Classroom management Plan.

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Classroom Management
They may forget what you said but they will
never forget how you make them feel
Preamble
As an Educator it is important to know each one of my students as a
diverse person with diverse learning abilities. It is important to love teaching
and hope to have my classroom and environment reflect that. I hope to
create and foster a thirst for learning in my students. That they may discover
a world they never knew within the subjects they are learning about. I
believe in a safe learning environment and really focus on creating a strong
classroom community with each other in which the student will be able to
feel safe, encouraged, stability and consistency and even variability that will
help them in life. I do not tolerate bullying or putting down, and believe in a
environment of second chances and helping and uplifting each other. My
class is a family and will learn and grow together. I believe in teaching with
love, patience, understanding, making mistakes and learning from them. My
goal is to prepare a generation of children to acquire a diverse wealth of
knowledge that will create leaders that will lead our society.

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The Point of Having all these rules is to build a safe classroom

community! " WE THE PEOPLE
Preventative Strategies:
1. Scholarly Habits-At the start of the school year the first two
weeks the students will be introduced to and creating rules
that will help promote scholarly habits needed for success in
the classroom. During the first week we will be discussing
what a good student looks like, and what they do.
Class Agreement students will be coming up with two
things to add to the class agreement they will promise
to do in order for them to be a successful student in
class and for the class to be successful. They will also
be coming up with two consequences for those rules if
they do not follow the agreement. Their will be a total
of 5 agreements/rules. They will be signing it as well.
It will be copied with signatures and they will also have
a mini version taped on their desk as a reminder.
Visuals of what appropriate behavior looks like and
what it does not look like will be available with each
habit they have agreed and signed to work on.
Role modeling of appropriate behavior according to
their agreement will be shown.
2. Maintaining a Positive Classroom Environment - From the
beginning of the school year students will be introduced to the
morning starter which will be a quick 10 min morning meeting on
Mondays, and then 5 quick minutes the rest of the week to talk
about the schedule for the day and any quick announcements.
This will allow the students to walk in first thing in the morning
put their things away meet at the carpet in which they can talk to
their peers as everyone comes in to get them warmed up and
give those students who are in need of communication to be able
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to do so. It will also allow to get the whole class to switch their
brains into school mode. At the end of day their will be a quick 5
min to talk about their peachy and pit moment of the day. Their
peachy moment is their favorite part of the day ( it could be
anything) and their pit will be their least favorite and why that
may have been. This allows the teacher to get feedback on things
going well and what may need to get addressed more
academically or behaviorally. Being able to do these morning
procedures and closing marks will help students take a deep
breath and start the day on a positive note and end it positively
as well with reflection.
Morning Routine
In the Morning music will be playing as the children
walk in. (nothing too loud but to ease them in and wake
them up) They will put things away during this time.
put away back pack
take out homework (unfinished work) and turn in
homework basket it belongs too. Math, language arts,
science, social studies
Pull out home and reading folders and keep them at
desk with them.
These things will be up on a bulletin board to remind them of
what they need to do each morning. (home folder= unfinished
work, homework packet) ( reading envelope= carries books
home)
Morning Class Meetings:
Morning
Gather around the rug, Let Kids talk with peers until
everyone is present, or assign a question of the day for
them to talk about.
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 On Monday morning 10 min: children will write an

individual goal for the week on their goal sheet. At the
end of the week we will be looking back at our goal and
seeing if it was accomplished or what they need to do
still to accomplish it.
Class reporter asks peers for 3 things they can work on
to have a successful day that day.
Flag leader will then guide in pledge of allegiance
Partner checks
Teacher will ask for 1-5 rate feeling for the morning
not so good to 5 great!
Shaking it off and taking a deep breath and
ready to go.
End of the Day 5 min
Peach and Pit moment - This will allow children to share
their favorite part of the day (peach, since its the
sweetest) and their least favorite part (Pit, - the least
favorite part of a peach) first pit then peach.
Mail Carriers will now have the opportunity to pass out
any last minute papers in the childrens mailbox
3. Class Jobs-Students will be responsible for a class job to create
a working class community. Jobs will be related to real world jobs
or by theme.
Class Reporters, ( one per week)-They will go over any
class announcements such as birthdays, events coming
up etc. At the end of the month all the reporters for that
month will get to put together a newspaper telling about
the month and the things that happened. They will pick
pictures made by students, work they liked, and present
the student of the month for that month they were

