After reading 4 books and being right in the middle of the 5th one, I am officially overloaded with information. No more classroom management! AHHHHH! I think I have decided on how I will manage my classroom, but am going to let the ideas simmer in the back of my mind for awhile. :)
Here is what I'm thinking:
*Procedures, procedures, procedures. Practice those procedures until they are old hat to the kids. I am going to have the students help me come up with some procedures in small groups. Other procedures that I want done a certain way I will write up, and then either have students illustrate OR have them demonstrate and take pictures to go along with the procedure. I plan on making them into a book for kids to reference and to leave with a sub so that he or she knows the way our classroom runs.
*Have daily classroom meetings where we will come up with rules/consequences (of course I will be trying to guide them to what I would like to happen), solve problems that students are having in the classroom, and build classroom community by doing compliments and sharing.
*Misbehavior? Surely I won't have any of that! ;) Offer a limited choice to students (you can continue to stay in your seat and work quietly or can go work at the cool down table) and then follow through! Logical consequences as needed.
*Still trying to figure out what exactly I would like to do to recognize "good" behavior as I don't really want to reward for following the rules that should be followed no matter what. I was thinking of having the class choose a class goal to work on each trimester and then we could plan a celebration at the end of the trimester.
Simmer, simmer, simmer. We shall see how it works and if I come up with anything different while the juices are bubbling over the next few weeks.
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