Classroom management - Behaviour - Portable Centres- Calendar

Back to school tips

Classroom:

• Decide on a theme for your classroom

• Prepare/purchase bulletin board materials

• Decide where to post notices/materials

• Make a classroom welcome sign

• Set up learning centers, display tables, and student work areas

Resources:

• Writing, drawing, and construction paper

• Pencils/Pens

• Crayons

• Paste/glue

• Stapler/staples

• Paper clips

• Transparent tape

• Manila folders

• Rulers

• Art supplies

• Lesson plan book

• Attendance materials

• Textbooks/workbooks

Find about

• Fire drills

• Tornado drills

• Lunch procedure

• Staff handbook

• Dismissal procedure

• Your colleagues

Resources for children

• Make student name tags

• Decide on your seating procedure

•  Prepare first-day materials to send home (emergency cards, school/classroom rules, bus regulations/info, letter to parents, classroom schedule)

• Prepare class list

• Check records for students with special needs

Organization

• Brainstorm class expectations

• Arrange desks

• Pin up bulletin boards, notices, etc.

• Write lesson plans for the first week

• Duplicate materials for first week

• Write daily schedule, date, and your name on the board

• Prepare files for parent correspondence, school bulletins, and sub teachers

Think about procedures

• Book distribution

• Turning in work, format of work

• Handing back assignments

• Homework

• Grading-recording grades, extra credit, portfolios

• Housekeeping procedures-clean up, supply storage

• Rewards and incentives

• Communicating with parents

• Signals for students' attention

• Daily routines-beginning of day, transition times, independent and group work

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