Classroom Management and Procedures

Student Teaching5th Grade

I will use table points to reward focused, hard working groups and to control the classroom noise level. To encourage and reward individual work, I will hand out token money and Classroom Bingo. To manage individual behavior, I will use a Citizenship Binder with a citation process.

Table Points:
The students desk will be placed in teams. Each team will be rewarded for following directions, paying attention, staying focused, working hard, and working will together. A running tally will be kept on the board. The tally points will be totaled at the end of each week. The individuals on the winning team will each be given twenty dollars. (See Individual Rewards for how this money may be spent.)

Individual Rewards:
Small denominations of money will be given out often to encourage individual work and good behavior. The students will keep their money in Ziploc baggies in their desks. The money may be used to buy rewards at any time. However, it must be done in the following manner: At the end of the day, the student will pay the classroom banker the money for their chosen reward. The banker will write the students name and desired reward on a list. After school, the teacher will review the list and write the date on which the student can redeem their reward. Following is a sample list of possible rewards and prices. The actual list, however, would be created through student participation. $25 = 1 homework pass (can only be used on designated assignments) $30 = a 15 minute computer pass $50 = the use of an office rolling chair at their desk for the day $80 = the use of a large exercise ball for a chair for the day If students preform special acts of kindness, extra effort, helping others, etc., they can sign their name on the Class Bingo chart. Numbers will be drawn each Friday and students may choose a reward from a student generated list.

Individual Behavior:
Individual behavior will be managed through a Class Check List and a classroom Citizenship Binder. If a student disrupts teaching time, a warning will be given and the teacher will place a checkmark next to the students name on a class list on the teachers desk. If a second disruption is made by the same student, a second checkmark will be given and the student will lose break time. See the following documents: Your Choice list and Think it Through citation for further consequences.

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Classroom Rules:
1. Be Respectful 2. Be Responsible 3. Be a Team Player

Leaving the Classroom:

Students are not to leave the classroom without a pass. If a student needs to leave the classroom to visit the nurse, restroom, or office, they will move their clothes pin to the appropriately marked section on the yardstick. If students must use the restroom, they are to do so only during independent work time. Only one boy and one girl may leave the classroom to use the restroom at a time.

Signals for Quiet:

1. Give me 5. 2. Freeze (used when students are working in groups). 3. Voices (Used in the hallways when students start talking in line, or in the classroom when group work noise level becomes too loud.) 4. Bell ring 5. Slow count backwards from 5 (used during transitions).

Classroom Jobs:
Classroom jobs will be reassigned every two weeks. Sticks will be drawn to choose students for the jobs. If the chosen student has already had a job within the last month, they must decline. Another stick will then be chosen. The student may choose any job from the list that has not already been chosen. At the end of the two week period, the student will be paid $20 in classroom bucks. If the student fails to do their job, or needs constant reminders to do their job, they will be fired and a new student will be chosen. The jobs include: bankers (2), floor checkers (2), supply assistants (2), librarian (1), mailbox attendants (2), and lunch attendants (2).

Distribution/Collection of Materials:
1. Papers will be handed out to each table group by the two supply assistants. 2. Papers will be first collected by each team captain and then handed to the two supply assistants who will place the completed papers in the correction tray. 3. If materials are larger than just paper (ex. art supplies, science supplies, etc.) each team captain will be responsible for collecting the necessary supplies for their team.

Your Choice
Talking on the side or causing disruption while Mrs. Williams is teaching. Inappropriate attitude. Causing disruption while walking in line in the hallways. Showing disrespect to authority figures is immediately a fourth offense with a school citation write up.

First offense:
A verbal warning and your name written down on the teachers list for the day.

Second offense within the day:

Loss of break.

Third offense within the day:

You will have a short conference with the teacher. You must write your name in the Citizenship binder and date it. Your citizenship grade in the grade book will be lowered.

Fourth offense within the day:

You will fill out the citation form completely and sign it. The form is sent home, and I will call your parent/guardian. Your parent/guardian must sign the form and return it to me.

Think It Through
Name: _________________________ Date: ____________________

1. What is the problem?

2. Why is this a problem?

3. What will I (the student) do to solve this problem?

Student Signature: ______________________________________________ Teacher Signature:_______________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:________________________________________