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reporters. We will hand out their mini-newspaper for the

parents to see what happened during that month.
Meteorologist: Will inform students during science time
what the weather has been like and chart it and make
any predictions they may have of what it may be like the
next day.
Electrician-This student will be responsible for the lights
that day.
Nutritionist-Will inform students what they will be eating
that day right before lunch.
Mail carriers (3)-These students will be responsible for
passing out papers,
Distributers- glue, scissors and materials for lessons.
Botanist-Will take care of our class plants.
Librarian-Students need to come ask this student for
class books. Will be responsible for writing down student
name, and title of book if checked out from class library
and for collecting school library books from students as
well.
Line leaders- One for the front and one for the back.
Diplomatic Official-Will come and inform teacher if
parent, teacher, are by the door and to inform them
about what is going on if they are waiting for class
teacher. They will also be the messengers of the class
that day.
Equipment Coordinator-Is in charge of getting balls and
recess equipment back.
Technology-Make sure computers are off or on and
logged off if not being used.
Doors- Will be responsible for holding doors open after
each recess.
Photographer- will work with class reporter and take
pictures of things throughout the week.
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 Sanitation Department- These students will be in charge

of keeping the class in check and clean. They will be
allowed to give tickets for messy areas or violations
such as throwing garbage on the floor.
Carpenters- Sharpen our wooden pencils to perfection.
4. Building Community-students will be carrying out a service
learning project that they will work on throughout the year or
months depending the length of it but will revolve on becoming a
better community and world citizen and strengthening their bond
as they work together on it.
5. Team Building- Students will be participating in at least one
team building activity per week on Tuesday (Team Building
Tuesday) to strengthen friendship, help promote a safe
environment, and to strengthen our classroom family.
Houses or any other theme you want to do- Students will be
randomly sorted into houses.
Each time a student answers a correct answer, finishes their work
or does something positive their house will get points in their
house jar.
At the end of the week their will be a house cup winner based on
whoever had the most points accumulated. At the end of the
week they will know how many points they got and the winner for
that week. Points can also be taken away from their houses as
consequences.
Class Monthly Mystery Prize. Mystery egg, turkey, snowman, sun,
ghost depending on the month.
Each Month I will have a mystery prize for the students. Points for
this prize depends if they end up with more smiley faces than
frown faces at the end of the day. If they have more smiley faces
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for the day they get to move up one day towards the prize. If they
can get more than half of the month with happy faces, then they
will get the prize. They will get smiley faces for respectful
behavior during whole group, following instructions, following
procedures if everyone is at school that day as well behaving
during assemblies etc

Procedures
1. Managing Student Work: Students will turn in Done work in
appropriate subject Basket, Unfinished work will be taken
home and brought back. No name work will be in a black
container. Work that has been graded will be in student
cubbies to be taken home in their home folder of their choice
labeled home folder with their name on it.
Homework-Students will not be given meaningless homework, it
will either be work not finished or the occasional review sheet to
practice and bring back for points.
2. A rubric for what neat, clean work should look like will be
posted by the work baskets so students remember if they are
ready to turn something in.
3. Transitions:
Changing centers-music will play
Getting in a Circle-Students will sing, Make a circle, make a
circle, 123 all my friends are here with me. They will keep
singing this until everyone is in a circle.
Getting them to quiet down after a transition, - Give me 5 and
then triple doubles.
Getting back in their seats countdown from 10.
4. Drinks
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Students will be able to bring a water bottle if they wish to be

