classroom rules
I will teach my classroom rules on the first day of school. They will be reinforced throughout the year and I will continue to reteach them when needed. Each rule will be explained thoroughly through modeling and discussion in the classroom. After I have explained all of them I will have the students review with their classmates and then reexplain them to me. I will also explain to the students what will happen if they do not follow the rules. I will have a token economy system in my room (I will explain it further down) and the students will be told that if they do not follow the rules they do not get their points and/or points will be taken away. The rules will be displayed on the walls throughout the classroom, at an appropriate hight for the students, so that they will be visible for the students and so that we can easily revisit them.
Mrs. Crecelius' Classroom Rules:
1. Respect Everyone - Self, Peers, Teachers, and School Staff
2. Be Responsible - For your actions, words, and thoughts
3. Eyes on the speaker
4. Raise your hand and wait to speak
1. Respect Everyone - Self, Peers, Teachers, and School Staff
2. Be Responsible - For your actions, words, and thoughts
3. Eyes on the speaker
4. Raise your hand and wait to speak
classroom procedures
Below are different procedures that I plan to implement in my classroom. All of these procedures will be taught during the first day/week of school and continue throughout the year.
arrival
A morning routine is key because it can tell you how the rest of your day is going to go. Throughout the first week of school I will teach my students their morning routine that I expect them to do. First, the students will put their coats and backpacks away, whether that be in the hallway or classroom - depending on my school. Then they will turn in anything that they need to - library books, homework, things for me, etc. After the students will go make their lunch choice. Once their lunch choice is made, the students will go to their assigned seats and start on their morning work. I will already have their morning work at their tables. While the students are doing all of this I am greeting my students at the door and talking with them. I believe that building rapport is a key part of teaching. By having this routine we can start the day off on the right foot.
Tardy
If a student is tardy they will come into the classroom, put their stuff away, and then start wherever we are. If they missed anything during a break I will talk to them or a student will to get them caught up on what they missed. By having the student join in where we are prevents a start and stop classroom. This is why I will wait until a natural break to talk to the tardy student.
Homework
At the beginning of the year the students will each get a homework folder so that they can hopefully keep themselves organized. They will bring this folder back and forth from home to school everyday. It will contain their homework for the night and their completed work the next morning. One side will be labeled "In" and the other side will be labeled "out". The "In" section is for the homework that will be completed in the evening and the "Out" section will be for the completed homework that needs to be turned in. This folder is great because it will help keep the students organized and it will help remind the students when they get home. When they students come in, in the morning they will turn their folders into me in a box that will be by my desk. This way everything is still contained and I can go through their folder.
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Absent
In my room there will be a folder for each of the days of the week to put the papers that we used during that day. Then if a student is absent, when they come back to school they can go to these folders and grab the papers they need. At the beginning of the year when I am explaining this procedure I will inform the students that I expect them to talk to their peers about what they missed before they come to me. By doing this, it will limit the number of kids coming to me and asking the same questions. During a natural break in the morning, I can pull the absent kids over and make sure they understand everything.
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postive reinforcement/reward systems
A token economy is a very commonly used reinforcement in the classrooms. It is relevant for students' behavior because many students struggle with remaining on task and maintaining a positive behavior throughout the day. This system allows for there to be focus the target behaviors rather than on the negative behaviors. Using a token economy system will allow me to have a structured and clear set of expected target behaviors in my classroom. At the beginning of the year I will explain the token economy to the students and explain ways that they can receive their dollars. A few examples are raising their hands, being a leader in the classroom, not disturbing other, etc. These seems broad but the point of my system is to systematically randomly give the dollars. I want the students to allows act like that so giving the dollars will not be at set times. Each student will receive an envelope to keep their money in. Once they have enough they can come to the class store on Fridays to spend their money. The things that they can by will coincide with the four functions of behavior so that I am replacing negative behaviors with positive behaviors of the same function. This system will continue throughout the year and I can adjust the prizes based on my students.