Week Two

EDG 4410 – Classroom Management – Week Two

 

Before School Starts

            To-Do Dozen

 

Chapter One – Room Arrangement

            Video from web site – My Lab School – courses – classroom management – videos

            Class arrangement over the years:

                        http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/classrooms/usa.htm

            Things to Consider

            Articles to help with your classroom management plan (optional reading)

                        More from Fred Jones

                        Does seating affect discipline? (In Word)

            http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr330.shtml  (From the Web)

 

                        Effects on Pupil Behavior (Recommended by the text)

                        Desk arrangement

Break – 10 minutes!!

 

Off to a good start

 

Optional Reading:

Advice for Brand New (Middle School) teachers

http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLadvicenewteachers.html

Advice for all grade levels

http://teacher.scholastic.com

 

Observations

 

Homework:

Read Chapter 2 and two articles from Harry Wong

First five minutes:  http://teachers.net/gazette/NOV00/wong.html
First Day Scripts:    Melissa Pantoja   http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN00/covera.html
                                        Sasha Michaels   http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN02/wong.html

Work:   Chapter 1 – Activities 1 and 3

Chapter 4 - Activity 2, case 4.2 ONLY and parts a and b ONLY; activities 3 and 5
Write a script for the first five minutes of your first day of class - (1C)

For the Future

Sample Classroom Procedures – To begin thinking about 9.1.1

From Harry Wong:     Sarah Jondahl       Sarah Jones

Multiple examples:  http://teachers.net/gazette/MAR03/wongprint.html

From prior students:               SE                    JL                     KJ