Classroom+procedures+and+management

Make routines in the classroom Posting rules isn't enough! Teach the students of what they are expected to do each day during the classroom!
 * If students are in classroom with a safe and secure environment, then learning can take place.**
 * Introduce
 * Model
 * Practice
 * Reinforce

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 * Explain classroom procedures clearly.
 * Rehearse classroom procedures until they become routines.
 * Reinforce a correct procedure and reteach an incorrect one.


 * Room arrangement** in Mrs. Smith's class. In her class the students walk in the door seeing many colors on the walls, natural light from the outside door, and lights hanging from the ceiling. Mrs. Smith is very organized and neat. All the tables face the board and can see the board and the teacher. She has three tables where she sits the students. her flow of the classroom is great. The students can easily get around the room. From her desk she can see all the tables and watch the students. They can easily gte out of their sits to go to the bathroom.

Mrs. Smith has the essential questions written on the board for each weeks' lessons. In both of my placements, the teachers have a basket for the students to turn their work in when they are finished. Students know to come in the room, get their bear books out, put their book bags up, and sit quietly on the floor and listen to the announcements.
 * Classroom procedures**- It is always important to be consistent with the students on what is expected out of them. Keeping a daily schedule or an agenda on the board is great for letting the students know what they will be doing that day.


 * Consistency** is very important with children. Getting them in a rountie at the beginning of the school year will allow a positive environment.


 * Routines to address to the students**
 * **entering the room** (modeling for the students the way I want them to enter my classroom may be consistent if I see the students are coming in correctly, by entering the room in the mornings the students will have learned a routine of what to do)
 * **bathroom breaks as a class**- after morning announcements, after specials, and after lunch. Proper permission will be needed if the student has to go alone.
 * **moving centers**- Mrs. Smith sets up centers in the morning. She divides the class into their three groups. Every day the same group starts in the same center. Twenty minutes is given for each center. One center is set up to work with the teacher, a second center is set up to work with a the para pro, and the third center is at the art table. Mrs. Smith will ring a bell when it is time to switch centers. The first bell lets the students know that they have one minute to finish doing what they were doing and clean up. The second bell tells the students it's time to rotate centers.
 * **Pencils**- In both of my placements, the teachers provide pencils for the students. They do not have their own.
 * **Tardy bell**- Attendance will be taken at 8am.
 * **Lunch Count**- Students will find their name on the Velcro lunch menu and make their lunch choice.
 * **Daily Schedule**- A classroom daily schedule will be posted for the students to look at throughout the day.