Classroom Management

1. Classroom set-up : Mr. Bachman helped to make sure that the class was set up pretty appropriately for me to begin. While I was still observing and he was teaching, I noticed that two students in the 4th block class were very... energetic and talkative around each other. I asked himhe minded me moving them away from each other when I started teaching. That was fine and I feel really good about that move. Other than that, the way Mr. Bachman set up the classroom has worked very well. Students face forward toward the board and the overhead projector, which is what is use every day.

2. Time management : Another way to prevent classroom disruptions and behavior problems is to make sure you don't have down time. I have made sure to take up all time in my class with work and activities. If the students feel they are done early or that they don't have any more work to do, that is when you will see behavior problems, so I always make sure they have something meaningful to work on.

3. Consistency : The kids in my classes know that they will come in and 1. Take notes for the chapter, 2. Do activities on that chapter, and 3. write a journal entry about what they learned. The only thing that changes daily is the content of the notes and the activities afterwords. The process is always the same. Since they know what the expect, it helps them to prepare themselves for work, then a little fun (with some of the activities), then a wrap-up.