Effective Classroom Management Routines, Rituals, and Procedures

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EffectiveClassroom ManagementRoutines,
Rituals, and Procedures

• Presenter
• Dora S. Collins
• Bibb County Instructional Coach

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Classroom management has to do with procedures
and routines to the point of becoming rituals. In
order for the Balanced Literacy model to work and
work well, the teacher must do several things of
which one is classroom management.
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Classroom Management

• All of the things that a teacher does
• to organize
• students
• space
• time
• materials
• so that instruction and learning can
• take place.
• (Wong, 2001)

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Characteristics of a Well-Managed Classroom

• Students are deeply engaged in their work.
• Routines, rituals, procedures established.
• Students know what is expected of them and are
  generally successful.
• There is relatively little wasted time,
  confusion, or disruption.
• The climate of the classroom is work-oriented but
  relaxed and pleasant.

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What are Routines and Rituals

• Routines are something that is done at the
• same time in the same way every day (or on
• any regular schedule). Its what students do
• automatically. Rituals are routines with meaning.
  
• Rituals are similar to routines because they
  provide
• children with predictability.
• Importance of routines
• Help manage behaviors.
• Provide predictability.
• Provide structure.
• Provide steps toward a specific goal.

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What are Procedures

• A series of steps to be performed in a regular
  definite order under specified conditions. What a
  teacher wants done
• Examples
• - What to do when they enter a classroom
• - What to do when they are finished
• - How to get the teachers attention
• - What to do if a pencil breaks
• Question How would procedures and routines
• benefit special needs students?

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When procedures are learned, routines are
established.Routines give structure to
instruction.
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Why Procedures are Important

• Clear expectations
• Increased time on task
• Less classroom confusion

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Three Steps to Teaching Procedures

• Explain
• Rehearse
• Reinforce

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Gradual Release of Responsibility

• With every new change, a new routine must be
  taught and demonstrated. For example, a new
  workstation should not be introduced until
  students fully understand how to use the one
  introduced before. This same practice is utilized
  through out every component.
• Balanced Literacy Institute, 2007

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How to Teach Task and Expectation to Children

• Ask yourself Is what I am going to ask children
  to
• do make them independent of me?
• For example, in a workstation instruct children
  on
• How do you care for and use this activity?
• How do you clean up?
• How many children can be there?
• Where do you go to replace something?
• If you need help who do you ask?
• Where do you put completed work?
• Balanced Literacy Institute, 2007

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Gradual Release of Responsibility

• All components should be demonstrated TO and
  practiced WITH the whole class before the
  students are asked to work BY themselves.
• Balanced Literacy Institute, 2007

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Norms to Support the Workshop Approach

• Establish routines and rituals on
• How to transition between activities
• How to ask for a conference
• How to buzz effectively
• How to listen effectively
• How to work with a partner
• What to do when finished
• Rules for the Reading Workshop
• Rules for the Writing Workshop

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Important Aspects of Managing the Reading
Workshop

• During the first weeks of school
• Implement The First 20 Days of School and create
  anchor charts, see Balanced Literacy Handbook and
  Guiding Readers and Writers by Fountas Pinnell.
• Discover the kinds of reading support students
  need, then organize small strategic-reading
  groups.
• Teach how to work in groups, pairs, and alone.
• Offer students consistent routines that balance
  teacher-led, students-led, and choice-reading
  experiences.

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Helpful Management Ideas

• Book Nook
• At the beginning of the year, determine rules
  about independent reading time. One rule is that
  you must find your own place to read and not
  distract other readers.
• A classroom librarian may rotate names on the
  chart.

• Book Nook Rotation Chart

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• Book Bags
• Each reader has his or her own book bag.
• Ex. Gallon-size bags
• Classroom Library
• Teach students how to locate appropriate books
  without spending hours browsing the library, How
  to Choose a Good Book.
• No Interruptions
• Teach students what you expect them to do when
  Guided Reading begins.
• Example What to do in the case of an emergency
  restroom break

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Anchor Charts

• Create an anchor chart during mini lessons with
  students for each procedure that students will be
  expected to follow.

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Anchor Chart

• Rules and expectations for the Reading workshop

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Students are taught rules, expectations and tasks
for participation in each center.
Literacy Centers
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Routines and Ritual to Support Writers Workshop

• Establish during first one and one half to two
  months
• Teach procedural and topical mini-lessons
• Create anchor charts with students during
  implementation
• Teach, practice, reinforce

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Establish Routines for the Writers Workshop
Approach

• Examples of some mini lessons anchor charts
• What are the rules for Writers Workshop
• What is your writers notebook?
• How to collect entries?
• How do you write independently?
• What is a draft?
• What does the word edit means?
• How do you get help, without interrupting the
  teacher?
• How to buzz on the carpet?
• How do you request a writing conference?
• What should student behavior be line in a
  one-on-one conference?
• How will you share at the end?

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Anchor Chart Rules for the Writers Workshop

• We begin on the carpet
• We listen to and watch the teacher
• We can help the teacher
• We sit with our Writing Buddies when writing
• We add the date to our writing
• We meet with the teacher when done
• We sign up for a writing conference
• We share our writing progress

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Websites

• www.arliteracymodel.com/pdf/resources/Books20That
  20Spark20an20Idea20for20Writing.pdf Books
  That Sparks an Idea Books to Get the Writing
  Workshop Started
• www.iloveteaching.com
• www.teach-nology.com/teachers/methods/management
• Provides links to valuable classroom management
  resources
• http//db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id1
  846
• http//www.nea.org/tips/library.html
• Works 4 Me classroom management and teaching
  tips from the members of NEA.
• http//7-12educators.about.com/od/discipline/
• About.com provides links to excellent resources
  for teachers on all aspects of teaching,
  including classroom management.
• http//hill.troy.k12.mi.us/

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References

• Fountas, I. and Pinnell, G. 2001. Guiding Readers
  and Writers. Heinemann.
• http//community.scholastic.com/scholastic/blog/ar
  ticle?blog.idsnapshot35message.id181jumptrue
  Newingham, B. Classroom Management in the
  Reading Workshop
• http//hill.troy.k12.mi.us/
• http//quest.carnegiefoundation.org/dpointer/jenni
  fermyers/settingnorms.htm
• Myers. J. Living the Lie of a Reader and Writer
• http//Reading Workshop Managing the Workshop
  Scholastic_com.mht
• http//teachers.net/wong/MAR07/karen_rogers_slides
  _files/frame.htm
• http//teachers.net/wong/MAR07/Effective
  Teaching... Harry and Rosemary Wong. March
  2007.Classroom Management Applies to All
  Teachers.
• Meier, S. 2007. Balanced Literacy Institute
  Handbook.
• Rogovin, P. 2004. Why Cant You Behave? The
  Teachers Guide to Creative Classroom Behavior,
  K-3. Heinmann Publishing.
• Wong, H. 1998. The First Days of School. Harry
  Wong Publications.