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Getting Off to a Good Start
Evertson, Chapter 4
Creating a Positive Climate in Your Class
Speak courteously and calmly
Share information
Use positive statements
Establish feeling of community
Teaching Rules and Procedures
Describe and demonstrate desired behavior
Rehearse desired behavior
Feedback
Planning for a Good Beginning
• Whole group lesson• Take into account students concerns • Watch carefully to detect problems• Greet students:
– Prepare students name tagswatch pins!– As students enter the room greet them warmly
and calling their names– Make temporary seating chart– Introduce yourself– Show where everything is in the class
• Get acquainted activities– Ask students to introduce themselves or reciprocal
introductions– Use name game (adjectives)– Have students write their biographies or complete a
questionnaire– Make a puzzle with student names– Set aside time to discuss what they have learned that
day– Scavenger hunt describing the student and the rest of
the class name who he/she is– Have students bring an item that represents them
• Presentation and discussion of rules– School rules– Classroom rules– Consequences– Copy of the rules and send them to the parents– Review procedures
• Content activities– Use uncomplicated activities and have
• Time fillers• Administrative activities
– Grade book– Ordering materials
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Communicating withParents
Materialsneeded
Times available
Curri-culum
Field tripsevents
Meals
Special and Common ProblemsInterruptions let the person wait, not your class
give students something to doLate arrivalsgreet them as warmly as possible
let the student know what they have missedOne or more children are assigned to your class after the first daysame
as aboveChild forgets lunch money or suppliesuse emergency funds
have extra suppliesLarge amount of paper workdo not use class time or monitor the class
while you work
Keep Track
Occasional Problems
• Child forgets bus number or misses the bus– Rehearse bus procedures– Label the younger students so others can help– Have parents’ phone numbers
• Insufficient number of textbooks– Before classes begin, check the availability of books– Have students share– Teacher prepared materials
• One student has a disability that interferes with understanding or following directions– Seat students close to you and engage students in simple
activities– Refer child, perhaps in resource room– Talk to the parents
• Crying– Find out the cause– Distract the child and engage him in an activity– Assign a friend to accompany him to get water, wash
her face etc.
• Wetting– Very embarrassing – Have paper towels to facilitate clean-up– Call home so they can bring a new change of clothes
• Child becomes sick– Stay calm– Do not leave the child unnattended
Preparing for a Substitute
• Class roll• Seating chart• Copy of classroom rules and consequences• Daily schedule• List of medical alerts and medications• Emergency lesson plans• Names of teachers and students who can provide
assistance• Emergency procedures• Map of the school