This is my list of procedures in my classroom.

Keep in mind
that this list is taught over a period of several weeks and
practiced extensively by students all year round.
Morning Routine
1. Put your things in your locker/cubby.
2. Take your homework folder inside the classroom.
3. Put completed homework in the homework tray.
4. Clip your clothespin if you are having hot or cold lunch.
5. Make sure you have two sharpened pencils.
6. Do the Bell Work listed on the board.
Ending the Day
1. Make sure all of your homework is written down in your agenda.
2. Clean off your desktop.
3. Put your chair up on your desk.
4. Place all homework materials, including your homework folder, on the
desktop to go home.
5. Make sure the floor in your area is clean.
6. Wait for your row to be dismissed.
7. Collect your mail to go home and place it in your homework folder.
8. Quietly go to your locker/cubby.
9. Come back inside the classroom and line up.
Lining Up
1. Get up from your seat.
2. Push in your chair.
3. Stand quietly and wait for the teacher to call your row.
4. Line up behind the line leader by the door.
Handing In Assignments
1. Make sure your name and number are on your work!
2. Any finished assignments may be placed in the homework tray.
3. The homework tray will be checked periodically throughout the day.
Using the Restroom
1. You may not use the restroom during class discussions and lecture
learning times unless it is an
emergency.
2. An emergency is when you are
going to be sick or have an
accident. If you have an
emergency, just go to the
bathroom. Come back and
explain later.
3. If you need to use the restroom, use the 1 finger signal to ask to
leave your desk. After the teacher acknowledges you, you may quietly
get up from your seat, sign out from the sheet, and then take the
bathroom pass.
4. Return the pass and sign back in when you are finished.
5. Appropriate times to use the bathroom include: before school, before
recess, after lunch, and before afternoon recess.
Using the Drinking Fountain
1. You may have a water bottle on your desk. Please place it on the star
at the edge of your desk.
2. You may refill your water bottle before class starts, after P.E., and
after lunch.
3. You may not get a drink during class discussions and lecture learning
times unless you have the hiccups.
4. If you need a drink, use the 1 finger signal to ask to leave your desk.
After the teacher acknowledges you, you may quietly get up from your
seat, sign out from the sheet, and then take the drinking fountain
pass.
5. Return the pass and sign back in when you are finished.
Preparing for Lunch
1. Wait quietly at your desk until the teacher asks for students having
cold lunch to get their things. Silently go out to your locker/cubby
and get your lunch, then line up in the classroom.
2. If you have hot lunch, wait quietly at your desk until your name is
called. Collect your ticket and line up.
3. Be on your BEST behavior in the lunchroom and at recess. Remember,
you are stars representing our classroom. Try to make a new friend!
Lunch Count
1. Lunch count will be taken in the morning. Find the clothespin on the
lunch count board with your name on it.
2. Clip your clothespin to the cold lunch blue side if you brought your
lunch from home.
3. Clip your clothespin to the hot lunch red side if you are having the
schools lunch.
Morning Announcements & Pledge
1. When you hear the announcements start, immediately stop what you
are doing and listen. Return to your seat if you are not in it.
2. During the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up no matter where you are,
turn and face the flag, and put your right hand over your heart.
3. Say the Pledge respectfully.
4. During the moment of silence, if you are unsure what to do, think
about what a great day you are going to have and all the things you are
excited to learn about!
When You Are Done with Your Work
1. If you finish an assignment, first work on any
other assignments that you didnt finish for the
day.
2. If you are all done with your work, you may read a
book, write and illustrate a story, practice your
multiplication tables, use the science or math
centers, design a stamp for our post office, or
check the What Can I Do Now? bulletin board for some fun ideas. I
will also post a few ways that you can help me out, if you choose to be
so generous with your free time!
Passing Papers
1. Papers will be passed to the person on your left.
2. I will walk past the rows and pick up the papers.
3. Be patient when passing your papers. If your neighbor is still working,
please be respectful!
Learning Time
Participating In Group Lessons
1. Politely find a place to sit where you can do your best learning.
2. Sit criss-cross applesauce with your hands in your lap.
3. Use the 2 fingers signal if you have something to say; wait to be called
on.
4. Use thumbs up if you agree, thumbs down if you disagree, or thumb to
the side if you are unsure.
Getting Help
1. If you are working in a group or with a partner, ask them for help
first.
