Classroom Management

Plan
Morning Routine:
● Students will enter the classroom and have to greet me with one of the H’s. Which are
handshake, high-five, hello, or a hug.
● Hand notes to teacher.
● Hang up coats and bookbags.
● Hand in homework to homework bin/home folder.
● Make a lunch choice.
○ Lunch options will be on the smartboard and students will move their name to
their lunch of choice.
● Sharpen two pencils.
● Greet your classmates.
● Check cubby books.
● Bathroom break
● Start Morning work.
○ Students will be provided morning work that is aligned to a standard and will be a
problem or two to solve each morning. Some students will get done before others
and they will read an independant book till I give the signal that we are ready to
start the day.
● Morning checklist will look something like this one.
Agenda for the Day:
● The agenda for each day will be visual posted on the board where students can look
whenever they need to. It will look something like this.

How to get students attention:

● To get students attention I will use callbacks. When I say one of the call backs students
will hear it and respond with the appropriate callback. They will know this is when they
should quiet down and listen up to hear instructions. Here are some call backs I will use.

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Bathroom Breaks and Drinks:
 ● Students will be aloud to have water bottles at their desks. But they will be only clear
bottles and only aloud to have water in them. We will go over the rules of using water
bottles in the class. Students will keep water bottles on the floor and only can pick them
up to take a quick drink and set it back down.
● Bathroom breaks will be scheduled in to our schedule. If a students needs to go during
class they will ask and take the bathroom pass to go to the bathroom. There will be two
boy passes and two girl passes. It will be made clear that we will only use these passes
when it is an emergency. If it can wait until we go for our class break then wait but if it
can not they will be aloud to go.
What to do when a pencil breaks:
● Students should have two sharp pencils at the start of everyday. If both those pencils are
broke and they need a sharp pencil there will be a cup where they can grab a sharp
pencil but will need to return that pencil when they have a chance to sharpen their own
pencils.
How school supplies will be handled:
● Students each will have their own supplies. I will have some pencils they can use if they
forget to sharpen theirs but they have to return those pencils when finished with them
and have their pencils sharpened. They will put their name stick into the cup when they
take a pencil out of the cup. All other supplies will be their own, there will not be any
community supplies.
How to collect papers:
● Papers will be handed in with bins. There will be a bin for each subject, for example
homework, reading, math, writing, science, and social studies. Students will hand in
papers to the appropriate bins.
What students do when they finish work early:
● When finished early students will take a book from their book box out and read silently.
The more reading getting done the better!!
Where to find make up work:
● Students will be able to find their makeup work in their mail boxes. When students are
gone I will gather their work and put it in their mail box so it is in their at the start of the
next day. This is also where they will find any notes they need to and paper to take
home.
Eating and drinking in class:
● Students will only be aloud water in the classroom. They are not aloud to eat unless it is
during snack time where the snack is provided from the community snacks the students
will bring at the beginning of the year.
Classroom Jobs:
● Each day 4 students will have a classroom job and will rotate so every student gets a
chance at each of these jobs. The jobs will be:
○ My supply of pencils pencil sharpener: will sharpen all pencils of mine that need
to be sharpened in case a students may need one.
○ Teacher assistant: will help me throughout the day with little jobs i may need.
Such as turning off the lights, running something down to the office, or handing
out papers, etc.
 ○ Class library book monitor: Will check the books in the class library in the
morning and at the end of the day to make sure they are organized and neat
looking. No books on the ground or in the wrong places.
○ Line Leader: Student will be in the front of the line during the day wherever we
may walk to that day.
Unfinished Class Assignments:
● When a student has an unfinished class assignment they will put that assignment in the
work in progress box and will finish this work at recess.
Expectations/Rules:
● We will use inside voices and walking feet in the classroom.
● We will raise our hands to take turns in the classroom.
● We will use good manners like, “Please” and “Thank you”.
● We will follow directions when they are first given.
● We will be respectful when others are talking.
These rules and expectations will be communicated to parents through a video the students will
make about rules and expectations and what they look like and don’t look like.
First Ten days communicating rules and expectations and routines to students:
● Day one:
○ Powerpoint of procedures
■ Morning routine
■ Lining up
■ Getting students attention
■ Bathroom breaks
■ If a pencil breaks
■ Collecting papers
■ What to do when done early with work
■ Where to find missing work
■ Eating and drinking in the classroom
■ Classroom Jobs
■ Unfinished classroom assignments
Will practice procedures by showing how to do each with a student showing how.
● Day two:
○ Review procedures by practicing the right way and the wrong way. Acting out
how to do each procedure the correct way again after the right and wrong.
○ Introduce classroom expectations/rules.
■ By discussing what some rules they think should be in the classroom.
● Day Three:
○ Review procedure
■ Lining up
■ Getting students attention
○ Teach new exception/rule
■ We will use inside voices and walking feet in the classroom.
■ Practice correct way and wrong way.
● Day four:
 ○ Review procedure
■ Morning routine
■ Bathroom breaks
■ If a pencil breaks
○ Review rule from day 3
○ Teach new exception/rule
■ We will raise our hands to take turns in the classroom.
■ Practice and act out.
● Day five:
○ Review routine
■ Collecting papers
■ What to do when done with work early
■ Review rules from days 3 and 4.
○ Teach new expectation/rule:
■ We will use good manners like, “Please” and “Thank you”.
■ We will follow directions when they are first given.
■ Practice and act out.
● Day six:
○ Review routine:
■ Where to find missing work.
■ Eating and drinking in the classroom.
■ Review rules and expectations gone over so far.
○ Teach new expectation/rule:
■ We will be respectful when others are talking.
● Day seven:
○ Review routines and rules:
■ Review all rules and routines by acting out correct and in correct.
■ Introduce how they are going to communicate this with their parents with
their video acting out rules of our classroom and procedures of our
classroom.
● Day eight:
○ Students will start their videos and will be in groups to make these videos.
● Day nine:
○ Students will finalize their videos of rules and expectations and procedure in our
classroom with the do’s and don'ts.
● Day ten:
○ Watch each groups videos as a class.
○ I will send these videos to each parent with a note explaining my role in all of the
rules and procedure in the classroom and also their parent role in the classroom.
Hierarchy of consequences:
● When students misbehave by breaking a classroom rule or school expectation students
steps in order to help them correct that behavior.
○ First students will all start in the purple cup. If they break a rule they will move to
the yellow cup. This is their warning. If they do it again they will move to the
 yellow cup where they will stay inside for recess for 10 minutes and fill out chart
explaining their behavior and how they could of changed what they did. If
behavior continues after this student will move to the red cup and will have to
skip their favorite part of their day and will have to sit down and write and email to
mom and day with me. If put into the yellow or red cup students parents will be
contacted and the sheet will go home with them and email sent.

