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>>teacher: School's going to start next week and I was thinking about my number one
goal and what's that is going to be. So for me, I want my students to have a general
idea of what the tone of my classroom is going to be for the remainder of the year.
Good afternoon. We'll stop right here. Thank you so much for finding your seat
immediately and following the instructions on the screen. I like how you're taking out
a pencil already. Good job.
Good afternoon.
So setting routines on the first day of school is extremely important. It establishes
for your students what your expectations are. And...they understand as soon as they
walk into your classroom they know what's expected of them so practicing routines
and establishing what the routines are going to be are extremely important if you want
your students to do well. We have tons of procedures that you're going to learn. Okay?
We have a procedure for everything. I don't know about you guys but I like when I go
somewhere and I know what's expected of me. Okay? There's rules and procedures
everywhere in life. When you go to the airport, there's a procedure. When you go to
a restaurant and you're ordering food, there's a specific way you have to order food.
You're following procedures. You may not realize it but each and every one of us,
every single day, we're following procedures. So that's what I'm going to do with
you today. I'm going to teach you what my procedures are.
Alright. Passing, exchanging, and collecting papers. Now in my class, there is a right
right way and there's a wrong way. The wrong way is front to back or back to front.
It's important that you set the expectations in the classroom and the specific
procedure. So it's more effective for me and the way that my classroom is set up to
pass the papers from left to right. It just makes it easier for me as a teacher.
The right way is from left to right or right to left, and you're going to set the
papers neatly to your partner; hand it to them. Okay? So we're going to practice.
Can everybody hold this card in front of them?
When I say "go" you're going to pass it to the left. Okay? So they're going to pass it
all the way to you guys. But here's the thing: I don't want you guys to pass it to
them until you received all of their cards. Okay? I don't want you to pass it to them
until you received all of their cards. Is that clear? I don't want you to pass it on
until you've received all of theirs. Is that clear? Here's where the cards are
going to end up. Once you pass it all the way to the left, the cards will end up on the
corner of your desks. Okay? Ready, set, and go.
Practicing routines are very important. Um, it establishes a sense of knowing what's
expected and how to do it correctly. You can't expect your students to know the
first time, um how to do it. So practicing it gives them that opportunity to make sure
they get it right and they do it right. And it shows them that you are serious about
that specific procedure or routine.
That...took you guys sixteen seconds. What you didn't know is I was timing you. That's
okay, you didn't know that you were being timed. One other thing, in my class our
transitions are six seconds. First period got six seconds. Second period, six seconds.
Third period, six seconds. Fifth period, six seconds. We got sixteen. Don't worry
everybody else got high number too at first. But then we practiced and we were able
to pass it all out in under six seconds. That's what we're going to practice now. So
last row, you're going to grab one and pass the stack back. Okay? And go.
So on day two, I like to wait to kind of focus on the rules and consequences and
rewards. It's very important that you establish routines and procedures first.
What are my rules? I'm sure you're eager to know what my rules are. Well here are my
classroom rules. I have five rules. Rules and procedures are different. Procedures
are how you do things. There's a procedure for how to walk in. There's a procedure for
how you check out a book from a library. That-procedures are how you do things.
Rules, okay, are a list of expectations. Kind of, just guidelines.
So my rules are very basic, just five general rules. Most of the rules are school-based.
Number one, no offensive language. In this class, we respect each other just like uh I
respect you, you respect your peers. Now no offensive language does not only mean bad
words. Okay? Sometimes it's the way you say things that could come off mean. So make
sure you speak to each other respectfully and you don't use offensive language. Number
two, come to class prepared. That is paper and pencil. Now I know sometimes we get
really busy. Sometimes our parents don't have time to take us to the store or we forget
to ask. Make sure if you need pencil or paper, you can come to me. I will give it to
you for free. Um come to me after school and I will be happy to give it to you.
So for my rules and consequences and rewards, I just kind of just explained it to
to them and let them know that they are part of the process and I do want their feedback
and how we can make this a functioning, fun classroom and what rewards they're
interested in. What happens if you break the rules in my class? What happens if you
break the procedures? Let's say you don't come in quiet? Let's say you decide to talk
and to with your partners or just mess around? Here are some consequences.
Now, I may give you a warning. Sometimes that warning is let's say you are doing
something you're not supposed to be doing, I'll look at you and expect you to change
your behavior immediately. Now, if you don't change your behavior what we'll probably
have to do is go over social skills at lunch, review them until you get it. Okay?
Now you don't want to spend your lunchtime in here. That's the time when you can go out
with your friends and have fun. Okay? So don't get past the verbal warning. You don't
want to get past that. Okay? And if that doesn't work we're going to have to establish
a working plan with you, maybe your counselors, maybe your parents. Whatever
takes. Whatever it takes to fix the behavior. Okay? Rewards. I like to reward my
students. I like to stay in this area. Okay? Here are the different types of rewards.
By the way, uh, I will allow you guys also very soon to choose what rewards you'd
like to have in the classroom. Okay? What are some things that interest you. Maybe
these are outdated? Maybe this doesn't interest you any more. But let me go over
them. First, homework pass...
Respect is a conversation um and an idea that has to be kind of collectively shared
amongst everyone in the room, in the environment. So it's very important for me to
allow my students to establish what they feel respect looks like in the classroom,
so I really wanted to give them that opportunity.
Just waiting for all eyes on me. Excellent. Perfect. Respect is big in my class. If you
are going to be successful in my class you must understand what it means to be
respectful. You will find that I am respectful of you from day one all the way to the
very end of the school year. I will always respect you. Okay? Now what I need to teach
you is how to be respectful to each other, to my classroom, and to the things that
we're doing. Okay? With all the things that we do, it's important that you are
respectful. So here's a definition that we're going to focus on for respect.
Let's do a closed reading. Read the words that I pause on. Okay? To value or
>>class: regard
>>teacher: the worth of people and
>>class: things.
>>teacher: And I first kind of outlined you know what respect means for me and gave
them an opportunity to do the same. So I think that's what elicited this kind of honest
process in which they identified certain aspects of themselves and how they can
bring respect into the classroom. I am going to give you an opportunity
to make some promises of ways in which you can show respect in this classroom. What are
five different ways you promise to show respect in this classroom?
I really want you guys to think about these answers.
Who would like to participate? What is one promise that you'd like to share? Go.
>>student: I promise not write on the books and desks.
>>teacher: Thank you. I promise to not to write on the books or desks. Thank you for
respecting property. Yes.
>>student: I promise to accept no for an answer.
>>teacher: Nice. I promise to accept no for an answer. Good. I love how many of you are
participating right now. Excellent.
So in a classroom it's all about how you frame you're expectations positively. So
there's a five to one ratio. You want- always want to make sure the amount of
times that you are positively framing your expectations are way more than how many
times you address a negative behavior. You guys are doing a great job of following
instructions and focusing and staying on task. Thank you. Not only did you guys put
your hands up but every single one of you were looking at me with your hands up like
this. Perfect. That's excellent. That's what we want to do. I like how I didn't even
say this yet, but when everyone was sharing, the whole entire class was looking
at that person. Excellent. Thank you for giving that person your attention.
So a lot of my students what they say about me is I'm strict but in a nice way. And I
like that cause it lets me know that okay I have structure in my classroom and yes, I
am strict, I have rules and procedures. But they know that I care about them and I'm
nice about it and I'm friendly. So I actually like when students say I'm strict
but in a nice way. We're going to try entering the classroom one more time...
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