Classroom

Management
Plan
Ms. Haleigh Pierce-Turek
 Table of Contents
Philosophical Statement 3
First Day of School 4
First Day Agenda 5
Individual Worksheet 6
Ice Breaker Game 7
Meet the Teacher (Parent Letter) 8
Classroom Environment 9
Classroom Layout 10
‘Wow Work’ Wall 12
Classroom Procedures 13
List of Procedures 14
Cool Down Corner Procedures 15
Transition Procedures 16
Discipline System 17
Preventative 18
Student Motivation 19
Classroom Cash 20
 Philosophical Statement

I strive to model my teaching after Vygotsky's Sociocultural theory.

Meaning students develop cognitively from their culture, language, and

community. Adult and student, along with student-to-student interaction is a

core part of Vygotsky's theory. Within my classroom, there will be scaffolding

from me, as a teacher, and peer-to-peer learning so that the classroom is

consistently learning from their classroom community. I want my classroom

to be a collaborative learning environment, with constant interaction and

open communication. My classroom will be a place where students feel

accepted, are respectful to everyone, and are helpful to one another. I hope to

teach my students to their full potential both academically and socially. I want

each student to love themselves, be proud of themselves, and grow

themselves as a whole.

I also will remember to put Maslow's Hierarchy above Bloom's

Taxonomy. What I mean by this is making sure students' needs, like safety

and belonging, are met before focusing on students' development of

intellectual skills. When students' needs are not met there is no learning that

can occur. If a student is hungry, tired, or scared those needs need to be

addressed before that student will be ready to learn.

First Day of School

First Day Agenda

Individual Worksheet

Ice Breaker Game

Meet the Teacher (Parent Letter)

 First Day Agenda
8:25 am- Students arrive. Greet all students with a smile, ask for their name, then

have students sit at their desk (with their name tag) where students will complete

their individual worksheet.

8:40 am- Welcome students to school and give introduction using a powerpoint

9:00 am- Icebreaker

9:20 am- Go ove classroom expectations and create class rules together

9:50 am- Restroom break and restroom procedures

10:10 am- Class game

11:00 am- Specials

11:45 am- Lunch

12:15 am- Recess

12:45 pm- Return to class. Attention getting procedures, turn in procedures,

transition procedures, and other procedures

1:00 pm- Read first day of school book. Compare and contrast our first day of school

to character’s first day of school

1:35 pm- Pass out parent welcome letter

1:40 pm- Switch classes. Repeat agenda (minus specials, lunch, and recess) with P.M.

class

3:50 pm- Switch classes. Explain bus/car procedures, student gather things and

ready for dismissal

4:10 pm- Dismissal

Individual Worksheet

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 Ice Breaker Game
“Learn Names with Movement” Game

This fun game allows students the opportunity to move while getting to

know their new classmates’ names.

One at a time students will say their name while doing a physical

motion to go along with it, for example, I would say “Ms.Pierce.” and do the

ASL sign for smile. The rest of the class will mirror the movement while saying

the name. Then we will move in a clockwise circle, repeating the process for

each student.

This ice breaker gets students moving and allows them the chance to

open up while learning the names of their classmates.

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Meet the Teacher (Parent Letter)
Classroom Environment

Classroom Layout

‘Wow Work’ Wall

 Classroom Layout

Teacher Desk: Positioned in a corner of the classroom so that while the

teacher is there they can still monitor and instruct the class. The teacher area
also has a bookshelf for storage of important/confidential paper and data.

Student Desks: Positioned in an L-like shape in front of the

whiteboard/projector so that all students can see clearly. The desks are in
groups of 4 students, this will allow for group/partner work to be done as well
as provide social interaction.

One-on-One Instruction: Located next to the teacher’s desk so that a student

can receive one-on-one instruction from the teacher. This location allows the
teacher to provide instruction one-on-one while also being able to observe
the rest of the class.
Carpet Area: Organized to where each student has a clear ‘x’ marked on the
ground so they know where to sit. This will allow each student to have their
personal space, but also a front-row seat to instruction. The teacher will be
sitting in front of the group of students in a chair.

