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Classroom Management Plan

Rules and Consequences

My classroom will have fair rules that students help me create. The rules will be
boldly displayed in writing and pictures. The following are examples of rules that I will
enforce and teach my students from day one. These are rules that I feel apply to both
school and life in general.
1. Respect your peers and the classroom materials. Treat others the way you wish
to be treated.
2. Be kind and be respectful. Hands a feet to yourself; respect everyones personal
space.
3. Remember to use your manners; please, thank you, and no thank you.
4. Use your words to solve a problem. Can you resolve the situation on your own
before asking an adult for help?
At a young age, there are plenty of learning moments, which includes receiving
consequences for poor choices. As I have experienced, using the name box is a
nondisruptive way to get a students attention. Their name in the box is a warning, a tally
next to their name is five minutes of free time taken away, and a second tally is a phone
call home. For children who have trouble adjusting and correcting themselves, Ive seen
moving them from the group to a separate area and giving the time to calm down is
effective. Once they have earned the right to join the group, they may. Students will not
be sent to the hall to sit by the door where they will be unsupervised.

Classroom Layout
1. Eliminate runways in the classroom, but adapt it to students who may have
physical needs.
2. The students desks will be arranged so that the students back are not to the
front of the classroom; either grouping students in fours or in a U-shape facing
the board.
3. Make toys and tools that are appropriate at reaching level for students.
4. Environmental print is important for young children. Boxes, materials, and
shelves will be labeled. A word wall will be on display in the classroom.
5. The room will have posters and students work on display. Posters may include a
daily schedule, calendar, hundreds chart, the alphabet, vocabulary words,
classroom rules, and learning targets.
6. A job chart will be on display for students. Jobs may include a teacher helper,
messenger, line leader, door holder, weather reporter, and trash collector.

Daily Schedule
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1. Morning Work - students will come in and turn in their folder, choose their
lunch, pass on any notes from parents, and work on morning work at their
desks.
2. Music and Movement - singing and dancing to wake up students and get
their bodies moving.
3. Calendar Time - in a large group setting at the carpet, we will do the
calendar, practice place value, count down the days of school, sing about
the months of the year and days of the week, learn about the seasons,
and monitor the weather.
4. Math
5. Morning Snack and Recess - students will have the opportunity to have a
snack and socialize with classmates during play
6. Reading Groups
7. Lunch and Recess
8. Writing Workshop
9. Specials - Art, Music, Gym, Library, Computers
10. Science - the afternoon will vary due to specials. Some days we may not
have science due to a late special and how long it may take for writing.
Science will include hands on activities that relate and interest students.

Routines and Procedures

The following categories are all examples of routines that students need to learn
on the very first day of school. In order for students to understand and remember a
teachers expectations, they need to practice and be reminded every day.
1. Transitions between subjects and activities
2. Bathroom procedure and when it is appropriate to use the restroom
3. Lining up at the door
4. Walking in the the hallway
5. Sitting at the carpet criss-cross applesauce, hands in lap with quiet mouths and
listening ears, eyes facing forward
6. Raising your hand to speak
7. Listening to teacher instruction and to peers talking with quiet mouths, listening
ears, and a still body with hands in lap and eyes forward
8. Breaking up into reading groups
9. Walking through the lunch line
10. Recess procedure and playground rules
11. Packing bag and getting read to go home

Expectations of the Teacher

1. Be open to using any teaching style and provide a variety of learning
opportunities that students may not typically get.
2. Be ready to answer the question Why?
3. Always have an open door policy.
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4. Communicate with your peers, your students, and parents/guardians.

5. Stay organized and manage instructional time well.
6. Dont be afraid to set high expectations for your students.
7. Dont be afraid to show your passion for students and teaching. Show the
students that not only do you care how they do in school, but that you care about
them as a person.