Demonstrate honesty and caring to encourage students to act in the same manner to teacher and to others.

Share feelings and reactions about occurrences that happen in the school setting.

Acknowledge and accept other perspectives to situations, problems of students.

Create opportunities for personal discussions

Demonstrate interest in student’s activities

Join school and community events

State objectives clearly  

Present direct instruction in a variety of ways that will be helpful to all kinds of learners.

Engage students by relating topics to their own lives at the start of each lesson

Model correct performance efficiently

Monitor student work to check for understanding

Provide time for independent, daily practice

Allow self-checks for both students and teacher

Provide closure and a focus for next lesson

Students will take responsibility for their own learning by giving them some control over the learning environment

Allow students to follow their interest in selecting appropriate learning materials.

Learning centers developed for student use

Use cooperative learning

Develop group interdependence

Encourage “team” mentality

Teach interpersonal skills to be practiced in small group

Manipulatives

Visual aids

Relate field trips, guest speakers, and community visits to lessons

Involve students in tutoring programs

Use concrete examples when teaching

Individualize instruction

Students will sit in a circular design of 4 students per group, they will be able to see each other and also the teacher clearly.  

There is a spot in the back of the room for the teacher to read aloud to students-this is designated by a big, comfy rug for the students to sit on and a chair for the teacher.

There is also an area designed for students to read by themselves, to one another, or in small groups.  This area has a child-size bookcase so that they can see everything.  There are also beanbag chairs in a variety of colors for the students to sit in.

Around the room there are different learning centers for all the different content areas.  These areas will be based on a current theme.  Approximately every two weeks a new theme will begin and the centers will change.

There will be a class pet, something reasonable that the class can decide on together.  This will help the children build responsibility and accountability in the students.

On the walls in the room the students’ work will be displayed, along with special projects, pictures, and posters.

The room will have two major components, in which all rules are included: Be Responsible, Be Respectful.  This means for you and for others.  Guidelines, questions, thoughts, etc. will be discussed at the start of the year.

Students will be allowed to use the bathroom any time except during teacher instruction.  If the bathroom is located inside the classroom, one student may wait in line if someone is occupying the facilities.  If the bathroom were located outside the room, one boy and one girl would be allowed to use the bathroom at the same time.  The students would have nametags that they would have to take with them so that the teacher knows which students have left.

Class will be student based with the students helping to make important decisions, within reason

Discipline problems will be handled using a behavior management chart.  The chart will have each student’s name written on four colored note cards- white, pink, orange, and yellow.  The student will first be given a verbal warning, and then the teacher will simply have to flip the student’s card if they continue to misbehave.  Each card has certain consequences of losing an amount of free time.  The chart is a weeklong process.  For those students that continually have behavioral problems, a daily chart will be created so that the student is not always missing out on free time.

Soft music will be played to signal to the students that they have to stop the activity they are working on and move to the carpet by the time the music is over.

The Give Me Five technique will be played to gain the students’ attention during an activity for teacher explanations.

Harry Wong’s style of routine and procedure will be implemented in the class so that the class will run efficiently and smoothly.