 * Working together
 * Sign Language
 * Teachers can use sign language to tell the class to be quiet
 * Students can use sign language to ask the teacher to go to the restroom
 * Visible Management
 * Taught it so often that the children now what to do
 * Label certain spots... like which basket to turn in classwork
 * Listening to Students
 * Parent Contact
 * Try to keep in contact with parents
 * Maybe send them a letter or an e-mail every once in a while and let them know something positive that their child is doing
 * Class Schedule
 * It's important to keep a class schedule and stick to it
 * Posted Rules
 * Consistency
 * Positive Environment / Praise / Language
 * Least Invasive
 * Puzzle Pieces
 * Everyone got a piece of the puzzle and brought it together
 * Students got to get to know each other better
 * Clear Expectations
 * Make expectations clear
 * Bad / Good Situations
 * Mass Punishment
 * Doesn't work
 * Punish the whole class if the majority of the class is acting bad
 * Meaningful Lessons
 * Flexibility
 * Believe
 * Believe in your students
 * "Students will live down to the expectations you set for them"
 * Proactive
 * Know Students
 * Know your students
 * Know their strengths and weaknesses and use them appropriately
 * Discipline Buddy
 * Intro, model, practice, reinforce
 * Introduce what you want them to do... Model what you want them to do... Let them practice it... The reinforce it with some kind of assessment
 * Individual Tasks
 * Describe Behavior / Reasons
 * ORGANIZATION

>> After she made this chart, she also had the student's sign it. She also had a chart on the rules for guided reading centers.
 * Placement 1
 * My cooperating teacher has many classroom procedures and I actually like them all. I believe that all of them serve a purpose and are effective at getting the desired result. One of the procedures is that you bring your agenda to class every day, write homework down in it, and then have a parent or guardian sign it at night. As soon as the students walk in the classroom they go to their desks and open their agendas. If they have it signed, they get a piece of candy or chocolate. This system allows the parents to see what homework their child has and if the teacher wrote any notes in his or her agenda. The students know that paper and pencils are at the back of the classroom. They also know that if the teacher is busy and you have to go to the restroom, then you get the hall pass from the back of the room and lay it on your desk. The rules are common and similar to other classrooms. For example, not talking while the teacher is talking, no hitting or fighting, follow directions, respect others, no bullying, etc.
 * Overall, the student's in my first placement knew the rules and listened to the teacher. The classroom procedures were known by all of the students. Whether it was the rule about when they can go to the restroom, or where they turn in their work when they are done. I think that the fact that my teacher has 9 students, at most, helps with being able to reinforce the procedures and make sure they are effectively followed.
 * Placement 2
 * In my second placement, my cooperating teacher did something really neat an effective about the classroom rules and some procures. At the beginning of the year, she made an anchor chart of all of the classroom rules with the students. It addressed things like, no hitting, no talking while the teacher is talking, no talking while other students are talking, etc. Then she had all of the students sign the anchor chart to which meant that if they sign it, they agree to follow the rules. She also has an anchor chart for the rules of writing workshop. The rules are as follows:
 * We write the whole time because we have a lot to say.
 * The mini lesson is where I learn, listen, and share my ideas with the class.
 * During share time I am respectful of the work that my friends have written.
 * I encourage my classmates.
 * My folder is a special place to keep my writing organized neatly.
 * I take risks in my writing to be a better writer.
 * I will work the entire time.
 * I will do only my group's center choices.
 * I do not interrupt Mrs. Fair during guided reading time. "Ask three before me!"
 * I will take care of my materials and put them away correctly.
 * I will work with quiet voices.
 * I really liked the way she taught all of the classroom procedures with the anchor charts. Each anchor chart addressed what the expected behavior of the student's were. It also addressed what they were supposed to do during certain time periods and what to do when they finished. Most student's know exactly what they are supposed to do. For example, while the teacher is teaching a guided reading lesson, the student's are supposed to "Ask three before me!" That means that when a student has a question, they are supposed to ask three students before they ask the teacher. The student's also know that when they are finished their work, they check their "not finished folder" for work that they need to finish. If they do not have anything in their folder, they are to read independently.
 * The class also has some other little procedures. When their pencil needs sharpening, they lay it in front of the pencil sharpener, then go get another pencil and the teacher will sharpen it later.
 * When the student's get there in the morning, they are to unpack and then sit at a table. Then, they work silently on their morning work and raise their hand when they are done. After the teacher checks their work, they put it away in their cubby and then pick out a book for independent reading. The student's have certain baskets on the book shelf that they are allowed to read out of and they know which ones.
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