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SEPTEMBER RULES
Submitted by: Jack Greenwell, a teacher at Oaklands Elementary in Victoria, BC, Canada
Grade/Subject Area:
GR. 4-6 - Classroom Management
Objectives:
Concept Attainment.
Materials:
- overhead projector
Lesson Plan:
- We brainstormed the following set of rules yesterday. I told you I would organize them in a certain way and that you were to attempt to figure out what concept I was using as an organizer. You will do this alone, in a small group and as a class.
- Below are some examples of rules that are either YES or NO ideas. All the yes examples are written a certain way and all the no examples are written another way. I read them to the class, first a YES example and then a NO example. Go back and forth this way through about 5 examples. Tell them "See if you can figure out how I have organized them but don’t tell anyone if you think you know."
- Then we form an inside outside circle and I tell the students:
You will discuss with your partner as I read the examples to you. Try to guess how I have organized the examples. As we do the outside-inside circles I will ask you to talk with your partner but not tell others what you think. They may listen in on your conversation, however if they have no ideas of their own. If someone cannot answer the question then he/she may say "Pass" Whenever someone finishes talking he/she will say "Pass" in order to allow the next person to speak.
- After the inside-outside circles I will then read some testers to see if what you were guessing was right. Then we will discuss the concept as a class.
YES examples
a) Do what the people in charge ask you to do.
b) Pay attention to the teacher.
c) Stay in your desk.
d) Always do your best.
e) Always keep your promise.
f) Walk quietly in the school.
g) Be on time for school.
1. Always raise your hand when you want to say something.
2. Always listen to the teacher when he is talking.
3. If the teacher tells you to do something, do it.
4. Have a fun year.
5. Before going to the washroom ask the teacher.
6. Always wait for the other person to come back before leaving to go to the washroom.
7. Put paper in the recycling box and plastic in the garbage.
8. Raise your hand for permission to get up from your seat to sharpen your pencil or go to the cloakroom.
9. If there is a firedrill or an earthquake do what you are told to do.
10 Write neatly.
11. Write big enough for the teacher to read.
12. Be polite.
NO examples
a) Don’t break your pencils.b) Don’t speak when others are talking.
c) Don’t disturb others who are working.
d) Don’t put your foot on the desk.
e) Don’t ignore someone when he is talking.
f) Don’t throw things.
g) Don’t make faces at anybody.
h) Don’t throw garbage in the recycling box for paper.
i) Don’t put paper in the garbage.
j) No fighting.
k) Don’t eat in class.
l) Don’t talk in line.
1. Don’t push or shove when you are standing in line.
2. Never kick or punch.
3. Never yell at the teacher.
4. Don’t talk when the teacher is talking.
5. Don’t say mean things to other people.
6. Don’t be chatting with other people when the teacher is talking.
7. Never leave the school grounds without permission.
8. Don’t slam the door.
9. No running in the classroom.
10. No shouting.
11. No playing when the teacher is talking.
Testers: Are these yes or no examples?
- When something is not yours and you don’t know what to do with it, give it to the teacher.
- Show the new people around the school.
- When the bell goes for recess wait until the teacher says it is time to go.
- If you lend something to someone you should tell them it is yours so that they know where to return it.
- When people are reading quietly, you are not supposed to talk.
Lesson © Jack Greenwell
