Procedures

1. Attendance
- pulling a stick or a card when they come into the room and
vote on a book
- pulling out a clothes pin
- record while students are doing seatwork
2. Lunch
- have a board and have students move it to the corresponding
side
- take it while students are doing seat work
- have students take it with attendance
3. Rules and Consequences
- come up with rules as a class and then come up with general
rules that students will follow
- similar to the card system: 2 warnings, a note home/ a phone
call home with a referral, principals office
4. How to enter a classroom
-students are to stand in 2 lines, one comes in after the other
-take seat immediately, and show first listening position
5. What to do when they enter a classroom in beginning of
school day/schedule in first part of the morning
- come in with homework
- morning work read using reading baskets
- song
- go over morning work
- song?
- go over homework
6. Where to find an assignment
-written on the board
-3 then me
7. What to do when you want their attention
Attention getters:
-sing a song
-chant a phrase
-clap once
-bell
8. Where you want things turned in

paper collector brings paper to the in tray on my desk

9. Where to get a pencil

Writing center, spare pencil holder
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How to sharpen a pencil

elbowing at the end of the day
assigning certain times to sharpen a pencil
have sharpeners spread across the room
having sharpeners of their own, explain when they can use it
do not have students sharpen colored pencils in electric
sharpener

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Where to find assignments if they had been absent

Make up folder
A drawer
Have students take home for homework (every day, end of
the week?)

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What to do upon dismissal

Jobs
Sharpen pencils
Go to mailbox before going to lockers
Line up at their desks

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What to do when you hear an emergency alert signal

follow procedures
remind students what to do

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What to do when they finish work early

book basket
have students come up with a list of things you can do when
you are done (draw and then post on the wall!!)

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What to do when they have a question

ask three then me
have a signal, raise hand
state when they can come up to you and when they cant

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What to do when they need to go to the restroom

go during silent reading
take a pass out
go once in the morning and once in the afternoon

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Listening and responding to questions

lessons on how to respond

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How to teach them to work cooperatively

create lesson plans on this

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Process to change learning groups

do pre-assessment
group them according to reading level
change/adapt after winter break

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When you are tardy

it will show on the management board
mark on the grade book

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When you are absent

Mark on grade book
Have a friend to tell them what theyve missed
Get assignments

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When someone knocks

train students do something when this happens

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When someone calls the phone

answer phone with professional tone
assign a student to answer the phone

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When you need help

assign a student to be discipline checker

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Progress reports
weekly
check schools policies

26.
Checking out classroom materials
Have a sign up sheet
27.
Finding directions for each assignment
- train students to help others
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Getting materials without disturbing others

show students where they can find the materials
have an assistant?
Tell students when to get stuff and when not to

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Handing out playground materials

show students where to get it

assign a job to this

30.
Noise control
-have a sign to show whats appropriate (stop sign)
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Walking in the hallway
-have a saying or sing a song about how to walk when going into
the hallway
-hip lip
-song: ?
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When a school-wide announcement is made

state how students are going to act when it comes on

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When visitors are in the classroom
-review to students about what their behavior should be
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If the teacher is out of the classroom

assign a student a job
talk to other teachers about covering

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Transition techniques
quick
step by step
first listening position before giving directions

36.
Passing out manipulative
-assign a student in each group to get materials
-prepare materials prior to passing out
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AR books and tests

Label AR books
Have AR quizzes part of grades?
Do an AR book together and test together before doing it on
their own