Blog # 3

"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image." ~ Author Unknown

1. My teacher's classroom management plan is slightly different than others due to the fact that the classroom population is so large. There is a large emphasis on classroom and school procedures and students are always expected to hold up to these procedures in order for them to work efficiently. I think that the plan in the room is positive experience, each student know the rules and the consequences associated with those rules. It is important for all the students to work as one to have success as a whole class. Students are being moved to the next step all the time and this usually because they do not do what they are asked, disrespectful to any other adult in the classroom or their peers, and if they use inappropriate language.


2. Two things that my teacher does to avoid unnecessary instructions is : 1) if a student needs a new pencil then the teacher has previously sharpen pencils to hand to the student in return for their broken one. This way the students are not being loud as they sharpen their pencils and interrupt snack time. 2) my teacher provides snack time for the students during reading or writing time. This helps students get a small snack in their stomaches since they have the lastest lunch and it prevent the complaining about being so hungry.

3. Classroom Management
a. I believe that education is the foundation in society. Education is the pathway to achieving success down every path that an individual chooses. I believe in hands-on instruction and activites. Students learn best when they are help to practice the skill that they have previous learned.  Teachers would create a managmenet that promote positive environment will allow students to see a model of the correct behavior. Classroom management is an important part of creating a positive classroom environment. 
b. See image. This a sample idea that I would like for my classroom. 
c. Classroom Rules:
1. Respect fellow classmates
2. Keep hands and feet to yourself.
3. listen quietly wile others are talking.
4. Raise your hand and wait to be called on. 
5. Always try your best!
d. Rountines
Entering the Classroom:
- Remain silent and head directly to your seat.
- Students can work on on bell work that is not completed or read independently.
Bathroom
- Students can raise "one finger" signal to use the bathroom.
- The teacher will either agree or shake his/her head no and the student will wait until a better time to go comes around. 
Lining Up
- Students will be called by their table number to line up at the door.
- Students will push in their chairs as they leave their tables to line up.
- As the students reach the door, they will line up in ABC by their last name.
- Students are to remain quiet as they are lining up and as they walk through the hallways. 
Going someone
- Students will follow up the lining up procedures.
- Students will walk on the right hand side of the hallway 
- Remain silent as they continue through the hallway.
Getting students attention
-Teacher will say "If you can hear, me clap once" 
-If students quiet down, the teacher will continue the lesson.
- If students continue to talk the teacher will continue say "If you can hear me," as the number of claps increase until the students quiet down. 
- This allows for students to take responsibility for quieting down when it is time for the teacher to talk.
Asking questions
- Students will raise their hand for asking a question. 
-They can ask it when they are called on from the teacher. 
- Any student who yells out the answer will be ignored and the teacher will wait until a student raises their hand.
Completed Work
-Students will place the completed work in the bin by the door.
- Once graded the teacher will give it back to the student at their desk.
Exiting for Dismissal
- Students will be called by their table numbers to grab their bags and line up at the door.
-Before leaving the table, students will push in their chairs.
-As the students line up, they will remain silent and be line up in ABC order.
- Students will wait for the teacher to dismiss them from the classroom.
-Once the students are outside, they will be able to talk to their walking neighbors and get on the correct bus color as they walk by the bus.
e. Dealing with disruptive behavior
-There will be 4 different consequences when the students are misbehaving
1st Verbal Warning
2nd 10 Minute Time-out in another classroom and a not home in their agenda
3rd 20 minute Time-out and a call home to their parents
4th Sent to the office, called home, and an after school detention with the classroom behavior.