Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Rules:
1) Always treat others how you would like to be treated.
This is a good rule because students need to treat others with respect. It is something that
they should do at all times during the school day. Making this a rule reminds students that
they need to be respectful to their peers and treat them nicely.
Procedures:
Instructional Expectations:
Instructional Time
Whole Group:
- Raise your hand and wait until you are called upon to ask a question or to say something.
-There should be no talking unless directed that it is okay.
-You should be paying attention and taking notes whenever necessary.
Small Group:
-Every student needs to participate and complete the work.
-When talking, make sure that you are using an inside voice.
-Make sure that you are staying focused and doing what is being asked.
-If the small group is with the teacher, the other students should be completing an activity. If
they have a question, they are to either ask a friend or attempt it until I am finished to assist them
(Do not let them distract your small group)
One-to-one:
-Student should come with any questions that they may have.
- They should listen to what the teacher is saying and participate in the activity.
-Students who are not with the teacher should be working and attempting to do whatever activity
that they are working on.
Non-instructional Expectations:
-Top of papers: Names and dates should be on every assignment that you turn in.
-Bathroom: You must take a bathroom pass with you to the bathroom. You are allowed 2 per day
(unless sick). You are expected to go straight to the bathroom and come back. You should not be
a distraction when going.
-Turning in work: When turning in your work, you should put it in your group’s turn in drawer
that can be collected at the end of the day by the teacher.
-Trash: If you need to throw trash away, you must wait until instructional time is not going on.
When you go, throw it away without throwing it or making a mess.
-Entering the classroom: I expect that you enter the classroom quietly and put your stuff up
where it belongs. Return to your seat (unless told otherwise) and work on whatever activity that
the board tells you to complete.
-Class rug: When sitting on the class rug, sit at your assigned spot criss-cross applesauce and
wait for instruction to begin. When it does start, pay attention and participate in the activity
whenever you can.
-Cafeteria: Sit in the order that you lined up for lunch. Spend the first 10 minutes eating without
talking. After those ten minutes are up, I will flip the cup over and you may talk as you eat.
Clean up after yourself and throw your trash away whenever it is time to leave.
-Pencils: They should be sharpened before lessons begin. If you need a pencil, quietly go to the
back of the room and grab a pencil out of the plastic can and return to your seat.
-Finishing assignments: If extra time is needed to complete an assignment then utilize the last 20
minutes of the day to work on the assignment.
-Job chart procedures: each week the jobs will rotate down by one spot. I will assign each child
their job. They should be completed when they are supposed to and should be completed
correctly. If you cannot do it in the way that you are expected, then you may lose your position
for that job for the week.
-Folders and agendas: These should be turned in when you first arrive at school. At the end of
the day, I will return them for you to write your homework and for me to put your “color” in (the
homework and behavior color will already be added in for kindergarten before returning).
-Absent: if you are absent, you should check the area in the classroom where I put extra copies
at. In there will be a section where you can find any activity that you missed the day that you
were absent.
-Dismissal: I expect that you walk in the hallway quietly and go to where you are supposed to be
to leave school. You should have ALL of your belongings before leaving the classroom. Car
riders will be in one line, walkers in one line, and bus riders in another.
-Tissues: Each group has a tissue box; therefore, if you need a tissue then grab one from there. If
you are out in that box then I have more in the back of the classroom. Throw the trash in the
garbage.
-Attendance: Students show they are “here” by changing their name from “home” to “school.”
This will be used to take attendance. I will also take attendance by looking around the room to
verify that nobody is marked wrong.
-Pack/unpack: Students should pack and unpack whenever it is time. Whenever they unpack,
they should get all of their belongings for the entire day and take it to their group. Whenever they
are packing up, they should return everything and pack everything that they need to take home.
-Transition: I will ring a bell for clean up. I will play a random song to signal that we are
transitioning to a new activity. Students are expected to transition quietly and get ready for
whatever is next.
-Line up: Students should line up whenever they are called. Whenever they get in line, they
should be facing the front and not talking. Their hands should be by their side and should not be
touching anyone or any item.
-Visitors: When a visitor enters the classroom, we can stop and greet them but then we have to
go back to whatever we were doing and focus on that.
-Passing out materials: Each group will have an assigned materials person each week
(alternates). That student will be responsible for getting all of the materials needed for the group
for the activities and also putting them back whenever they are finished with them.
-Water: you may get water any time during centers or independent work; however, you may only
get water during instruction IF the teacher approves it (such as coughing, etc).
-Walking in the hallway: Students should be walking in a straight line. They should be directly
behind the person in front of them and facing the front. There should be no talking in the hallway
unless told otherwise. Students should also not touch anything in the hallway such as items or
each other. Hands are to be kept by their sides.
-Lunch count: Students will put their lunch option magnet under their name so that I can see
what they chose for lunch. Blue- choice 1, red- choice 2, green-choice 3, and yellow-lunch box
-Lose something: Students are welcome to check the classroom’s lost and found whenever they
first get to class or before dismissal. This is the only time that they are allowed to go to the lost
and found, unless the teacher grants other permission.
-Find something: The student should give it to the teacher and allow for her to ask the class who
it belongs to. If nobody claims it, the teacher will put it in the class lost and found.
-To get the students attention: I will have a different saying for different reasons to catch their
attention. I also will ring the bell if I need to tell the students to clean up, I will click the “volume
stoplight” if I need to signify that the students are getting too noisy/to tell them what volume
they should be at for each activity.
Consequences:
Positive:
•Tangible-
Students will be rewarded with candy whenever they show good behavior all week long. If the
students stay on “green” all week or if they are following directions when a majority of the class
is not then they may receive this reward.
Students will also be rewarded with dojo points or stickers if they are showing good character to
their peers in the classroom (doing something that stands out).
•Social-
Students will be provided with written and oral praises such as “Good job” whenever they do
well on an assignment, if they answer a question correctly, or if they think outside of the box.
Students will be praised through a note, email, or phone call home to recognize the student’s
behavior or academic efforts.
•Activity-
Students are granted with an additional 20 minutes of recess/center time if they get on “green” or
higher for behavior for the entire month.
Students receive an ice cream party if the entire class gets an A on their chapter test.
Negative:
•Tangible-
Student has to write an apology letter to their peer if they are mistreating them.
If a student does not share or mistreats a friend, they cannot play with their peers during center
time while everyone else gets to play with their friends (just for the current center time).
•Activity-
Students lose 5 minutes of recess if they do not follow directions during instructional time after a
warning is given.
Student is to spend their 20 minutes of free time in the morning completing homework if they
did not do it at home before school (unless there is a valid excuse of not completing it).
Students have to stand for 5 minutes at their desk if they are told again after a warning to sit in
their chair correctly (all four legs on the ground).