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Infractions:
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Minor Problem
Definition
Behavior

Defiance/Disrespect/
Non-compliance Student engages in brief or low-intensity failure to respond to adult requests.
(M-Disrespt)

Disruption
Student engages in low-intensity, but inappropriate disruption.
(M-Disruption)

Dress Code
Student wears clothing that is near, but not within, the dress code guidelines defined by
Violation
the school/district.
(M-Dress)

Inappropriate Language
Student engages in low-intensity instance of inappropriate language.
(M-Inapp Lan)

Other Student engages in any other minor problem behaviors that do not fall within the above
(M-Other) categories.
 Physical Contact/
Physical Aggression Student engages in non-serious, but inappropriate physical contact.
(M-Contact)

Property Misuse
Student engages in low-intensity misuse of property.
(M-Prpty Misuse)

Tardy
Student arrives at class after the bell (or signal that class has started).
(M-Tardy)

Technology Violation Student engages in non-serious but inappropriate (as defined by school) use of cell
(M-Tech) phone, pager, music/video players, camera, and/or computer.

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○ Major Behavior Definitions

Major Problem
Definition
Behavior

Abusive Language/
Inappropriate Language/ Student delivers verbal messages that include swearing, name calling or use of words in
Profanity an inappropriate way.
(Inapp Lan)

Defiance/Disrespect/
Insubordination/ Student engages in refusal to follow directions, talks back and/or delivers socially rude
Non-Compliance interactions.
(Disrespt)

Disruption Student engages in behavior causing an interruption in a class or activity. Disruption

(Disruption) includes sustained loud talk, yelling, or screaming; noise with materials; horseplay or
roughhousing; and/or sustained out-of-seat behavior.

Dress Code Violation Student wears clothing that does not fit within the dress code guidelines practiced by the
(Dress) school/district.

Fighting
(Fight) Student is involved in mutual participation in an incident involving physical violence.

Forgery/ Theft Student is in possession of, having passed on, or being responsible for removing someone
(Forge/Theft) else's property or has signed a person’s name without that person’s permission.

Harassment/Bullying Student delivers disrespectful messages* (verbal or gestural) to another person that
(Harass) includes threats and intimidation, obscene gestures, pictures, or written notes.
*Disrespectful messages include negative comments based on race, religion, gender, age,
and/or national origin; sustained or intense verbal attacks based on ethnic origin, disabilities
or other personal matters.

Inappropriate Display of
Affection Student engages in inappropriate, consensual (as defined by school) verbal and/or
(Inapp affection) physical gestures/contact, of a sexual nature to another student/adult.
 Inappropriate Location/
Out of Bounds Area Student is in an area that is outside of school boundaries (as defined by school).
(Out Bounds)

Lying/Cheating
(Lying) Student delivers message that is untrue and/or deliberately violates rules.

Other Behavior
(Other) Student engages in problem behavior not listed.

Physical Aggression Student engages in actions involving serious physical contact where injury may occur
(PAgg) (e.g., hitting, punching, hitting with an object, kicking, hair pulling, scratching, etc.).

Property
Damage/Vandalism Student participates in an activity that results in destruction or disfigurement of property.
(Prop dam)

Skip class
Student leaves or misses class without permission.
(Skip)

Tardy Student is late (as defined by the school) to class or the start up of the school day (and
(Tardy) Tardy is not considered a minor problem behavior in the school).

Technology Violation Student engages in inappropriate (as defined by school) use of cell phone, pager,
(Tech) music/video players, camera, and/or computer.

○ These lists will be sent home and ones highlighted are my major no’s!
○ Student will be sent to the office with a note that highlights which major
infraction student broke. Call home will be made when sent to the office.
BIP:
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