Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Furniture arrangement
o Student desks are arranged in 7 groups of 4-6 students each within classroom
o Teacher desk is on front left side of Smart Board
o Document camera is on front right side of Smart Board
Bulletin boards
o On surrounding walls with space- holding writing requirements/text structures
symbols
Student work posted
o Would be posted according to student number on back wall
Student Management
o Toys, small play objects, or other articles and gimmicks are not to be brought to
school.
o Children are not to bring any personal medicine, pills, etc., to school.
o You must go directly home after dismissal from school.
Student discipline procedures
o Use of green tickets and consequence (ticket would be taken away)
o One student would be selected at end of day to receive ticket from teacher and
also has opportunity to select another student
o Each month, students tickets would be in class raffle and be given a prize
provided by the teacher
Teaching Practices
Established routines
o Teacher posts daily schedule on front board
Motivational phrases
o Thank table __ for showing great __
o I like how __ is __
Positive reinforcement
o Tickets
Response control/expectations
o Whole class
If you can hear me, clap onceclap twice
o Individual-raise hand
Teacher responds to question
o Helping students when youre working with other students
Students can seek help from desk partner or table group
o Key instructional phrases
Clap once if you can hear my voice, clap twice
o Physical involvement of teacher with the class (movement around the classroom)
Teacher often moves around the classroom to help students
Teacher reads aloud text passage and leaves out missing words for
students to fill in to keep them engaged
Teacher tries to incorporate material with games
Teacher models note-taking skills and organization of subjects in
binder/dividers
o Transitions
Within lessons
Teacher asks a question, students respond by showing answer on
fingers, whispering answer to class, think-pair-share
After answers are given, class knows that they are moving onto
next part of lesson
Teacher asks students to summarize what they just did, put the
main idea into their own words and share before moving onto next
part of lesson
Between lessons and/or activities
Students place lesson 1 papers to side or in folder/correct divider
of binders before moving onto lesson 2