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Classroom f Management During Centers

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

1. How does kindergarten teacher Ryan Berger use lights and a song to transition between centers?

2. Notice how Mr. Berger repeats instructions prior to the transition How is content addressed during transitions to make the most use of time?

School Details

Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield
1118 Church Road
Oreland PA 19075

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Ryan Berger is in the middle of his first year as a new Kindergarten teacher. He asks Jim Knight to observe a lesson and share strategies to help him specifically with transitioning students between centers. Mr. Knight looks for classroom management strategies he can recommend to help Mr. Berger improve class structure.

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Classroom Management PowerPoint Presentation

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Online Encyclopedia for Positive Behavior Interventions Strategies

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PBIS World | A Complete Tier 1 Through Tier 3 Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports System

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Classroom Management Articles on Reading Rockets

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It's called lots of different things: Drop Everything and Read (DEAR), Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), and Million Minutes to name a few. Regardless of the different names, the intent is the same - to develop fluent readers by providing time during the school day for students to select a book and read quietly.

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Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Strategies: PowerPoint

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Setting classroom norms at the very beginning of a class is one of the best methods of classroom management. Hang a flip chart or poster or dedicate a section of white board if you have the space and list expected classroom behaviors. Refer to this list when disruptions occur. Using a flip chart or whiteboard can be especially useful because you can involve students in the construction of the list on the first day and in that way get buy-in. Start with a few of your own expectations and ask the group for additional suggestions. When you all agree on how you want the classroom to be managed, disruptions are minimal.

Your list of norms may look something like this:

Start and end on time

Turn off or silence cell phones

Save texting for breaks

Respect the contributions of others

Be open to new ideas

Resolve differences calmly

Stay on topic

It's always a good idea to address questions of any kind when they occur because curiosity provides fabulous teaching moments, but sometimes it just isn't appropriate to get off track. Many teachers use a flip chart or white board as a holding place for such questions to ensure they're not forgotten. Call your holding place something appropriate to your topic. I've seen parking lots and flower pots. Be creative. When a question being held is eventually answered, mark it off the list.

Unless you've got a completely obnoxious student in your classroom, chances are good that disruptions, when they do occur, will be fairly mild, calling for mild management. We're talking about disruptions like chatting in the back of the room, texting, or someone who is argumentative or disrespectful.

Try one, or more, if necessary, of the following tactics:

Make eye contact with the disruptive person

Remind the group of the agreed-upon norms

Move toward the disruptive person

Stand directly in front of the person

Be silent and wait for the disruption to end

Acknowledge the input, put it in your "parking lot" if appropriate, and go on

"You may be right."

"Thanks for your comment."

"How about if we park that comment and come back to it later."

Ask for help from the group
"What does everyone else think?"

Rearrange the seating if you think it will help

Call for a break

Speak with the person privately

Confront the behavior, not the person

Speak for yourself only, not the class

Seek to understand the reason for the disruption

Ask the person to recommend a solution

Review your expectations of classroom behavior if necessary

Try to get agreement on expected norms

Explain any consequences of continued disruptions

It's generally unprofessional to share frustrations about individual students with other teachers who may be influenced toward that person in the future. This doesn't mean you can't consult with others. Just choose your confidants carefully.

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Tips for Managing Disruptive Students in the Classroom

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Setting classroom norms at the very beginning of a class is one of the best methods of classroom management. Hang a flip chart or poster or dedicate a section of white board if you have the space and list expected classroom behaviors. Refer to this list when disruptions occur.

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Classroom Management Strategies To Take Control Of Noisy Students

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Student Responsibility Card (Pink Slip for Missed Homework)

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Clip of Chelonnda Seroyer speaking from the First Days of School DVD

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How to contact the "Procedure Queen"

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Classroom Management Video : Using Movement for transition

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Thought starters

1. Why is it important to think about "choreographing your classroom" prior to teaching?

2. How does the effort put into teaching transitions pay off in the long term?

3. Why does Ms. Saul have students talk about what transitions look like, sound like, and feel like?

Teachers

English Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Arts / 3 / Teacher

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Third grade teacher Jen Saul choreographs her classroom to create smooth transitions. She talks about how she thinks about the flow of students throughout the day. Jen considers the pathways in her classroom and explicitly tells students which aisles to walk down when moving around the classroom.

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Using Vocabulary to Transition

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

1. What is the class's daily routine for learning the word of the day?

2. Why does Ms. Noonan have students "sit like a scholar" and wait before she says the word of the day?

3. How does the "Grab Bag Quiz" help with classroom management as students move back to their desks?

School Details

Think College Now School
2825 International Boulevard
Oakland CA 94601

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Teachers

English Language Arts Math Social Studies / 5 / Teacher

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Madeline Noonan shows us two ways she manages transitions. We see her "Word of the Day" routine and her "Grab Bag Quiz." Both of these help to manage her class and add instructional time as students transition from one activity or location to another.

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The Behavior Queen:
Behavior Strategies that Work

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Amie Dean has a passion for the "problem" students of the world. The students who are disrespectful, defiant, broken, and shut down have been a part of her every day for almost 25 years. As a former special education teacher, Amie spent many years teaching in classrooms with the most challenging students on campus and found a way to reach each and every one. She believes most teachers truly want to help these students - want to believe in them - but are not trained on HOW to do it. This has become Amie's new personal mission - to help teachers implement positive, practical strategies in their classrooms to save our most challenging students - and themselves. Book Amie for your school, your district, or your conference so she can teach your teachers how to:

Teach Hard. Love Harder.

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Behavior Queen | Rule Less. Teach More. | Teach Hard. Love Harder.

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Amie Dean has a passion for the "problem" students of the world. The students who are disrespectful, defiant, broken, and shut down have been a part of her every day for almost 25 years. As a former special education teacher, Amie spent many years teaching in classrooms with the most challenging students on campus and found a way to reach each and every one.

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Classroom Management PowerPoint Presentation

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Harry Wong's Classroom Management Video

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Classroom Management Strategies To Take Control Of Noisy Students

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Harry Wong describes how to have a well managed classroom.

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Harry Wong's Book Website

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Effective Teaching | Harry K. Wong Publications

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Harry K. Wong, the most sought after speaker on teacher effectiveness, provides advice on academic instruction, management and teacher expectations.

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Ninth Grade English Classroom

Week One Day One Procedures

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