- Edmund T. Emmer
- Carolyn M. Evertson
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Classroom and Materials - Room arrangement:
- Consistent with instructional goals and activities
- Teacher-led vs small groups
- Mix of both?
- High-traffic areas free of congestion
- Students easily seen by teacher
- Frequently used materials/supplies easily accessible
- Students easily see board
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Classroom and Materials - Suggestions for arranging your classroom:
- Bulletin boards/walls
- Daily assignments on decorative display (colored paper or borders)
- 9th grade and below post rules of classroom
- Reward “class of the month”
- Floor space - starting point: where is whole-class instruction?
- Student desks - avoid students w/backs to instructional area
- Teacher’s desk and other equipment
- Storage space and supplies
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Classroom and Materials - If you have to float:
- Familiarize yourself with the room
- Try to arrange a projector for daily use
- Prepare transparencies for lessons/hw assignments, and notices
- A regular space on the board for assignments
- Storage space for materials that cannot be carried with you everyday
- Try to get a cart
- Assign early arriving students the task of preparing the room
Chapter 2: Choosing Rules and Procedures - Why rules and procedures are needed
- Rules identify general expectations or standards - best when positively stated (You may talk when given permission)
- Procedures communicate expectations for behavior - apply to a specific activity
- Planning classroom rules and procedures (consequences?)
- Identify school rules and procedures
- Around 5 sufficient to cover most behavior (student participation?)
- Bring all needed materials to class
- Be in your seat and ready to work when the bell rings
- Respect and be polite to all people
- Respect other people’s property
- Obey all school rules
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