Technology Center: Equipped with flexible seating options for students while
they work on the computer or with other technology. The technology center
faces the wall so that the teacher will be able to monitor students to make
sure they are on task.

Small-Group Instruction: Positioned in a corner of the classroom so that even

while the teacher is providing small group instruction they can still monitor
the students. This positioning will allow the students to have minimal
distractions since their backs are to the rest of the class.

Math/Reading Center: Round-table in the back of the classroom so students

can work on either math or reading centers. The table has enough seating for
four students and is positioned in view of the teacher’s desk so that students
can be monitored.
 ‘Wow Work’ Wall
Students’ should feel ownership in their classroom. I will create this for my

students by showing off their wonderful work for all to see. I will hang each

and every student's work on the ‘Wow Wall.’ This way all students will feel a

sense of belonging within the classroom.

I will use bright colors,

like those pictured

below, to make students

excited and draw

attention to the wall.

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Classroom Procedures

List of Procedures

Cool Down Corner Procedures

Transition Procedures
 List of Procedures
1. School Wide Procedures

a. Transition procedures

b. Restroom procedures

c. Lunch procedures

d. Library procedures

e. Emergency procedures (fire drill, lockdown, ect.)

2. Classroom Procedures

a. Arrival and dissmissal procedures

b. Line up procedures

c. Material procedures

d. Center procedures

e. Cool down corner procedures

f. Flexible seating procedures

“Effective teachers have a classroom management plan with all the

procedures necessary for a classroom to run consistently and smooth for

learning to take place.” -Harry and Rosemary Wong

 Cool Down Corner Procedures
When a student is overwhelmed, upset, or angry they will have an

opportunity to visit the cool down corner. I dont intend to punish that

student, instead I want to deescalate the the situation and give the student a

chance to self regulate (calm down). I want students to work through their

emotions in a safe way.

1. Do a feelings check

2. Use a claming strategy

3. Do another feeling check

4. If calm, debrief with teacher then return to activity

5. If not calm, use same strategy or try another strategy

6. Do a feelings check

7. Return when feeling calm or ask for teacher support

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 Transition Procedures
Transitions are time between activities in the classroom, this can include

moving from one activity to another or time when students leave/enter the

classroom. Without careful planning transitions can become a time for chaos

here are some procedures I intend to put in place to create smooth

transitions:

1. Give students a five minute warning before an activity is set to end.

Students will be aware of the time to finish their task and start thinking

about the transition.

2. Use an attention signal. A clear way to get students attention is helpful

for providing announcements, instructions, or ending transitions. I will

use a clapping pattern to gather students attention.

3. Beat the timer. Set a visual timer for students which provides them with

the amount of time to clean up and transition.

Each one of these procedures will be explicitly taught to students at the

beginning of the school year and reviewed explicitly when returning from

long breaks. Time spent intentionally teaching transition will create a better

running classroom.
Discipline System

Preventative

Supportive

Corrective
 Preventative

Preventative discipline is all about what it sounds like: prevention.

Expectations, classroom rules, and guildelunes all work proactively to prevent

misbehavior.

Supportive

Despite preventative discipline measures, there is going to be misbehavior. In

this event I will use supportive discipline methods which include, verbal

warnings and suggestions for correcting the behavior. Both of these

measures will occur in a private conversion between the student and teacher.

Corrective

When a students has failed to correct their behavior after repeated (up to 3)

attempts of supportive discipline then the consequences will move onto

corrective measures. These corrective measures might include a call to

parents or an office referral.

Student Motivation
Classroom Cash
 Classroom Cash

I feel like classroom cash is an encouraging way to motivate students to

be good citizens in the classroom and school as well as encouraging them to

do their work.

I would pass out classroom cash when students are on task,

participating, helping one another, following set procedures, and honoring

classroom rules.

On Fridays students will have time to use their classroom cash to purchase

something. An array of options to choose from will be posted in the

classroom for students to view. Options might include:

- Stinky feet (10 classroom cash)

- Bring a buddy (15 classroom cash)

- Lunch with a buddy (25 classroom cash)

- Lunch with a teacher (50 classroom cash)

- Treasure box (75 classroom cash)

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