💕Hello everyone! 💕
Holidays are coming and has me thinking about vacation time and students returning to school. Time to think about reteaching behaviors I expect!
I
practice procedures not punishment.
Teaching and practicing classroom routines and procedures reduces many
if not most of the behavior problems in elementary classrooms. Engineering the physical classroom for
productive passage and explicit teaching is a must! When students know what to do and when to do
it, classrooms run smoothly.
I explicitly teach
expected behavior using the following:
- Provide a rationale
- Explain expected behaviors
- Model expected behaviors
- Provide opportunities to practice
- Provide feedback
- Reteach
Some
procedures I teach:
- How to walk and enter a room
Lead with
a smile and positive learning attitude
- Where to sit
Boy – girl reminding students that when
adults are at work they work together
- How to sit
I use a story about what students would
think if I lay on my table while teaching
- What your body looks like as a student
Sitting
up straight, eyes and ears on the teacher
Children
should be moving while they learn, so I use activities that include action. Motion
wakes up a student’s brain, reduces distractions and fidgeting. Movement keeps learning fun! Here are some of my favorite vocabulary
activities:
·
End of the line
o Students line
up, single file, taking turns naming vocabulary pictures. Students go to the ‘end of the line’ by walking
around the table to line up for another turn
·
Slap it!
o Lay out vocabulary
cards face up. Students gather round the
table, hands on their heads. Call out a
vocabulary word and the first person to slap the card gets a point.
