Classroom Management by Abbey Walker - PowerPoint Presentation

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Classroom Management

by Abbey Walker

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What is good classroom management?

What does a classroom look like and sound like that has good management?

think

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write thoughts down - 5 min.

pair

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discuss your ideas with a partner - 5 min

share

out with whole group - 5 min.

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The Abbey Opinion...

In a well managed classroom…

Students know what to do and they are engaged in doing it, with little to no wasted time.

Consistently throughout the day, every day.

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Different things to manage:

Physical environment

paperwork

student behavior

time

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physical environment

Managing the physical environment has a

direct impact

on student behavior.

“Good management involves the prevention of problems; a carefully laid-out physical environment is the first step.”

Jere Brophy & Thomas Good (1984)

This is the first step in effective classroom management.

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physical environment

(set up of student desks, where to store needed supplies, turning in work, keeping track of unfinished work, technology, teacher desk, etc.)

Think about the ease of getting things done,

if it is cumbersome, it will waste learning time & provide opportunity for misbehavior.

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student desks

There is

no “best way”

to set up student desks. The best way is setting up desks in a way that students are successful and learning.

Common ways to set up desks include rows, pairs, groups of 4-6 or more, the U shape and the modified U (capital E and backwards E).

Just because students are sitting in groups DOES NOT mean they are cooperatively learning.

Just because students are sitting in rows DOES NOT mean they are not cooperatively learning.

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Student desks

Every class has a unique personality, and you need to set up desks in a way that works for that particular group of students.

Right now my desks are in groups and it works for this class. I am very thoughtful about seating assignments (who sits next to who). Some years I have not been able to have groups, I had to have the students in rows because they distracted each other so much.

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seating arrangements:

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/seating-arrangements

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/seating-chair-options

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seating arrangements

I

always assign seats

and every month students move to a new location. I never give choice seating, I am very intentional about who sits together because I think they will work well together, help each other and not distract each other.

My thought process in assigning seats:

separate the most talkative/distracted/off task to the 4 corners of the room.

put students near the front who need extra teacher support

put 2 high achievers together (at the same table group) because they tend to push each other to learn more

put “helper” students near students who have low skills

try to surround the loudest student with quiet students

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seating arrangements

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Storing student supplies

Think of the ease of students doing work, not struggling to “find things.”

What do you want students to store in the desk? (the less stuff, the easier it is to keep it neat).

At our table groups we only keep what we use daily -

WIP folder (work in progress)

writing notebook

pencil box - The pencil box only has the supplies we use daily, and the rest (markers, rulers, calculators) is stored elsewhere.

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storing student supplies

Right now I have different tubs for different subject areas (math, reading, writing) and we just bring the box to the table group when we do that subject.

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storing student supplies

The best tip I ever got was to collect all the pencils at the beginning of the year. That way they do not get “lost” or sharpened down to stubs.

A few years ago I started something new that was maybe my best idea ever.

There is

NO SHARPENING IN CLASS

, ever! Sharpening was such a headache. It was a big loss of time, students broke my electric sharpener, it was distracting and a way of avoiding work.

Now if students need a sharp pencil, they simply trade for one, and I spend 10 minutes at the end of each day sharpening. It is so much easier, and we waste less time.

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the sharpening dilemma - solved

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Student behavior

To prevent misbehavior before it happens,

teach, teach and reteach procedures

and common classroom expectations.

“Routines are the backbone of daily classroom life. They facilitate teaching and learning..

Routines

don’t just

make your life easier

, they

save valuable classroom time

. And what’s more important, efficient routines make it easier for

students

to

learn and achieve more

.”

Linda Shalaway (1998)

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student behavior

Procedures are important. Students appreciate predictability in the school day.

“Prime time in school is the first few moments in a class. If you blow these moments, you blow the impression, the sale, and the success of a class.”

Harry K. Wong (1998)

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student behavior

Have

efficient procedures

for all times of the day:

Do now to start the day, or class period

what to do when they are done with an assignment

“Don’t ever ask children to do nothing. When children aren’t sure what they are supposed to be doing or they are waiting for you to tell them what to do, they will come up with something to do, and in most cases, this will be something you don’t particularly want them to do.”

Deborah Diffily and Charlotte Sassman (2004)

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http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=teach+like+a+champion+videos&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=870E85C04596391740FB870E85C04596391740FB

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaweXw03kQI

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Teach expectations every day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9KX7hqbhY

Start the day with a preview:

This is what we are going to do today and this is how we are going to do it…

“Yesterday we were a little noisy during reading and some students had trouble getting their jobs done, so today our goal is to …”

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student behavior

Give

more rewards

than punishments.

How can students earn rewards for themselves?

How can table groups earn rewards?

How can the whole class earn rewards?

Think beyond what the whole school has set up...

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student behavior: rewards

table group rewards

try a point system - table groups earn points for

neatness

following directions quickly

listening quietly

helping each other

What can the points earn?

Nothing except recognition...or something valuable like lining up first, live school points, a pencil to the winning group at the end of the week.

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student behavior: table group points

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8zHAK0vJM

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student behavior: whole class rewards

Have a teacher VS students chart - or a smiley face/frowny face chart

students earn points by

listening

following directions quickly

quiet work

quick transitions

The teacher earns points if students are not doing the above when asked.

Points can be accumulated & used for rewards - extra recess minutes, etc.

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student behavior

managing misbehavior

try to turn behavior around quietly and quickly

a post-it on the corner of the desk - 3 talleys and they move to a desk at the back, or go to a buddy room

make individual behavior cards for on top of desks - what is it you really want to see?

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student behavior

managing misbehavior...

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Ideas for the next time

Managing cooperative learning

creating student leaders

students self managing their behavior and grades

student goal setting

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0ltKOwF_A