First Days of Class
Seating Chart
This is a preliminary seating chart. This is how students will be arranged for the first few weeks of school.
Bulletin Boards
Here are some examples of how I will use bulletin boards in the classroom.
7 Things Students Want to Know
1. Students want to know if they are in the right room - I will be standing outside the door greeting students who enter my class. I will have my name posted on the outside of the door as well as on the board. I will help each student get to the proper classroom.
2. Where am I suppose to sit? - I will have assigned seating for the first few weeks of school.
3. What are the rules in this classroom? - Rules and consequences will be posted in the class. Each student will receive a copy and a copy will be sent home. Rules will be discussed on the first day of class.
4. What will I be doing this year? - Procedures will be discussed and modeled. Not all procedures will be done in one day. Two to three procedures will be done per day as to not overload the student. By implementing procedures, student's will understand that they are responsible for their behavior and learning.
5. How will I be graded? - Students will be graded according to their mastery of unit being taught. Grading will be based on classroom assignments, homework and tests. Grading will be discussed with the students prior to each assingment and test.
6. Who is the teacher as a person? - I have found a great way for me to get to know my students and for the students to get to know me. I will have them play People Bingo. Students including myself will go around the room and find students who can do things from each box. The first student to fill the page says "Bingo".
7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being? - I will treat all my students with respect, dignity and love. I want my students to feel safe and secure in my class and to know that I am there ready to teach.
2. Where am I suppose to sit? - I will have assigned seating for the first few weeks of school.
3. What are the rules in this classroom? - Rules and consequences will be posted in the class. Each student will receive a copy and a copy will be sent home. Rules will be discussed on the first day of class.
4. What will I be doing this year? - Procedures will be discussed and modeled. Not all procedures will be done in one day. Two to three procedures will be done per day as to not overload the student. By implementing procedures, student's will understand that they are responsible for their behavior and learning.
5. How will I be graded? - Students will be graded according to their mastery of unit being taught. Grading will be based on classroom assignments, homework and tests. Grading will be discussed with the students prior to each assingment and test.
6. Who is the teacher as a person? - I have found a great way for me to get to know my students and for the students to get to know me. I will have them play People Bingo. Students including myself will go around the room and find students who can do things from each box. The first student to fill the page says "Bingo".
7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being? - I will treat all my students with respect, dignity and love. I want my students to feel safe and secure in my class and to know that I am there ready to teach.
Icebreakers
Here are a few activities we will do to get to know each other.
Alien Greeting
This is a fun and silly activity. Arrange students into a circle. Have them pretend they are from another planet. Have them think of a sound and motion that might be used as a greeting on that planet. (A sound and motion that would replace a typical American greeting such as a quick wave and a "Hi!") Once students have decided on their greeting, start the activity by using your alien greeting to greet the person to your left. That person should respond by repeating your greeting to you. Then, that person shares his or her alien greeting with the class and introduces him/herself to the next person in the circle. Continue until you have made your way around the circle. At the end of the activity, you might ask these questions: What did you learn from this activity? Is it more fun to send out energy or hold back energy?
Ugly Words Are Out!
As you discuss classroom expectations, introduce the idea that "ugly words" have no place in your classroom. Ask students what they think you mean by "ugly words." Then have the class generate a list of words that might be found on an ugly-word list, and write the words on a piece of chart paper. (Explain to students that any word that is considered a swear word would definitely be on the ugly-word list, so there is no need to mention them. Point out that the same is true for such words as dummy, jerk, dork, geek, hate, or ugly.) You might start the list with the word "can't." What about the word quit? Go around the room and give each student an opportunity to add an ugly word to the list. When you are satisfied that the students' supply of ugly words has run dry, dramatically rip the chart paper off the pad, let it fall to the floor, and stomp all over it. Next, rip it up and crush it into a ball. Finally, get a shovel, take students outside, and ceremoniously bury the list of ugly words. This activity will have quite an impact: students will always remember the "ugly words" that will not be accepted in class.
Alien Greeting
This is a fun and silly activity. Arrange students into a circle. Have them pretend they are from another planet. Have them think of a sound and motion that might be used as a greeting on that planet. (A sound and motion that would replace a typical American greeting such as a quick wave and a "Hi!") Once students have decided on their greeting, start the activity by using your alien greeting to greet the person to your left. That person should respond by repeating your greeting to you. Then, that person shares his or her alien greeting with the class and introduces him/herself to the next person in the circle. Continue until you have made your way around the circle. At the end of the activity, you might ask these questions: What did you learn from this activity? Is it more fun to send out energy or hold back energy?
Ugly Words Are Out!
As you discuss classroom expectations, introduce the idea that "ugly words" have no place in your classroom. Ask students what they think you mean by "ugly words." Then have the class generate a list of words that might be found on an ugly-word list, and write the words on a piece of chart paper. (Explain to students that any word that is considered a swear word would definitely be on the ugly-word list, so there is no need to mention them. Point out that the same is true for such words as dummy, jerk, dork, geek, hate, or ugly.) You might start the list with the word "can't." What about the word quit? Go around the room and give each student an opportunity to add an ugly word to the list. When you are satisfied that the students' supply of ugly words has run dry, dramatically rip the chart paper off the pad, let it fall to the floor, and stomp all over it. Next, rip it up and crush it into a ball. Finally, get a shovel, take students outside, and ceremoniously bury the list of ugly words. This activity will have quite an impact: students will always remember the "ugly words" that will not be accepted in class.
Instructional Routines
Attached are few procedures we will be working on for the first few weeks of school.
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