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Class Management
refers to the procedures and
routines
that are used to keep the daily business of the classroom running
smoothly.
Be
consistent. Be consistent. Be consistent.
Do
you want each of your students to have his/her own personal white board to use
in class? It is a great way for all to participate and an easy way for you to
monitor all students when doing group exercises!
One of the cheapest ways
to obtain these handy items is to go to your local hardware store and buy a sheet
of white shower board. Then ask the attendant there who is in charge of cutting
materials to cut you approximately 12"X12" squares from the board. You can get
approximately 30 boards from just one sheet of shower board! It works great!
Keep
all students actively involved in every lesson!!
For example, while a student
does a presentation, involve the other students in taking notes or evaluating
it.
Any
suggestions on how to help extremely disorganized students?? There
are so many like this.
If they don't learn the organizational skills, they
will always have problems- in school, in jobs, and in their lives. Explain to
the class that learning to be organized is a skill that is learned AND it is
important.
Do ONE thing at a time.
First, empty the desk of everything.
Have one place for materials-in a box, an a shelf, even on the floor.
There
is something about dealing with One thing at a time and standing, walking, clearly
seeing, returning to a desk that makes an impression.
Slowly return items to
desk. Monitor carefully and remove them if it becomes disorganized. Use
construction paper to make folders to hold papers/work...red for Math, green for
Science, etc. Set 1-3 items that are permitted in the backpack. Check backpacks
daily at the beginning and the end of the day. A student partner can help
with monitoring all of this.
Use
proximity control...be nearby....WALK up and down the rows, around the room, around
the groups. STAND next to the restless. Quietly finger tap
the desk of any who are NOT paying attention....whisper their name. Use
student names in discussion. Use student names in examples or problems...Tom went
to the store with $4...... Be sure to mention...
Mary is
ready, Tom's group is ready to go on, Mike's table is listening....
OR..
one
person is ready, 2 rows are listening, almost everyone is ready to go on
Please
tell your neighbor to listen...
Discipline
....a spoonful of sugar....
Call
two parents a day for the next month.
Try to have something of improvement
/ progress to say about each child. I just wanted to tell you
that Susie handed in the neatest paper she's
done this year.
Tuan helped
to welcome a new student to our class today.
Tom asked a very good question
in Science today. It really showed that he was interested in ....
Maria was
so helpful in cleaning up after the Art lesson today.
Jimmy did all his assignments
today and I wanted you to know.
It is amazing the positive results this gets.
Remember!
If you
ask,
"Does anyone have any questions?"
and you get no
questions- that means students
probably don't know or understand enough
to ask a question!!
So, ask questions that will tell you if there is understanding.
Just remember though that just because one student gives the answer it does
NOT mean anyone else knows the answer.
Ask more than one student to give
the answer to the same question...
Tell me more.
Say it in a different
way.
How would you say it?
Say it again.
Then ask the question in
a different way and check for understanding.
Classroom management
is facilitated by good
planning and a fast pace.
ALWAYS have at least 2 or 3 back-up activities
prepared.
If
students need a pencil, lend small, yucky pencils!
Giving
individual / small group help ...efficiently!!
When
doing seat work assignments, if students need help have them write their name
on the board with the page # and problem /question # . Tell them then to go on
to the next one. Then when 5 minutes or so have passed, you
can say....All those that need help with page# problem/question# come to the table
for help.
When
collecting papers, train students to pass right side up and put their paper ON
TOP so there is a consistant order to papers.
For
easier correcting...
Train students to flod the right side of papers
to create an ANSWER column on papers...especially for math
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