Statement of Purpose Our classroom will be a safe and positive learning environment in which everyone will be respectful of each other and we will work together to build one another up. All students will be challenged to do and be their best in all things. Rules 1. Be positive 2. Be respectful 3. Be a team player 4. Try your best 5. Be your best self Procedures 1. Morning work- On Mondays table group leaders will come into the classroom and pick up the morning work packet for each group member which will be the morning work for the week. Once students have their packet they will get started on what is assigned. The assigned work will be written on the board under Must Do: with a list of things they May Do: if they finish their morning work. 2. Going to the restroom- Students will raise their hand with the A.S.L. r to symbolize that they need to go to the restroom. A simple nod to the student will indicate whether or not they may take care of their business at that moment. Students will not be allowed to use the restroom for the first 30 minutes after recess ends. Students may only use the restroom during independent work. When students are excused to use the restroom they will sign out on a clipboard by the door and sign in when they come back.
3. Sharpening pencils- Pencils that need to be sharpened will be
placed in a cup to be sharpened after school or during recess. When students place their pencil in the cup they can grab a sharpened pencil from the sharpened pencils cup right next to it. Pencils will be sharpened by myself or student helpers during recess or after school. 4. Attention Getters- I will have several attention getters to gain the attention of my students. One method I will use will be a bell. I will also use several phrases. One will be class class in which students reply with yes yes. However you say the class class students have to mimic it when they reply with yes yes. For example, if you say classity classity they reply with yesity yesity. 5. Transitions- I will utilize music for my transitions. We will have a specific music clip that will play right before recess, lunch, and the end of the day. We will have musical transitions play right before our pull outs such as before library and P.E. If students respond well to the musical transitions we can include them during instruction time, such as when we are changing subjects or at the end of morning business.
Consequences Positive Behavior
Individual- I will have a clip chart for individual student behavior. When students are caught on task, lining up quietly, and following other class rules they will get to clip up. Each positive spot on the clip chart will have a monetary value attached to it. Depending on where they end up at the end of the day they will receive a certain amount of class money that they can use to purchase privileges and other little items at the class store. Students who make it to the top of the clip chart will receive a shoutout home.
Table Groups- I will have students arranged in table groups, these
groups can earn points by being on task, working quietly, using their time wisely, or cleaning up/transitioning quickly and efficiently. The group that wins table points at the end of the week will earn a predetermined privilege such as free time at the end of the day or working with a stuffed animal on their desk. Whole Class- For whole class positive rewards I will select a privilege the entire class can earn, this could also be free time, technology time, pajama day, or working with a stuffed animal on desks. Before we begin we will select the reward and then I will put blanks on the board for each letter of the reward. Students will be able to earn the letters as a class by working and coming into the classroom quietly. When all the letters have been earned the reward has been earned. Students will receive the reward within the next school week.
Consequences Negative Behavior
1. Group reminder 2. Individual warning 3. Modification- clip down 4. Chat with the teacher about behavior 5. Parent contact 6. Administrator Referral Action Plan Objectives Create a poster with the rules
Create a poster with the
procedures Create a substitute binder
How it will be completed
-type up the rules -organize them on a poster -laminate the poster -types up procedures -organize them on a poster -laminate the poster -purchase a binder
Completion date Before the school year begins
Before the school year begins
Before the school year begins
Create parent contact form for
negative consequences Create student shoutout form
-label the binder
-print out and add a copy of the rules and procedures -print out and add a copy of the seating chart with students images -print out and add classroom consequences -develop a parent contact form -develop a form to send home with students who make it to the top of the clip chart