How I Plan to Start the Year Off Strong

Classroom Goals

Prior to School Starting

On The First Day of School

First Week

Yearly Progress

Establish daily

Determine a consistent

Discuss the daily

Start each

Modify

procedures

daily routine for students

procedures with the

day by

procedures if the

transitioning into class

students and explain why

reinforcing

need arise.

and between activities.

the procedures are

the

Reinforce the

important to the students.

procedures.

procedures
through rewards
and discipline to
keep students on
track.

Help students

Determine which

Discuss importance of

Begin to

Show students

work toward

resources students can

independent learning and

provide and

additional

independence

use and make sure they

growing. Show resources

explain how

resources when

have easy accessibility to

when they become relevant

to use

applicable.

those resources.

throughout the year.

resources

Help students

Create a list of classroom

Show students the job list

Help

Rotate students

understand and

jobs and responsibilities.

and assign students.

students

through the job

learn jobs

list.

accept
responsibility
Establish a

Make sure procedures

Discuss the importance of

Encourage

Reward respectful

respectful

promote positive

respect and consequences

respectful

behavior and

atmosphere

collaboration.

of being disrespectful.

behavior.

discipline any
disrespectfulness.

Create a sense of

Prepare a welcome letter

Introduce myself briefly to

Provide

Ask for student

Community

for the first day of school.

the students. Spend the first

more

help in creating

Establish ways for

day having students share

information

classroom

parents to communicate

about themselves.

about myself

bulletins and

and gather

artwork.

with me.

more about
the students.
Classroom

Determine a reward and

Explain the reward and

Review the

Enforce the rules

Management

discipline system for the

discipline system to the

rules daily.

with minimal

whole class, small groups

students and have the

and individual students.

information in the welcome

exceptions.

letter.
Integration of

Meet with the resources

Welcome these students

Make sure to

Continue to

students with

team and discuss the

just like all other students.

explain any

modify according

exceptionalities

best way to help each

differences

to IEPs and have a

student with

in their work

working dialogue

exceptionalities.

with the

with the resource

students and

team.

resources
teacher.