3rd Grade

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3rd Grade
Classroom Management

• By Jennifer Trewatha

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General Description

• I foresee my 3rd grade classroom having around 30
  students with 6 of them having a wide variety of
  disabilities.
• I will arrange my classroom to best accommodate
  for all students.
• I will start off the school year in rows with my
  desk to the back.

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Classroom Layout

• Students desk where they will keep their school
  supplies.

• My desk where I will store all my personal
  stuffs. On the right corner of my desk their will
  be an IN file where students hand in their
  homework.

• Trash can

• Bookshelves. On the one to the Front left will be
  where I store textbooks. The front right
  bookshelf will be classroom books and games for
  the students to access. The one behind my desk
  will contain my supplies and books.

• Closets where the students will store their coats
  and book bags.

• The door

• Tables for activities and work areas.

• Blackboards/Marker boards to use for
  demonstrations. I will be placing some of the
  students work surrounding the board.

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Classroom Rule Matrix

• On the next page is my Classroom Rule Matrix. It
  contains four of my classroom rules running down
  the side and three different settings in which
  those rules apply.

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Classroom Rule Matrix
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Class Routines

• Arrival
• When students arrive, they will place their bags
  and coats in proper assigned place in the closet,
  place their classroom materials in assigned spot,
  hand in any homework in the IN File, and go to
  their desk and work on any remaining work, write
  in their journal, or read quietly.
• During Instructions
• During classroom instructions, students will be
  expected to pay attention to the instructors and
  keep all body parts to themselves unless
  instructed to do otherwise. Feet shall remain on
  the floor as well as all chairs. Students will be
  expected to listen and take notes.
• In Seatwork
• Individual
• When working on individual in seatwork, students
  will be expected to work on their assignment
  silently. If the they finish early they can write
  in their journals, read their books, or work on
  other work.
• Group work
• When working on group work, students will be
  expected to talk quietly in hush tones. They will
  also be expected to be an active participant in
  the group.
• Transitions
• During transitions, the students will have two
  minutes to put away their stuff and get ready for
  the next subject. During this time they will be
  allowed to sharpen their pencils, throw stuff
  away, or talk quietly to a neighbor once they get
  their stuff out. If the noise level becomes a
  problem, the students will know that the
  privilege of talking will be taking away and they
  will be expect to do the task without talking.
• In Line
• Students will walk in a straight line following
  the line leader. They will keep their hands down
  at their sides all time. Students will walk
  silently making sure to keep about an arms length
  between the person in front of them and behind
  them.
• When Leaving
• When its time to leave, students will place all
  materials going home on their desk, retrieve
  their book bags, place all belongings in bag,
  then sit quietly in desk till dismissed.

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Teaching Class Rules/Routines

• Lesson Plan

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Class Policies

• Homework
• Homework shall be complete and turned in on time
  in the proper IN file.
• Late work shall be accepted but at reduced point
  value.
• Missing Class/Make Up
• The student shall take responsibility of finding
  out about missed worked
• If you know you are going to be gone a head of
  time, all work shall be made up ahead of time.
• Missed homework shall be turned in the following
  day. Exceptions will be made if the students have
  missed several days in a row.
• Bathroom
• Students shall raise their hands and ask to go to
  the bathroom.
• Only one boy student and only one girl student
  shall be allowed to go to the bathroom at a time.
  
• Students shall be given three minutes to go to
  the bathroom. (For the first few weeks, I will
  keep a close eye on the clock to make the
  students believe I am timing them.)
• Pencil Sharpening
• Students shall be expect to have two sharpened
  pencils at the beginning of each class.
• Students shall be allowed to raise their hand and
  ask to use the pencil sharpener on my desk if
  both their pencils break
• Trash
• Students shall keep trash at their desk until the
  subject is over. Then during transitions, they
  may get up and throw their trash away.
• As there are many trash cans around the room,
  students shall go to the closest trash can.
• Talking to Others
• Students will be allowed to talk to other during
  transitions times as long as their stuff is ready
  for the next class and the volume of the
  conversation doesnt impede on others ability to
  get prepared.

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Encouraging Proper Behavior

• To encourage proper behavior, I plan to use the
  group contingency of the marble jar. For each
  subject that there is active participation, most
  rules are followed, and seatwork is completed, a
  marble will be placed in a glass jar. Once the
  glass jar is completely filled, the class will
  get to choose from a good behavior list, which
  they will create the first few days of class. Ex.
  Class Party, getting to go for a walk, and having
  class outside.
• Also to encourage that homework gets brought back
  from home and handed in, for certain random
  assignments, I will place the letters JB on their
  paper. If the student chooses he/she can bring
  the paper back to me to redeem one Jelly Bean
  from my candy jar.
• I also believe reading is important, so to
  encourage pleasure reading, I will set up a
  policy that for every ten books the student
  reads, they will get a chance to choose one book
  from the book box. I plan to use the free books
  from the book order companies to supply the book
  box.

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Discouraging Disruptive Behavior

• To discourage disruptive behavior, I will first
  give one warning and let the student know what
  rule they are breaking and that they were
  receiving the first warning. After the warning,
  if they still continue to be disruptive, I will
  write their name on the board. Students will know
  that writing their name on the board means that
  they loose five minutes of their recess time to
  have me explain the rules to them again. The 1st
  checkmark, the student will loose 10 minutes of
  recess and have to explain the rule to me and
  write a short paper how he/she will try not to be
  disruptive again. On 2nd checkmark, he/she will
  go and sit outside the class room for the
  remainder of the period, also he/she will loose
  his/her recess. During recess he/she will have to
  explain to me why he/she sat outside, write a
  paper on how he/she will not try to be
  disruptive, and write a letter to his/her parents
  explaining what they did, why he/she sat outside,
  and explain the rule to them. The 3rd checkmark
  means, the student will sit outside for the
  remainder of the period. When I get a chance the
  student and I will go and phone the parents of
  the student. The student will then have to
  explain why he/she are calling. The student will
  also have to write a paper. The 4th check mark
  means the student will get sent to the office to
  deal with the principal. On the following page
  there is a list of my Disruptive Demerits.

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Ms. Trewathas Disruptive Demerits

• Name on the board
• Loose 5 minutes of recess
• 1st Checkmark
• Loose 10 minutes of recess
• 2nd Checkmark
• Sit outside and loose Recess
• 3rd Checkmark
• Call to Parents
• 4th Checkmark
• Sent to the office