Classroom+Procedures

Beginning the class: Managing the Classroom: Paperwork: Dismissal from class or school: Course work:
 * 1) How students are to enter the room: Students should enter the room quietly and make their way to their desks.
 * 2) What students are to do with personal belongings: Students should unpack their bookbags and either hang them on the backs of their chairs or hang them on the bookbag rack.
 * 3) Immediately engaging students in meaningful activities: A journal entry or topic will be listed on the board every morning. Students will begin writing this as soon as their bookbags are put away.
 * 4) How teacher will get students’ attention: The teacher will have a bell that she rings to call the class to attention. Any time they heart the bell, the students should immediately stop what they’re doing and look at the teacher.
 * 5) What a student is to do when tardy: When a student is tardy, s/he do not have to make up writing in their journal. S/he should enter the class quietly and give the teacher any excuses or paperwork from the office. S/he they should unpack quickly and join the class on whatever activity they are doing.
 * 1) When and how students may leave their seats: We will have a set of hand signals students will use when asking to leave their seats (to use the restroom, to get a pencil, to go to the library, etc.)
 * 2) What students need to do in order to leave the room: In order to leave the room, a student must ask the teacher, either by hand signal or verbally, and take the appropriate pass (hall pass, restroom pass, library card, etc).
 * 3) How students will get help from the teacher: Students will raise their hand silently, if they have a question or need help.
 * 4) How students will obtain permission to talk: Students will obtain permission to talk by raising their hand and being called on by the teacher.
 * 5) How students will get instructional materials: All instructional materials will be passed out by either the teacher, a parapro, or the student who is the teacher’s helper for the day.
 * 6) How pencils will be sharpened: Students will keep a cup on their desk with 5 classroom pencils in it. If a pencil has been sharpened, it will be placed point down in the cup. If a student needs a pencil to be sharpened, they will place it point up in the cup. I will sharpen pencils at the end of the day. I will also keep a reserve of pencils at the back of the classroom in case all of their pencils break or are dull.
 * 7) How students will move into cooperative groups: I will have a jigsaw wheel to tell students which center to go to for the day. The different center areas will be labeled so that they know where to go.
 * 8) What noise level will be acceptable for different types of class work: Students will be silent whenever the teacher is teaching. When doing individual classwork, students can be at a low level (1 inch) so that they can ask their neighbor if they have a question.
 * 1) How students will turn in work: I will have two baskets, one for homework/classwork to be graded and the other for tests. Students will turn their work into the respective basket. If we check something as a class, the students will then file it in their personal folders at the back of the room/
 * 2) How students will turn in make-up work after an absence: They will follow the same procedure, homework in basket one, tests in basket two.
 * 3) How students will distribute hand-outs: Students will be divided into groups of no more than 5 (ideally 4). Each group will have a leader (changed every week) and they will get any papers and pass them out to their group members. I will pass out tests individually.
 * 4) How students will make up quizzes and tests: If a parapro is available, they will take the student to a quiet place and administer the quiz or test. Students will make up quizzes and tests on their first day back to class. If no parapro is available, I will take a small amount of time out of centers (reading groups), and explain the quiz or test, then sit the student in an area away from the centers.
 * 5) How late assignments will be graded: Students will lose five points for every day that an assignment is late.
 * 1) How students will be dismissed for recess, lunch, specials, end or school: The teacher will give the students a “word of the week” that they will talk about on Monday morning. That will be the signal word for the week (ex: cucumber, beluga whale, George Washington, etc.). Whenever the teacher says the signal word, the students will get up, push their chairs in, and stand silently behind their desks. Then the teacher will call groups to line up.
 * 2) Determining when dismissal can take place: Dismissals will take place when the students are standing silently behind their desks. As long as there is noise, the students will have to wait.
 * 3) Responding to emergency drills: The teacher will go over the emergency procedures and pathways on the first day of school. During emergency drills, students will line up quickly and quietly and wait for the teacher to give instructions and guide them to their area.
 * 4) Students staying in class after school: Students won’t be staying in the classroom after school. They will either go home or go to the after school program. If they need extra help, their parent will have to speak with me about arranging a time to work with them.
 * 1) Informing students of assignment due dates: Most homework will be due the next day. In the event of any larger projects, the teacher will write the name of the project and the due date along the top of the board. She will call attention to this each morning, and tell the students how many days they have before the project is due.
 * 2) Informing students about how work will be evaluated. The teacher will go over rubrics for major projects or writing assignments when the project is started. The teacher will also pass out a copy of the rubrics for the students to have and refer to.