2. If you are working alone, raise your hand with the 3 fingers signal.
3. Continue to work on something else until the teacher is able to help
you.
Unfinished Work
1. If you have not finished an assignment during class time, you must
take it home and finish it.
2. Place your unfinished work on the RIGHT side of your homework
folder.
3. If I ask you to save unfinished work at school, place it in the book of
the subject we are working on and keep it in your desk until we need it
again.
Late Work
1. If you have not finished your homework,
please tell me immediately. I will not
embarrass you. No one is perfectwe all
make mistakes!
2. Homework must be turned in the following
morning. You will receive half credit for
it.
o 1
st
Time: You will receive a warning.
o 2
nd
Time: You will receive a letter home for you and your
parents to sign, indicating that you understand the importance
of completing your work on time. We will also have a
conversation about making better choices about ways you can
use your class time to complete your assignments.
o 3
rd
+ Time: You will receive an after-school detention. We will
revisit ways to stay on-task during class time.
3. If homework is not turned in the following morning you will receive a
0.
4. Late work consequences reset at the end of the marking period.
Working in Groups
1. Sometimes you will work in groups; sometimes you will work in
partners. Sometimes I will choose your group for you; sometimes you
may choose your own. No whining!
2. Treat your group members kindly and with respect.
3. Make sure you have all materials ready.
4. No idea is a bad idea!
5. Complete each task doing your best work.
6. Make sure each person signs their name on the project.
7. Thank your group members.
Signals for Attention
1. The main attention sign is the 2 finger signal. When you see me use it,
stop what you are doing immediately and look at me, ready to listen.
You may also copy the 2 finger signal to alert others around you that
they need to stop what they are doing and listen.
2. I may also use chimes or a clapping game to get your attention.
3. If you are the last to realize that I am waiting for your attention, do
not be embarrassed. Someone has to be the last one! Just pay more
attention to your surroundings next time.
Helping Other Students
1. If another student is
having a problem or
has a question, feel
free to help them!
We are all here to
learn together. One
of the best ways to
learn is to teach!
2. If you cannot help
them, they may ask me for help.
3. Never put down a student who asks for help. The next time we try
something new, you may be the student who needs help. How would
you feel?
Emergencies
Fire Drill
1. The fire drill is loud so lets be as quiet as we can! When you hear the
fire drill, immediately STOP what you are doing.
2. Walk silently and swiftly to line up by the door. Do not push. Keep
your hands to yourself.
3. I will do a quick head count and we will quietly and quickly walk to the
nearest exit.
4. Once we get outside, still use your WALKING FEET to walk all the
way to the other end of the playground.
5. Sit criss-cross applesauce with your hands in your lap. You may talk
quietly with your neighbor until the fire drill is over.
6. When we are allowed to go back in, stand up and remain in line. We
will silently walk back inside our classroom and resume what we were
working on.
Tornado Drill
1. When the tornado drill whistle blows, walk quickly to the wall where
we line up.
2. Sit criss-cross applesauce facing the wall.
3. Place your hands over the back of your head and try to get your face
as close to your lap as possible.
4. Stay this way until the whistle stops. Then you may get up and quickly
and quietly go back to your work.
Supplies
Using Supplies
1. Treat my supplies as if they were your own.
2. Leave them in the same or better condition than you found them in.
3. Share with others.
4. Recap markers and glue.
Using the Pencil Sharpener
1. It is not appropriate to use the pencil sharpener during class
discussions, lecture learning times, or test times.
2. You may sharpen your pencil before class, during work times (using
the 1 finger signal), and after lunch.
3. Please make sure you have at least 2 sharp pencils to
start the day.
4. If we are in the middle of a lesson and you need a
sharpened pencil, raise your pencil in the air and wait to be
acknowledged by the teacher.
5. If the teacher nods at you, you may quietly get up from your
seat and exchange your pencil for a sharpened one from the
emergency stash by the pencil sharpener.
6. Please sharpen your pencil and the emergency pencil you used at the
next appropriate time.
7. Return the emergency pencil to the stash for another student to use.
Paper Headings
1. As soon as you get your paper, put the following in the UPPER RIGHT
CORNER:
2.
o Your first and last name.
o Your assigned number.
o The date.
3. If you receive a piece of paper with a spot for the name already, place
your first and last name and your number on the line, along with the
date.
4. If you continually forget to put your name on your papers I will start
deducting one point from your assignments.
