Classroom Procedures
Procedure for entering the classroom
1. Enter the classroom at voice level = 0
2. Go directly to your assigned seat
3. Have 2 sharpened pencils and materials for the day ready before the bell rings
4. Place any homework assignments on the left hand corner of your desk
5. Read (on the board) the: “I will” and “We will” statements, iPad status.
6. Get to work on bellringer
7. Class will begin when: I say “You can be anything you want to be” You say “ I will be successful”
Procedure when I need your attention
Variation:
Signals for communication
When you need something follow the hand signals on the proper anchor chart, there are signals for:
Procedure when you are tardy
The door is shut when the tardy bell rings.
School policy for being tardy:
1st Tardy = Warning
2nd Tardy = After school detention 5 o’clock
3rd Tardy = After school detention 6 o’clock
Procedure for School Announcements
Listening, asking and responding Questions
Procedure for turning in Papers/Homework
Procedure for Transition
Procedure when you are finished working
Procedure for throwing away trash
Procedure when you are absent
Procedure for lining up*
Procedure for preparing to go to lunch*
Procedure when a guest enters the classroom*
Consequences
If you decide not to follow the rules or procedures, the next consequences will be applied:
Notes: The teacher might take away any class privileges or apply any other consequences depending on the situation.
If you choose to follow the rules:
Again, we need these guidelines to establish a learning environment and therefore, aim to student success, your academic success.
1. Enter the classroom at voice level = 0
2. Go directly to your assigned seat
3. Have 2 sharpened pencils and materials for the day ready before the bell rings
4. Place any homework assignments on the left hand corner of your desk
5. Read (on the board) the: “I will” and “We will” statements, iPad status.
6. Get to work on bellringer
7. Class will begin when: I say “You can be anything you want to be” You say “ I will be successful”
Procedure when I need your attention
- I say: “Voice Level”
- You say: “Zero”
Variation:
- I say: “Class, Class”
- You say: “Yes, Yes”
- I say: “Clap, Clap”
- You: Clap twice
Signals for communication
When you need something follow the hand signals on the proper anchor chart, there are signals for:
- Need help
- Question
- Repeat
- Restroom
- Pencil
- Tissue
- Need time / Wait
- OK / I'm done
- No / Not done
- Last warning
Procedure when you are tardy
The door is shut when the tardy bell rings.
- Go to the tardy table and
- Pick up a slip.
School policy for being tardy:
1st Tardy = Warning
2nd Tardy = After school detention 5 o’clock
3rd Tardy = After school detention 6 o’clock
Procedure for School Announcements
- Voice level 0
- Focus on the announcements
- Participate in pledges and moment of silence
Listening, asking and responding Questions
- Always listen, and wait until I have given all instructions
- Raise your hand (see hand gestures) and wait for permission
- If I call on you, participating is not an option and never say, “I don’t know!”; Look for the appropriate anchor chart
- Never just yell out an answer. Be respectful of your classmates, and give them time to think; this can have a consequence
- Only one response accepted when I have a request “Yes, Mr. Mendiola”. No other response or explanation needed
Procedure for turning in Papers/Homework
- Place on the left hand corner of your desk.
- I (or a helper) will walk around and pick them up.
Homework is turned in the same way; put on the left hand corner of your desk before you start on your warm up.
All Assignments must be turned in. If you do not have your assignment complete my policy is simple. You will pick up the phone at that moment and call your parent. I will make arrangements with your parent for you to complete the assignment.
Procedure for Transition
- I will give a 2 min warning
- No talking during the transition
- Close one task and put up materials
- Prepare for another task taking out the new materials
- Focus on the new task
Procedure when you are finished working
- Check my website, in the iPad section and then access the “When finished…” option
Procedure for throwing away trash
- Keep the trash so you can throw it in the trash can at the end of the period
- This is not an invitation to talk. Voice level = 0
- I say: “Voice Level”
- You say: “Zero”
If you are not working on an assignment be silent. If you’re working on an assignment, continue working independently.
Procedure when you are absent
- Go to the "Weekly Papers" folders
- Select the folder with the day(s) you were absent
- Get the papers from the subjects
- Turn in any pending work to the teacher the next day personally
You are responsible for getting any notes, work, homework and turning it in the next day.
If you do not make up your absent work the next day, you will immediately call your parents so we can set up a meeting.
- The warning bell is not a signal for you to clean up
- When I say Clean up: this means clean all the trash in your area, put all your things neatly in your binder ( do not shove papers in the pocket) including your iPad, and sit quietly
- We will discuss what we learned and/or pass homework; Make sure you know what to do with the homework
- Wait for me to dismiss you. THE BELL DOES NOT DISMISS YOU, I DO!!!
