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1. Anticipation Guide- What are thoughts? 2. Class meetings- Ways to use them to save you time & energy 3. Video: Doing Morning Meetings 4. Classroom Environment- Make your space into your saving grace. 5. Wrap-up and Evaluation
Presented by your Area 5 ALTs: Michael Smith & Angela Whitehead For more great resources on this topic & many more visit our Area 5 blog at http://professionallearning.typepad.com/alt5/
Classroom Environment:
Creating a safe and nurturing place for learning
Essential Question
How does classroom environment impact student performance? Goals:
1. Understand the role of classroom meetings. 2. Foster proactive and reactive ways to structure classroom management and relationships.
Anticipation Guide
Managing classroom procedures Post schedules. Let students know in advance when there will be a change. Model, and practice classroom procedures (lining up, walking in the hall, entering the room, center procedures, transitions) this will save valuable instructional time later!
Gives cues and prompts
Managing student behavior Use a system that is easy to manage and understand keep it simple. State your rules clearly and positively Set consequences you can enforce and always follow through Be consistent.
Proactive Suggestions
Engagement Drawing the kids to the learning
Reactive Suggestions
Whole Class Self-Monitoring
Conferencing Action Plans
Instructional Strategies Multiple intelligences & learning styles Cooperative learning Real world application
Organization Visual organizer/agenda/flow charts Materials Class jobs Procedures
Contracts
Behavior Management Charts/Plans Rewards & Consequences
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Meeting Topics:
Issue Bin: Kids can post academic or social concerns to be added to be discussed. No names are used. Teacher has right to say that a topic should be handled privately.
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Video Clip
Doing Morning Meetings
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Class Jobs
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Give kids a place to offfer compliments and other positive classroom reflections.
Taken from Lisa Millers classroom at Frey Elementary.
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Plus (+)/Delta(-) Journal Entry Re: Sub Plan-Do-Study-Act for Behavior too much Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com noise during literacy
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Intervention Strategies
Ignore Eye contact Proximity Pause The look Touch Signal Cue Humor Praise Gesture
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Is the student
1. Seeking attention
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Seeking power
Seeking revenge
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Books:
Resources
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Wrap Up
Think about your classroom environment/ behavior.
On separate Post-Its, write down a
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