" Spending time teaching routines, having class meetings, and managing the environment in a supportive and caring manner are the best ways to demonstrate your commitment."
In order to have a successful classroom environment you need to show that you care about your students. When you manage the class in an appropriate way then you show that you want your students to succeed. Having class meetings and creating a safe community helps make students feel welcome.
"Teach behavioral expectations as you would academic expectations."
If your students learn to behave appropriately then you will be able to teach them more effectively. Behavior expectations should be valued just as much as academic because to be successful with either, you must be successful with both.
"For something small, have a small reaction."
I loved this line because I see so many teachers who freak out over small things. Doing this makes the students feel very insignificant even when they make a small mistake. Also, if you freak out over something small then your reaction for the big things can be no different. Students will not see the difference in the big and small things.
Courtney's Statements
- Community is created through the physical space and the way people treat each other.
- Community is such an important part of the classroom. Once a good community is established the rest of the class begins to fall into place. Students learn the boundaries that are put into place in the classroom and begins to respect their fellow classmates.
- Routines are good for everyone. Knowing what lies ahead helps everyone anticipate how the day will go and prepare for the day's lessons.
- Routine is very important to how the classroom is ran. If everyone knows what the typical routine is then it is easier for the students to not get lost during the day and to always know what is going on. It is important so that the day goes as planned and everything is calm.
- Teach behavioral expectations as you would academic expectations. remember that how how to act in the classroom may include skills that some students do not have.
- Students do not all learn the same things at home so it is important that as a teacher I teach basic behavior skills so that all my students will equally know how to behave. They may not know exactly what to do in a given situation so I must be able to teach them appropriate responses.
Jenna's Statements
- For a student who struggles with social relationships, or task persistence, or conflict management, you need to do the same things: identify what skills are needed, decide how to teach those skills, and provide opportunities for practice.
- I think the chapter makes a great point by making the correlation between a student struggle with a social relationship and math. If a student is struggling with math, I would not send them out into the hall with nothing related to math to work on. The student would never get better at math. Likewise, a student with a social or task or conflict management struggle needs practice and help in these areas to improve. The student will not benefit from being removed from the situation.
- Some students have strong interests, and those interests can be seen in two ways: as a distraction from the academic work or as an entry point for academic work.
- I think this is important to remember. Why not use something that interest a student so much in order to help motivate them to learn? Otherwise, I will consistently be climbing an up hill battle to try to get the student to stop focusing on whatever interest and focus on the correct topic.
- Conflict is not something to fear; healthy conflict can lead to new learning.
- I think this is a great point, and a point that needs to also be taught to my students. Realizing that not everything will be perfect all the time; there will be conflicts. However, conflicts do not have to be negative. They are a chance to learn something each and every time.
Tori's Statements
- "In this chapter, we explore how teachers manage their classrooms. Aa positive and supportive community helps classroom management, and mutual respect, clear routines, and clear expectations help a community flourish."
- This simple statement shows the clear outlines that are the basics of a easy-working community within a classroom. Although the ideas may seem simple, it is important to lay this ground work that does not come to all people naturally to ensure your classroom is a positive and supportive community.
- "Engagement with classroom management means communicating to students why a safe, supportive environment is better than the alternative."
- This quote began a paragraph that talked about laying the ground work for a supportive classroom. This involves: spending time teaching routines, having class meetings, managing a supportive and caring environment, etc.
- "The physical arrangement of the furniture and materials can have a major effect on how well the students are able to relax and learn."
- This is something I have never thought about. After reading about the physical features of a room that signifies community and the "student first" mentality, it makes sense that our classrooms should be inviting, relaxing, and show students open arms to learning.
Tyler's Statements
- The first point we want to emphasize is that teachers are powerful forces in students' lives and how we think about our students affects how we treat them.
- Expectations count for a lot. If we expect our student to do well and perform up to par we need to expect it of them (as long as we give them the proper tools). This works both ways though. if we expect our students to fail then they will fail. We need to treat all of our students like they are capable of excelling in the classroom.
- In your own classroom arrangements, consider what kinds of work the arrangements would facilitate and what kinds of work would be more challenging in these arrangements.
- This is why teachers need to think ahead and place the desks in the right place before the lesson. if you are going to be doing a group activity then the desks all need to be in groups, not facing the whiteboard. Likewise, in a class that is heavily lecture base the desks do need to be facing the front.
- Every student comes to the classroom with his or her own history, feelings, and ideas about school.
- It might be a shocker but some students don't like school, not because they simply think it is boring, but because of past experiences with teachers. because of this it is important for us to understand what their past experiences might have been while trying to change them for the better
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