Classroom+Procedures


 * 1) In Mrs. Robbins' 2nd Grade classroom, she used a number system for the tables. Above each table she had an Owl with a number 1-5 on it. She used the table numbers to call on students to get their books from cubbies and go to the bathroom during snack. Also, she had a short sharing time each day: table 1 always went on Mondays, table 2 always went on Tuesdays, table 3 always went on Wednesdays and so forth.
 * 2) In Mrs. Norris' 1st Grade classroom, she used a color system for the tables. She a colored star in the middle of each table and would call them by group to do anything by calling the color of the table's star like "Blue Star Table".
 * 3) For helpers, there is a helper section with 2 hooks on a cabinet. One has a flip book for all of the girls names and one has a flip book for all of the boys names. Each day there is one girl helper and one boy helper, and at the end of the day you simply flip to the next name and that will be who the helpers are tomorrow. These helpers do every job throughout the day.
 * 4) Another idea for helpers from Mrs. Norris' class is to have their names on laminated papers with Velcro on the back. Each job is listed out with Velcro also. The calendar leader for the day draws out names to go under the job. To keep track and make sure every child gets the chance to do every job, there is a chart with all of the students' names and the jobs that Mrs. Norris checks off as a child is selected for a job. This way if the students draws another student that already done that job Mrs. Norris can check and choose another job that the student hasn't done yet.
 * 5) To line up at the door Mrs. Norris calls the students up by their table. There is always a different line leader that knows that hanging on the back of the door is a flip book with Line Songs. The line leader gets to choose 2 songs for all of the students to sing such as "Put your finger on your lips" and "1,2,3,4". The students learn the songs within the first couple of weeks so they can easily join in and do what the words are saying before they leave the classroom.
 * 6) Mrs. Robbins had a Morning Procedure and an Afternoon Procedure that were on checklists on the board. Each morning the kids: Unpack (bookbags, homework, lunch and ice cream money), Unstack chair, Sharpen 2 pencils to keep at desk, Go to the bathroom, begin morning work. This worked really well because by the second week students knew exactly what to do when they came in and most of the students were ready when class started.
 * 7) In both of the classrooms I've been in it was a common procedure that when you finish the work that we are currently working on before the time is up, then you should either finish any other unfinished work that is left in your "Unfinished Work" folder at your table or if your folder was empty because all of your work was finished then you were to read (From either your "Book Bag" or "Book Box").
 * 8) An idea for a procedure to do while students are working to let the teacher know where they are at is to have a flip book on each students' seat with a green, yellow, or red card. The green would mean that the student completely understands the assignment, the yellow card would be that the student is a little unsure of what to but can figure it out on their own or with the help of a neighbor, the red card would mean that the student has no idea what to do and needs the teacher's help immediately. I like this idea a lot better than just students raising their hands because you know who is most important to take care of first (red cards.)
 * 9) For students who don't know how to spell a word: instead of always asking a teacher, I think that it's a good idea for them to keep a "mini-office". In this mini-office they, have a small (printed out) dictionary and thesaurus, and a page of a "try it out chart." If the word they need is not in the dictionary or thesaurus then the student can ask the teacher after they've tried to spell it themselves on the try it out page, if they do not have it right then the teacher will write the correct way to spell it on the chart. This way the student can look back at their own chart as well so they do not ask for the same word to be spelled more than once.
 * 10) This idea is from McEver Academy in Gainesville. I really liked the idea that the students hang their book bags outside of the classroom, this saves from extra clutter in the classroom and on the floor and will be easy for them to line up at the end of the day when they are leaving
 * 11) Every classroom has a procedure for what to do when it is work time. This would be awesome to hang up so that the students can see it so that the teacher is not constantly getting asked what to do when they are finished with their work. [[image:http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c4/17/f2/c417f2c2a1fb4bdb2d58db0edc10c12b.jpg width="393" height="517" caption="Classroom procedures"]]