Day 2 Tasks

6/3/2017

Managing Transitions in the Classroom

Focus: on observing how the MST manages transitions during the school day.

Objective

List the type and function of all the transitions observed during the school day and
evaluate the efficacy of the strategies used by your MST to facilitate them. (Table 2)
Build upon and implement strategies for building positive relationships with children,
colleagues and families from the list provided as Table 3.

Procedure:

Table 2: Discuss the concept of managing transitions in the classroom. Observe and
record different transition strategies and record these in the table below.

Table 3: Over the course of this placement, add to this list of practical strategies for
building positive relationships with children, colleagues and families. Discuss which
are most effective.

Questions to reflect upon:

1. Why do you think transitions are important?

2. How do they help children?
3. How do they help the teacher?
 Type of Transition
Telling them "Stop
everything you're doing"
Knocking on the board with
the marker.
Clean up song.
Screaming "FS2 Stop"
Function
They stop whatever they do
and put their hands up and
get ready to change the
corner that they're sitting in
and go to the other one.
Whenever they start to mess
up the classroom with their
voices (talking, laughing), she
knocks on the board and
they suddenly stop talking
then she talk.
When they finish playing in
corners she put a son on the
screen so that they know it's
time to clean the class.
When they all suddenly
become so noisy and she
reaches a point that she
can't stop them from being
naughty. She screams FS2
Stop and they understand
that she is mad so mad at
them so they stop and sit on
the carpet.
Evaluate
I think that its a really great
way to make them stop and
go to the other corner.
I think that it's an effective
way to grap their attention
and make them stop being
noisy.
It's really great way to make
them clean and they love it,
you can know that by seeing
them singing with the song
while cleaning.
To me I dont like screaming
at children even if they were
naughty; she couldve used
any other way to stop them
like closing the light, to grap
their attention.

Why do you think transitions are important?

Because transitions teach children that it's time to change whatever you're doing, or
time to go to another place, or time to clean up. And instead of saying it to them by
words, you choose an action to do that you and your students only understand.

How do they help children?

They help children by grapping their attention and alert them that it's time to change
whatever you're doing. And make them responsible of finishing their activity as fast as
they can.

How do they help the teacher?

Transitions help teacher by saving time.
 Strategies for building a positive relationship with children, colleagues and
families.

When you start being a teacher, the most important thing to do first is building a
positive relationship with everyone around you, especially children, colleagues, and
families. Firstly you need to give them a good first impression about you, by smiling
in their face, talking to them in a kind way. Always give children the space to talk to
you and listen to whatever they want to say, and then comment on what they've
told you but in a gentle way, never harsh talking to them unless they've done
something really bad. Be a friend to them more than a teacher. And with the
colleagues make them your friends talk to them express ideas with them. With
families, always show them that you care about their children, show them the good
things that their children have done in classroom, their paintings, good marks,
creative ideas..etc.
Table 3: Reframing Classroom Rules

Discuss classroom rules with your MST. Identify any other rules which need to
be made explicit. Frame all rules using positive language. Identify how these
rules are being reinforced during the school day and note opportunities to
teach these rules
Construct your own means of recording this. E.g. Table 3 below.

Table 3: Example Reframing Classroom Reframing Rules Record Sheet

Classroom rules Reframe using
positive language
1. Dont run in the Walk carefully in the
classroom classroom
2. Good speaking Use an appropriate word
while talking.
Opportuinities to teach these
rules
(both observed and ideas of your own)
Picture signs on display
Teacher praises children who are
following this rule
Teacher asks children how they
should walk in the classroom
During circle time the teacher asks
the children to think about what
might happen if this rule is not
followed
If they want something they need to
say please to get it.
Whenever they get the thing they
ask for they say thank you.

3. Good listenning Listen carefully while the
teacher is teaching.
4. Be kind and share Be kind with classmates
and share equipments.
No one talks while the teacher is
teaching.
No one talksnor laugh while their
classmates is sayiing something
they need to all listen and respect
what everyone says.
They share coloring pincels and
erasers while coloring or solving
activities.

Discuss visual means of representing these rules with your MST to be

developed and introduced to the children over the next three weeks for
example.