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CHAPTER 10 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT LESSON PLAN

Student_____________________________________________ Grade Level______________

Subject Area__________________

Standards:

Students will be able to understand and be able to implement classroom management techniques
to establish a productive learning environment.

Objectives:

Students will be able to recognize William Glassers choice theory. Students will also be able to
implement techniques into their classroom for better management.

Materials/Equipment: Power Point, Study guide, Bad Teacher video, classroom management
video, choice theory video, skit, scavenger hunt, study guides, exit cards, and assessment sheets.

Procedures:

Opener:

T: Good Evening class. Tonight we are going to teach you about Classroom Management: The
Democratic Classroom- William Glasser and Choice Theory. The procedures will be presented
by Jennifer, Angelique and Rocio, but before we begin we would like to hand out some study
guides to help with tonights lesson.

S: Students now have the opportunity to fill out the study guides during the presentation.

Study Guide

Key Terms

1. An approach to classroom management developed by psychiatrist William Glasser, based

on belief that students will usually make good choices (such as behave in a good manner)
if they experience success in the classroom and know that teachers care about
them_________________
2. Day-to-day teacher control of student behavior and learning, including discipline
is_______________
3. A classroom in which the teachers leadership style encourages students to take more
power and responsibility for their learning is a ________________
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Classroom Management

4. ____________________________ refers to how teachers structure their learning

environment to prevent, or minimize, behavior problems
5. _________________is prevention oriented, while ______________discipline is control
oriented
6. A goal of classroom management is to structure the classroom environment to
_____________ student attention and ___________ disruptive behavior
wer and
responsibility for their learning
Strategies for productive learning environment

Arrange classroom furniture to easily monitor student behavior from any point in the
room
Separate friends
Assign misbehaving students close to desk

Who is William Glaser?

American psychiatrist and developer of the Reality theory also called, Choice Theory
Born in __________ in Cleveland, Ohio
Founded The William Glasser Institute in 1967
Glassers ideas focused on personal _________, personal _____________, and
personal______________
1998 book Choice Theory details his prospective on how humans behave and what
motivates us to do the things we do

Choice Theory

Theory that behavior is a choice made by individual, based on feelings and needs.
Theory suggests that teachers cannot directly control the behaviors of students, since they
choose their reaction. Teachers can identify behaviors, which in turn empowers change to
reaction of those feelings

Five Core Concepts of Choice Theory

Basic Needs-survival, love, power, freedom, and fun

Quality World-people, activities, and values
Reality and Perception-acting on personal perception of reality
Comparing Place-purpose of behavior is to match what people perceive and what they
want
Total Behavior-acting, thinking, feeling, physiology
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Implementation

Teacher must share that students have a say in what they learn and how they learn
it. To have a say student must learn to make choices
Skits and Role playing is a great way to convey messages and concepts such as
building trust, making connections, decisions and responsible choices, caring and
respecting and that every student can success

7 Caring Habits 7 Deadly Habits

Supporting
Blaming
Complaining
Accepting
Threatening
Respecting
Bribing or Rewarding to Control

(Next Slide)

T: In tonights lesson you will learn about,

The key terms

What is classroom management?
Classroom management strategies for a productive learning environment for students
Who is William Glasser?
What is choice theory?
Key Concepts in Choice Theory
Implementing Choice Theory in an Elementary Classroom
Exit cards
Assessment

(Next Slide)

T: Can I have a volunteer read the first key term? Volunteer for second key term? Volunteer for
third key term?

S: Student one, two, and three reply.

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(Next Slide)

T (Rocio): What is classroom management?

Classroom management refers to how teachers structure their learning environment to

prevent, or minimize, behavior problems.

Discipline refers to methods teachers use after students misbehave.

Classroom management is prevention-oriented, while discipline is control oriented.

The goal of classroom management is to structure the classroom environment to

maximize student attention and minimize disruptive behavior.

Video- Next, we are going to show a video of examples of classroom management techniques. In
the video there is an opportunity for the class to take a quiz question.

S: Students will answer the quiz question. Then the video continues.

(Next Slide)

T (Rocio): Here are some classroom management strategies for a productive learning
environment for students

Arrange classroom furniture so you can easily monitor students behavior for signs of
inattention, boredom, and misbehavior from any point in the room.

Make sure there is enough room in between so students can move from place to place
without disturbing their classmates

Keep interesting instructional materials out of sight till until you need them

Separate friends who tend to misbehave and get off-task and ones who dislike one
another

Assign misbehaving students to seats close to your desk

T (Rocio): At this time, can we have the class pick a shoulder partner to discuss classroom
management techniques from the slides?

S: Can we have a volunteer talk about the classroom techniques from each group?
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T: Video: We are going to show a video showcasing bad classroom management. Bad teacher.
First day. - YouTube.html

(Next Slide)

T (Rocio): What is a Democratic Classroom?

