Classroom+Procedures

Classroom Procedures

Morning work is used to get students ready for the day, as attendance and lunch count are taken, as well as, agendas and homework are checked. Students are to turn in their work into the completed work basket. If they finish early, the look to the "What to do when you finish your mornign work chart!" The chart reads: -Monday: Book boxes -Tuesday: Puzzles -Wednesday: Book boxes -Thursday: Puzzles -Friday: Dry erase boards (Idea taken from Mrs. Woody's 1st grade classroom).
 * Morning Work Procedures:**

Helpers are used in the classroom to take care of housekeeping things. Students love this; it gives them responsibility and amkes them feel important. Different helpers are chosen each week. This can be incorporated into a classroom theme. For example, in a classroom with a space theme, the bulletin board can be titled "Far Out Helpers" Helpers include: -Line leader -Door holder -Messengers (2) -Caboose -Classroom helpers (2): - sharpen pencils - clean desks - pick up trash off floor (Idea taken from Mrs. Woody's 1st grade classroom).
 * Classroom Helpers:**


 * Classroom Procedures:**
 * Beginning the Class: **
 * 1) Students should enter the room and greet me. They then should quietly find their way to their seat and begin on their morning work.
 * 2) Personal belongings should be placed in assigned areas. Lunch boxes should be placed on the shelf, coats or jackets should be hung on the coat rack or placed in their book bag, and finally book bags should be hung on the coat rack.
 * 3) Morning work will serve as immediately engaging students in meaningful activities. Most of the time this consists of a coloring worksheet, math worksheet, sequencing activity, or matching activity.
 * 4) To get students’ attention the teacher will say: “Good morning class!” Students will then reply in unison, “Good morning Ms. Chastain.”
 * 5) When tardy, students should quietly place their personal belongings in the appropriate place, and then let me know they are present. They should then begin on their morning work. If morning work time is over, they should then place their work in the “To Be Continued” basket.


 * Managing the Classroom: **
 * 1) Students may leave their seats when directed to do so, if they need to turn in work, or if they quietly raise their hand and ask to do so. They must be sure they push their seat in under their desk.
 * 2) In order to leave the room students need to tell me where they are going and take the hall pass. If students are being pulled out at a particular time each day, they will not have to take the hall pass, although they will still need to let me know when they are leaving.
 * 3) If students need help from the teacher they will quietly remain in their seat and raise their hand.
 * 4) To gain permission to talk, students should raise their hand quietly and not speak until called upon.
 * 5) Most instructional materials will be passed out to students at their desks. Other times they will be instructed to quietly pull materials out of their desks, such as their pencil box or white boards.
 * 6) Pencils will be sharpened at the end of the day by classroom helpers. If a student’s pencil breaks then he or she will place it in the cup and grab a sharpened one from the class pencil box.
 * 7) Students should move quietly into cooperative groups and wait until further directions are given.
 * 8) Noise level will be monitored by a noise level meter. During morning work and independent work, the noise level should be low. During centers and cooperative work the noise level should be medium. If the noise level reaches to high two times during centers or cooperative work then students will have to be completely silent.


 * Paper Work: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will turn in their work into a completed basket or a “To Be Continued” basket, depending on if they have finished their work or not. There will also be a separate basket where students will turn in center work.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After an absence, students will turn in work to the make-up work basket.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Classroom helpers will help with distributing handouts.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Make up tests and quizzes will be made up during recess time.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Late assignments will be graded, but when the assignment is turned in determines how much will be counted off. Note: work in the “To Be Continued Basket” is not considered late work.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dismissal from Class or School: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be dismissed for recess, lunch, and specials by tables. The table who is the quietist will be instructed to line up first. To be dismissed from school, students will be instructed to do so depending on how they are getting home. First, “parent pick-up,” as well as teachers children will line up and after school children will line up. Then bus riders will line up and be escorted to their bus.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dismissal can take place when the administration gives the go-ahead.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When responding to emergency drills, students will quietly get up from their desk or the carpet and line up in a straight line. They will then listen for directions from either the teacher or administration.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In the event that a student should have to stay in class after school, they will walk with me to the buses as I escort the other students, as they should not be left in the classroom alone.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Work: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be informed of assignment due dates at the beginning of the week. As a class, 5-7 min will be taken every Monday for students to copy their homework assignments into their agenda to the corresponding days. If a child is absent on a Monday when this is done then they will need to see their neighbor’s agenda and copy it into theirs.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be informed of the basic way work is evaluated at the beginning of the year. They will be reminded of this often.