Rules and

Procedures
5th Grade

Miss Meeks
Contents of this manual

01 Introduction Letter

02 Rules

03 Procedures

04 Consequences & Rewards

 01
Introduction
Letter
Hello families,
My name is Madison Meeks and I will be your child’s
5th grade teacher this year! This is a manual I have made
that explains my management plan for this school year. I
want to make sure you are able to have your own copy of
the rules and procedures I will have in my classroom as
well as my rewards and consequences. I am so excited to
have a fun and safe academic school year with your child.
I graduated from Stetson University with a Bachelor's
Degree in Elementary Education. Teaching is my passion
and I am so exciting for you to be able to watch your child
develop throughout the year! Some of my hobbies include
going on the boat, going to the beach and shopping!
If you ever are needing to contact me, you can
message me through remind or you can email me.

Thank you,
Madison Meeks
mgmeeks@volusia.k12.us
Remind #-
02

Rules
 Class Rules

● Keep your hands and feet to yourself.

● Be respectful when listening to
someone speak.
○ Quiet mouth
○ Still hands
○ Eyes on speaker
● Raise your hand to speak unless given
the cue to call out.
 03

Procedures
 Coming into the classroom

1. Students will come into the classroom

quietly.
2. Put their backpack into their cubby.
3. Get out homework folder and put it in
their desk, if there is any homework
from that night it needs to be put in
the turn in bucket.
4. Grab a pencil from the sharpened
bucket.
5. Start working on morning work.
6. Be ready to have an amazing day!
 Bathroom & getting water

● Bathroom: If a student must go to the

restroom they may go without asking
as long as I am not giving directions
or teaching a lesson. If it is an
emergency they can cross their
fingers so I know to let them go.

● Water: If a student must get water

they may go without asking as long
as I am not giving directions or
teaching a lesson.
 Lining Up

● When it is time to line up, I will call

students by table groups to line up
quickly and quietly, students will stand
in their line order quietly so I know they
are ready to go.

Getting out/ putting

away computers

● Students will be called by table to get up

and get/put away their computers.
● Students will use two hands to hold on to
their computers .
● Walk slowly and careful with computers
back to seat/ or back to cart.
 Using computers

● Students will be gentle when typing on

keyboard and using the touchscreen.
● Students will be respectful and take care
of their computers or they will lose the
privilege of getting to use them.

Finishing work early

● When the students have completed the

work they are working on, they may take
out their independent book and read
until further directions are given.
 Tardy

1. Students will come into the classroom

quietly
2. Unpack for the day
3. Wait for directions from the teacher.

Absence

● Students will be expected to make up missed

work
● I will try my best to complete all their make up
work with them at school
● If they do not get to finish all of their previous
days work, it will be sent home to be
completed
 Packing Up

● Students are assigned a number (1-4) at their table.

● The end of the day jobs will change weekly.
● One student will collect pencils and turn them into
the dull pencil bucket, one student will pick up
surrounding trash, one student will clean up supplies
bucket and one student will start packing up.
● All students will collect mail from student mailbox,
put it in their backpacks, and sit in their seat until
we line up for dismissal.

Dismissal

Dismissal Line order

1. Walkers first
2. After school care
3. Bus riders
4. Parent Pick up
 Attention getters

Chime: When I hit the chime, students

are to put their hands in the air, look at
me, stop talking and wait for directions.
Clapping: I will clap a beat and
students are to repeat the beat, once they
finish clapping they are to look at me,
stop talking and wait for directions.
Waterfall:When I say “waterfall”
students say “Shhhhhhhhh”, students are
to look at me, stop talking and wait for
directions.
 04

Rewards &
Consequences
 Rewards

● The class reward system will be tickets!

● The students can use the tickets they receive
from good behavior to buy candy/ toys from
the treasure box.
● The students can also receive lunch with the
teacher as a reward.

Consequences

● Students are first given warnings.

● If the behavior is not fixed, tickets will be taken,
or silent lunch will be assigned.
● If the behavior is still not fixed, there will be a
message or a call home depending on the
behavior.
● Severe behaviors will be handled by
administration.
 Layout Plan for Ideal
Classroom (5th Grade)

Rationale: I chose this layout because I believe it is important for

students to have the access to talk and work with their peers at
an acceptable time. I do not like having the students all spaced
apart because I feel like that does nothing for teaching, the
students they are a team and need to work together. The
classrooms at the school I am hoping to work at are set up
unusual from what is normal (very wide and narrow) and I feel
like it is most beneficial for the my teacher area/desk to be in the
back corner of the classroom.