November 4th Professional Development

Grade Level and Content Area Meetings

Classroom Management Strategies/Classroom Activities

List Strategies Below:

·       Kindergarten

·       First Grade

·       Second Grade

·       Third Grade

·       Fourth Grade

·       Fifth Grade

·       Middle School

 

 

 

VI.  Discussion:  Classroom Management Strategies/Classroom Activities

List Strategies Below:

 

Kindergarten

-        Go-Around-Cup – put a stick with each student’s name in cup.  Reach in and pull stick to let children have a turn to answer.  There is a cup within a cup so that when a stick is pulled, it goes to the outer cup.

-        Daily Behavior Sheet

-        5-4-3-2-1 (voice control and counting backwards; by the time you reach one, voices are taken to a whisper.

-        Cans on each table.  Students put trash in cans; this cuts down on floor traffic which can cause problems.

-        Hero Cheer:  reinforces good behavior after you find someone

-        Go Around Cup:  the students give a favorite praise work, you put on popsicle  stick.  As you call on children move stick to another cup that is inside the go around cup.

-        Transition Activities

-        Ice cream tubs to collect trash so children aren’t constantly moving around.  Planters also work.

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First Grade

          Rules to live and learn by...                                                  6.1

          Stay Out of the Dog House                                                  6.1

          Daily Behavior Sheet                                                           6.2

          Great organization tips!                                                       6.3

          Lesson Plan outline                                                   6.4

          Tips for creating a peaceful classroom                                  6.5

          Daily Behavior Report                                                          6.6

          Management Checklist                                                        6.7

          Discipline Policy                                                                   6.8

          Student Pledge                                                                   6.9

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Second Grade

-        Horses in barns, animals in cages, etc.

-        Numbers on desks for SSR

-        Homework – Behavior folders

-        Stickers

-        Signals to get back on task

-        BBFZ – back to back of chair, bottom to bottom of chair, feet to floor, zip lips

-        Sign language for please wait and restroom

-        Rhythm patterns

-        Exchange unsharpened pencil for sharpened pencil in can

-        Mailboxes to distribute papers

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Third Grade

-        In my classroom my students are grouped by tables.  Each table has an incentive jar.  The students get rewards when their table’s jar is full.  (homework passes, lunch in the room, free ice cream, etc.)

-        I use a behavior chart with colored cards.  Each color of card is a certain behavior with a punishment for misbehavior.

-        We do weekly behavior reports.

-        We use daily assignment planners to communicate work/behavior to parents.

-        For behavior incentive in my class, I use a jar and add a golf ball to it each time a rule, good deed is done.  When they receive 25 golf balls, they receive a party of choice.

-        At the beginning of the year, I purchase an assignment book for each child.  They write daily assignment in it.  This lets parents know what they need to complete for homework.

-        I use a sticker sheet to reinforce good behavior and homework completion.  If the student doesn’t turn a colored card on that day, and turned in all homework assignments completed, he/she gets a sticker on a sticker chart.  When they get 20 stickers, they get to choose something form my treasure box. 

-        I have used a “behavior notebook” in my classroom.  A sheet for every student is kept in a notebook at the teacher’s desk.  The teacher writes the student’s misbehavior in the notebook.  After 3 offenses a note goes home that must be returned signed.  After 5 offenses another note is sent home requesting a conference.  After 9 offenses the sheet is given to the principal for discipline.  Each 9 weeks the sheets are changed, giving the students a fresh start.  Students without receiving a note home during the 9 weeks receive rewards (homework passes, popcorn treat, etc.)

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Fourth Grade

- Time spent on cursive handwriting takes classroom teaching time, but should all teachers have students use cursive handwriting in assignments?  Uniformity in schools/system regarding this policy.   D’Nealian?   Is Zaner-Bloser?

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Fifth Grade

-        Behavior Log…Students sign infraction sheet

-        Keep a binder containing a sheet for each student.  “This is what I did.”  “This is what I could have done.”   “What my teacher did.”

Going to bathroom/drinking fountain:  Give raffle tickets at beginning of week to each student to use for going to bathroom out of turn.  Unused raffle tickets at the end of the week may be turned in for a piece of candy or placed in the raffle jar to be pulled for a special prize.

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Middle School Classroom Management Strategies:

-        Behavior chart – will work for pizza lunch, recess, free period, etc.

-        Out of Friday – students get to go out on Friday if name does not get put on paper

-        Every student has unique needs that need to be met

-        Have fun, stay focused, and keep discipline

-        Listen to your students

-        Treat your students with respect and require them to do the same with you and each other

-        Develop relationships with students

-        Treat character development and reinforcement as part of your job

-        There is no “one way” to run a classroom.  Be flexible and find what works for you

-        Dictionary tables for students disrupting class (10 words per violation)

-        Allow students who are good all week to go outside on Fridays

-        Flex time (free time daily if no referrals)

-        Get to know your students; their learning and behavior styles

-        Put outline for day’s activities on screen while you take attendance and so on

-        Organization skills and get class to participate

-        Games

-        Be fair

-        Work in chronological order

-        Late Work—the biggest problem—1 day late 70, 2 days late 60, 3 days late 0 or 25 for each day   (high school)

-        Homework—major problem

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