Classroom+Procedures

Ideas for Classroom Procedures
 * Working Together
 * Sign Language-Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down, Restroom
 * Visible Management-Repetition with Class Rules so they are established and you do not have to repeat them throughout the year
 * Listening to Students
 * Parent Contact-Write a note to every parent you have every 2 weeks to let them know how their student is doing
 * Class Schedule
 * Posted Rules-Try to stay with the same rules all year
 * Consistency
 * Positive Environment
 * Least Invasive
 * Puzzle Pieces-Each Student has a puzzle piece that connects to a bigger classroom puzzle
 * Clear Expectations
 * Bad/Good Situations
 * Mass Punishment-Does not usually work
 * Meaningful Lessons
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Flexibility
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Proactive
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Know Students
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Intoduce
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Model
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Practice
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reinforce
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Individualized Tasks-Written Directions
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Describe Behavior/Reasons
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">ORGANIZATION
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">BELIEVE
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Written Instruction/Page Number
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Discipline Buddy
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teach From Many Places in the Room

Teachers need to have a routine established in their classroom. They need to teach the students the procedures and rules of the class to ensure easy flow throughout the school year.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The 5th grade classroom we co-teach in was spending a large about of time in the restroom every day. The teacher would constantly have to go into the restroom and tell the students to hurry because they were wasting class time. They liked to use that time to talk and play with their friends. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The teacher to the students that she was going to give them 5 minutes to use the restroom and be back in their seats ready to learn. If they were able to accomplish this, then they would each receive a Skittle. They were able to use the restroom and be back into the room in the 5 minutes she allotted them the first time.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">My teacher spent a great amount of time teaching her students the procedures of her classroom. Many times she would have to go back and re-teach the students what she expected out of them. The following are some of the things I observed my teacher teaching about classroom procedures:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">Lining up in a line: Many times the student would want to all run up to the line at the same time and it would cause chaos and could result in students getting hurt. One day she showed the class and explained to them how to correctly line up in a line. She began by sitting in a chair, getting up and pushing the chair in, then quietly walking to the door and standing in line. She had the students mimic what she demonstrated and then told them that this is what she expected out of them.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">Pencil sharpening: Many of the students like to go to the pencil sharpener numerous times during the day. She had to explain to the students that this could be very disruptive to her teaching. She told the students that they were not allowed to get up to sharpen their pencils while she was up teaching. They could sharpen their pencil in the sharpener beside the computer when they were working on their workbooks.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">Turning in home work: Every morning the class came into the room and got out their agenda books. My teacher had them put their backpacks up, sit in their seats, get out their homework, and then turn their homework in to be graded. Most of the students had this procedure down, but there were a few students who did not. For these students, she would constantly have to remind them to turn in their homework and wouldn’t move on with instruction until the students did.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">Talking in class: The class was a class of 23 students. We had an issue with children talking constantly and disrupting instruction time. My teacher would have to remind the students that they were not suppose to talk while she was teaching, they were there to learn. She started setting a timer for 10 minutes of silent time while they worked in their workbooks. If they were quiet during this time, she would praise them and say they were preparing themselves for 2nd grade. This always made them proud.