CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Back to school season is upon us! During the first week of school, I spend a lot of time going over classroom procedures. Now, when I say the term "classroom procedures," it can be hard to list all the little things that we might take for granted which our new students may not know about.
I wanted to take some time in this blog and compile a list of topics you could consider going over with your students at the start of this school year.
- Start / end times and daily schedule
- Various entrance / exit spots on campus
- Fire drills
- Breakfast / lunch
- Tardiness and absences
- Hallway passes
- Lining up information
- Cell phone policy
- Using shared classroom supplies (keeping things organized, returning things the way they were originally, task card boxes, etc)
- Where to turn in assignments
- How to utilize free time
- Class jobs
- Morning routine
- Technology protocol (logging in, charged devices, on-task behavior)
- What to do with unfinished work
- Asking for help / getting a teacher's attention
- Behavior management approach
- Homework policy
- Eating / drinking in class
- Restroom locations
- Nurse location and protocol
- Recess
- Bus information
- Dismissal protocol
IDEAS TO TEACH PROCEDURES
- Set up visual reminders around the classroom so students can easily reference them throughout the year to remember the proper way to do something.
- The teacher or students can model the wrong way to do something. This one is very popular and engaging for students!
- Have students draw the right and wrong way to do something. Create a class book.
- Play a kahoot game going over the procedures - kids go insane over kahoot haha.
Hope you found this blog post helpful and got some new ideas for teaching classroom routines and procedures in your classroom!