A classroom in which teachers allow students to participate in making decisions about

physical classroom environment, classroom rules and procedures, modifications to
curriculum, and options for learning activities.

Students in democratic classrooms have more power and responsibility than students in
conventional classrooms.

If students are to live in a democracy, they must learn to manage freedom responsibly.

Teachers model democracy by giving the students some choice and some control over
classroom activity.

(Next Slide)

T (Jennifer): Who is William Glasser?

William Glasser is an American psychiatrist and the developer of the Reality theory, also
known as The Choice Theory.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925

Dr. Glasser founded The William Glasser Institute in 1967.

Glassers ideas focused on personal choice, personal responsibility, and personal

transformation.

Glasser is best known for his 1998 book, Choice Theory which details his perspective on
how humans behave and what motivates us to do the things we do.

(Next Slide)

T (Angie): What is the Choice Theory?

Glasser theorized that behavior is a choice made by an individual, based on his or her
feelings and needs. In others words, the power lies within each person to determine how
he or she will respond to the demands of the social and physical environment.
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Choice theory suggests that teachers cannot directly control the behaviors of students,
since students choose how to react to their feelings. Teachers can help identify the
circumstances that trigger their behaviors, which in turn empower them to change their
reactions to those feelings.

Video: William Glasser's Choice Theory - YouTube.html

(Next Slide)

T (Angie): Key Concepts for the Choice Theory

Choice theory holds the five core concepts that may lay a foundation for classroom
management and discipline:

Basic Needs, such as survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun.

Quality World, which includes people, activities, values, and beliefs that are most
important to each human being.

Reality and perception, which suggest that people act, based upon what they
perceive to be real.

Comparing Place, which builds on belief that the purpose of all behavior is to
create a match between what people perceive and what they want

Total Behavior, which has four components: acting, thinking, feeling, and
physiology.

T (Angie): Does anyone in the class have an opinion or comment on The Choice Theory?

S: Students respond.

(Next Slide)

T (Jennifer): Implementing Choice Theory in the Elementary classroom

Teachers must share with their students that they have a say in what they learn and how
they learn it. In order to have their say students must learn to make choices.

A great way to convey the message to teach the theory concept is by teaching through the
use of skits or role-playing.

Skits help in teaching students about such concepts as building trust, making connections
and responsible choices, making decisions, socializing, acquiring knowledge to using
knowledge, caring and respecting and every student can succeed.
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T (Angie): We will now ask for five volunteers, for the following activity, to help the students
understand how the choice theory could be implemented in class (which is a skit).

T: Teachers will pass out the skit to five students to read skit out loud to class, with the intention
of giving students a clear idea of the choice theory used in a classroom.

S: Students will now read the skit, to create a clear image of how the choice theory could be
used in a classroom.

T: The class will now have a short discussion about the skit.

(Next slide)

T: A chart to show a section of the choice theory

T: We will now do a scavenger hunt. The students are hunting for words (terms) that were
discussed during the lesson. The teachers will separate the room into two teams, and the teams
will have a few minutes to come up with a strategy to win the game.

T: Here is a list of the terms on the scavenger hunt.

1. William Glasser 9. Total behavior

2. Choice theory 10. To love and belong
3. Classroom management 11. To be powerful
4. Democratic classroom 12. To be free
5. Basic needs 13. To have fun
6. The quality world 14. To survive
7. Reality and perception
8. Comparing place
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Closure:

T (Jennifer): Now we will pass out exit cards with the following questions

1. Give at least two examples of classroom management techniques.

2. Name the basic needs of Choice Theory.

3. Please list one to three things you learned today.

Assessment:

T (Angie): We will hand out the assessment to the class. Then we will ask the students to get out
their A, B, C, D cards.

1. The five basic needs in the choice theory include all of the following except?
A. survival
B. love and belonging
C. toilet paper
D. power
E. freedom and fun

S: Students hold up cards to show their answers.

2. Quality world includes_____?

A. Macys
B. Walmart
C. Rio de Janeiro
D. people, activities, values, and beliefs
E. Nike

S: Students hold up cards to show their answers.

3. A suggested idea that states people act based upon what they perceive to be real is?
A. perception and reality
B. subliminal messages
C. Jedi mind tricks
D. Insomnia

S: Students hold up cards to show their answers.

4. What are the four components of total behavior?

A. basic needs, quality world, comparing place, reality and perception
B. threatening, complaining, punishing, nagging
C. accepting, supporting, respecting, trusting
D. acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology

S: Students hold up cards to show their answers.

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5. Comparing place builds on a belief that purpose of all behavior is to create a match
between?
A. what people perceive and what they want
B. what people see and what they dont see
C. accepting behavior and negotiating differences
D. power and physiology