Getting a Tissue
1. It is in appropriate to get a tissue during
group lessons or lecture learning time.
Please wait until work time to get a tissue
and blow your nose.
2. If you sneeze and make a mess at any time
you may get up and get a tissue. However,
it is rude to blow your nose loudly when
someone else is talking.
3. If you need a tissue, give the 1 finger signal indicating that you
would like to get up from your seat and wait for the teacher to
acknowledge you.
Throwing Trash Away
1. You may throw trash away as long as we are not doing a group activity
or someone is not speaking in the front of the room.
2. Make sure your trash goes all the way in the can. Do not play
basketball with your trash.
3. Pick up trash even if it isnt yours.
Turning In Lost Items
1. If you find an item, ask the people around you if it belongs to them.
2. Put it in the Lost and Found Box. If it is money, a lunch ticket, or
something valuable, put the item on my desk for safekeeping.
3. Give yourself a pat on the back for being an honest citizen!
4. At the end of the month we will clean out the Lost and Found Box. If
no one claims the item, the person who turned it in will get to keep it.
Locating Lost Items
1. If you are missing something, ask the people in your area if they have
seen it.
2. Clean your desk and locker/cubby.
3. If you still cannot find it, tell me about it at a time when Im not
teaching.
4. Thank the person who finds it.
Organizing Your Desk
1. Get rid of all loose papers. Decide if they should go home or stay at
school. If they go home, place them on the LEFT side of your
homework folder, so that your
parents/guardians know that they can
stay home.
2. Papers left at school should remain in the
book of the subject they are for.
3. Pencils and art supplies belong in your
pencil box.
4. Pick up the trash around your desk.
5. Do not bring toys into the classroom. They may get
broken or lost. They do not belong in your desk unless you have
special permission from the teacher.
6. Being organized helps you learn!

Classroom Jobs
SUPERSTAR OF THE WEEK: Chosen each week on a rotating
schedule. You are the line leader for the week. Please bring in some
photographs to decorate a bulletin board display all about you! Be
prepared to answer questions as you are interviewed by your
classmates.
Librarian: Check the book return every day
after lunch.
Superstar of the Week
1. Each week, one student will be chosen as the
Superstar. This schedule is posted in the classroom and on the
classroom wiki online. A copy has been mailed to each of your homes.
You will also receive a reminder the Friday before the week you are
the Superstar.
2. Please bring in any photographs you would like to share for a bulletin
board display all about you! You will also be creating the captions to
go with the pictures, as well as designing your board.
3. The Superstar is the line leader for the week. Being the line leader is
an important job! You must model the correct way to line up and walk
quietly to our destination. You set the example for the rest of the
class!
4. On Monday you will be interviewed by your classmates. Everyone will
ask you at least one question.
5. Throughout the week, this information will be displayed at the front
of the class. Each one of your classmates will write a paragraph about
you. At this time, you will work on your bulletin board display.
6. At the end of the week, you will have your picture taken with your
display.
Special Occasions
Visitors
1. When visitors enter the room, they will be greeted by a host. When
the host makes the 2 finger signal, stop what you are doing and listen.
2. The host will introduce the visitor to the class by saying, Welcome to
our class, ______________. You may also say, Welcome, at this
time.
3. The host will show the visitor what they are to do next. You may go
back to your work.
4. Remember, most visitors are here to watch you learn, so be ready to
explain what youre working on!
5. Always treat visitors with respect and use their proper title.
Other Interruptions
1. There will be many unplanned interruptions throughout the year. If I
need to get your attention for something, I will
talk to you personally, or address the
class after making the 2 finger
signal.
2. Unless I direct you
otherwise, keep working!
Miscellaneous
A-Listers Bulletin Board
1. This bulletin board displays work showing the best effort given by
students in the classroom.
2. If I am extremely proud of a piece of your work, I will ask you to pin
it on the A-Listers Bulletin Board. Do not cover up anyone elses work.
3. Be proud of yourselfbut do not brag.
4. The bulletin board is cleared at the end of every month.
Using the Classroom Library
1. When you have free time you may check out a book from the library.
2. Each book in the library has a card inside of it. Write your first and
last name on the card and the date.
3. Place the card in the Library Card Box. You may use the book for up
to 3 days.
4. To return your book, find the title card in the card box. Cross off
your name and the date and place the card back inside your book.
5. Put the book back in the appropriate place.
6. Reference books at the learning centers must stay in the center area