kept on their desk with name on it.
Drinking fountain drinks will only be taken going to recess, during,
and after recess. Not during class or whole group time.
5. Bathroom Rules
Students need to sign out and write the time if going to the
restroom so I know who is gone and returned. When they return
they need to put a check by their name and the time they came
back (for safety concerns) Their will be a digital clock by the list.
Only 2 bathroom breaks per student each day during class, one in
the morning and one in the afternoon. Students will be allowed to
use the restroom going to recess, during, and after lunch. If the
bathroom pass is not there, student needs to wait for their
classmate to come back. Their will be one for boys and one for
girls. Student does not need to raise hand and ask to go to the
bathroom but they need to remember they only get 2 per day.
6. Sharpening PencilsTheir will be a can with sharpened pencils, and one in which
students can put their dull pencils in to be sharpened by our class
sharpeners at the end of the day.
Student need to make sure they have a sharpened pencil at the
start of the day.
Students will have own box with crayons, pencils, and erasers
available to them.
7. Noise Levels
Students will have a stop light which will let them know if the
activity they are working on is something they can talk, whisper,
or if its a no talking activity.
Red- Silent
Yellow- they can whisper with their peers
Green - Talk/Group work.
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Students will shake their partners hand to make sure they are
there.
9.Partner switch- While having partner discussions students will
need to know when its their partners turn to talk. They will hear
TOOT TOOT switch and they will switch.
Teaching PartnersTeacher will say let them know what they want them to teach
their partner, then clap twice put hand in the air and say Teach!,
and students will reply with the same clap, clap and put arms in
the air and say ok! and turn to partner.
Whole Brain Teaching
10.Staying StillWhen Trying to get students attention mid activity, information
needs to be told and students need to be still while you do.
Students will hear Hands on Ice!.
11. Attention Signal123 eyes on me, 12 eyes on you. Students will do this with hand
signals as well if teacher does it quietly.
12. RedirectingGive me 5., eyes on teacher, hands still, feet still , ears open, no
talking. , children hold up 5 fingers up when teacher says give me
five and counts down until they are quiet and still.
Cues:
Triple Doubles
123, eyes on me, 1, 2 eyes on you.
Auctioneer: I got 25, 75, 100, to let them know how much of the
class attention you have.
Xavier- Sitting Down

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13. Whole class question and Response

Whole Brain teaching will be used in getting a response as a
whole class.
Students will be asked to blow the answer in their hands then
release it at the same time.
Whole Brain Teaching
Think, Pair, Share- Students will be asked to stop and think about
something, turn around and share with partner. Then they will be
sharing what each other said.

14. Students repeating Important factsStudents will mirror teacher, - Whole Brain Teaching.
When students hear mirror They will repeat mirror," and repeat
and do everything the teacher does after she says it first.

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Intervention Techniques
1 problem SolvingStudents will be taught different things they can do to solve a
problem such as
telling an adult, talking with their peers if something is bothering
them and why, saying Stop I dont like that and walking away.
2. Student will be taught to body check themselves first.
Contracts- Students will be placed on Contracts created by them
with me if more behavior support is needed to help them become
more successful in class. parents will also be informed daily of
their childs behavior and will need to have the contract signed
and brought back by the student.
Phone calls home:
Students will be given 3 strikes, after the 3rd warning a phone
call or message will be sent to the parent to be informed of the
students behavior.
And the childs name will go into the months binder. if the childs
name appears more than twice for that month on the binder
If students are sick or not feeling well and its obvious, they will
be able to make a phone call home to see if they can be picked
up.
One on One conversations with students.
Teacher will try to say a positive comment about the student as
they leave out the door and as they come in.
Teacher will have one on one conversation with student if
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the way the are and to remind them the expectation of them
being in class.

Communication with Parents:

1. Class newspaperWill be assembled by the reporters of that month.
Will be passed out by our distributers and taken home by the
students to give to their parents.
2. Class Website
Will also have what has been going on during the month and any
announcements made and any reminders. Our class newspaper
will also be on there.
3. E-mail
Parents can reach me at my school e-mail with any questions or
concerns or Call me at my Cell Phone between certain hours.

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Bibliography
Bickart, T. S., & Judy R. Jablon, D. T. (2007). Building the Primary Classroom. (E. Kohn, Ed.)
Washington , DC, United States of America: Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Freeman-Loftis, B. (2011, April 5th). Morning Routines.
whole Brain teaching. (n.d.). Retrieved from You Tube: https://youtu.be/aaweXw03kQI?
list=PLiOLXqdLbqCxzwqq5KVUz7DMwgxVaziIR

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