- Leave the classroom at Voice Level = 0
Procedure for lining up*
- Stand up quietly, take all necessary items and leave the ones that are not
- If you have a chair push it gently,
- Leave the room with Voice Level = 0
- Line up without touching others or talking
- Face the front of the line
- Watch where you are going
- Leader of the Line: If any other line is passing in front of you, stop and wait
- Any Student: If any adult is trying to cut through the line, stop and let him/her pass
Procedure for preparing to go to lunch*
- Teacher will say: "Get ready for lunch"
- Wait at Voice Level 0 at your desk
- When your lunch number is called, get your lunch or lunch money and line up in order; take everything with you, as you will not be allowed to come back to the classroom after we leave for lunch; while you’re waiting in line, think about the way you need to behave in the lunchroom and on the playground; while you’re at lunch and at recess, find one person who is behaving responsibly and be prepared to tell the class what you noticed.
Procedure when a guest enters the classroom*
- Keep calm and work at the voice level you are supposed to be working
- Designated host/hostess: Greet the guest saying "Good morning, we are working on ____________, if you have any questions please let me know or Mr. Mendiola"
Remember, most guests are here to watch you learn, so be ready to explain what you are working on; treat guests respectfully.
Consequences
If you decide not to follow the rules or procedures, the next consequences will be applied:
- 1st Time: Verbal Warning and/or name on board, and/or loss of privileges
- 2nd Time: Lunch detention (and parent call), and/or poster writing
- 3rd Time: After school detention and/or office referral
Notes: The teacher might take away any class privileges or apply any other consequences depending on the situation.
If you choose to follow the rules:
- You will be given rewards (extra credit opportunities, raffle tickets, notes to parents)
- You will learn the best of your ability and understand the material being taught
Again, we need these guidelines to establish a learning environment and therefore, aim to student success, your academic success.
Other Classroom Procedures
Classroom helpers; learning a classroom job* -- If you get a job on Monday, see the person who did the job last week during silent reading time, ask him or her for the job description card, and have him or her help you on the first day. For the rest of the week, it is your responsibility to remember to do your job.
Fire drill* -- Stop everything; stand up and head for the door quickly, but without running or pushing; do not cover your ears; do not make any side trips; the classroom “fire chief” takes the fire drill packet and leads the line outside; the second person in line holds the classroom door for the rest of the class; the third person in line holds the outside door only for our class, then becomes the last person in line; wait patiently, calmly, and quietly in line outside until we are allowed to go back to what we were doing.
Getting help with assignments* -- Quietly ask the students at your table for help with directions if you need it; if you are working alone, raise your hand to get help from me; if you are working with a group, ask them for help in understanding how you do the assignment.
Getting into work groups* -- Take all the materials you will need; greet each other; complete the task doing your personal best; make sure each person signs the project; thank the others in your group.
Handling seatwork pages* -- As soon as you get a paper, print your first name and last initial at the top on the right-hand side and today’s date at the top on the left-hand side.
Helping other students* -- In a cooperative classroom, it is good to help one another; if someone needs help with directions or reading an assignment, help him or her if you are able; if someone needs help with understanding the problem, tell him or her to ask me for help; never put down another student who asks for help.
Taking out/putting away/caring for supplies* -- Share group supplies; recap markers and glue; check the number written on the supplies to make sure they belong in your group basket; if something belongs to another group, return it to them quietly.
Note: Some of the procedures labeled with a "*" at the end of the title might be taken totally or partially from the next source:
The New Teacher’s Complete Sourcebook: Grades K–4 by Bonnie P. Murray (and http://squareheadteachers.com/2013/07/26/30-most-important-classroom-procedures/)
Fire drill* -- Stop everything; stand up and head for the door quickly, but without running or pushing; do not cover your ears; do not make any side trips; the classroom “fire chief” takes the fire drill packet and leads the line outside; the second person in line holds the classroom door for the rest of the class; the third person in line holds the outside door only for our class, then becomes the last person in line; wait patiently, calmly, and quietly in line outside until we are allowed to go back to what we were doing.
Getting help with assignments* -- Quietly ask the students at your table for help with directions if you need it; if you are working alone, raise your hand to get help from me; if you are working with a group, ask them for help in understanding how you do the assignment.
Getting into work groups* -- Take all the materials you will need; greet each other; complete the task doing your personal best; make sure each person signs the project; thank the others in your group.
Handling seatwork pages* -- As soon as you get a paper, print your first name and last initial at the top on the right-hand side and today’s date at the top on the left-hand side.
Helping other students* -- In a cooperative classroom, it is good to help one another; if someone needs help with directions or reading an assignment, help him or her if you are able; if someone needs help with understanding the problem, tell him or her to ask me for help; never put down another student who asks for help.
Taking out/putting away/caring for supplies* -- Share group supplies; recap markers and glue; check the number written on the supplies to make sure they belong in your group basket; if something belongs to another group, return it to them quietly.
Note: Some of the procedures labeled with a "*" at the end of the title might be taken totally or partially from the next source:
The New Teacher’s Complete Sourcebook: Grades K–4 by Bonnie P. Murray (and http://squareheadteachers.com/2013/07/26/30-most-important-classroom-procedures/)