Classroom+Procedures


 * While I was interning in Ms. Burroughs class she had several classroom procedures that she put in place at the beginning of the year for her first graders. The main procedure for the students in the morning is for them to come in the classroom and unpack their book bags. When they unpack their book bags they know that they are to take their agendas out and put them in a special bin. Then they are to put their red, "homework folders" in a bin according to what means of transportation gets them home in the afternoon. In the beginning, getting the children to put their homework folders in the right bin was a small challenge, but as Ms. Burroughs continued to take steps in helping them remember, they got the hang of it fast. Now, the students come in and do this procedure with no prompting by Ms. Burroughs. This helps to get the day started easier.


 * Ms. Burroughs also has procedures that the students learn to follow and understand the first week of school. If the students are getting to rowdy all she does is say, "give me five" and holds up her hand and the students copy her action and quickly stop talking. This works well in getting the students to tone it done and get back on task.


 * Another procedure Ms. Burroughs uses is saying "1,2,3 all eyes on me" the students repeat back to her, "4,5,6 my eyes are fixed". I found this to be a cute procedure and way to catch the students' attention. She also used this procedure as a way of getting her students' attention when it was time for them to listen and transition to another activity.


 * Mrs. Williams had a morning procedure for her classroom. Her fifth grade students knew right when they came in the classroom every morning to go and make their lunch choice by moving their apple on a chart to the lunch they wanted to have for that day. Once they made their lunch choices they unpacked their book bags, hung their book bags up in the back of the classroom, and sat down and played games on their own technology until the morning announcements.


 * Another procedure Mrs. Williams has in her classroom is a bathroom policy procedure. Before her fifth graders leave her classroom for any reason they must sign their name, time they left, and time they return in Mrs. Williams binder beside the door. This is a procedure that allows Mrs. Williams to monitor where and how often her students are leaving the room. It also keeps disruption during her lessons to a minimum.


 * Ms. Burroughs also used a procedure with her first graders that I saw as an excellent idea to help remind her first graders the importance of writing their name on their work. As she passed out or had the teacher helper for that day pass out papers she would sing this little jingle and the students would sing it with her:
 * The first thing on your paper is your name. (and your number)
 * The first thing on your paper is your name. (and your number)
 * The teacher needs to know who did the work and so
 * The first thing on your paper is your name. (and your number)


 * In Mrs. Williams classroom her students have Tuesday folders that they take home every Tuesday and are supposed to have their parents sign the folder to show they saw it and also have them sign other important papers that need to come back to school on Wednesday or keep other work papers at their house. When students come in on Wednesday they know to bring their Tuesday folders to Mrs. Williams's desk for her to check over them and make sure their parents have signed the folder and seen it. After she checks the folders she gives the students whose parents have signed the folder and looked at it a quarter.

media type="custom" key="24539414" I like this teacher's end of the day procedures of connecting what they have learned to taking it out of the classroom to their parents. I also like the procedure of letting the students know the importance of their presence in her classroom.

This is a procedure I would like to incorporate into my own classroom to keep verbal disruptions to a minimum.

Great procedural idea for sending your K-2 students to different centers.