RUNNING HEADER: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 1
Classroom Management
Kaitlin Holden
Liberty University
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to discuss rules for my First-Grade classroom. Discussing each rule
in a different paragraph and why I chose that rule. We can achieve these rules for my classroom,
by working as a team and giving the students a reward for following the rules. Also, another way
to achieve this is by keeping my students on track and giving them a presentation on the first day
of the rules of the classroom.
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Classroom Management
Rules are a big part of the classroom and are used to guide and keep each student safe. I
plan to teach first grade, the rules I select will be simple and easy for each student to understand.
Proverbs 22:6 states that “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are
old, they will not turn from it.” The rules that I will choose for my classroom are one keeping
hands, feet and objects to yourself, two show respect and kindness to your classmates and
teachers, three use your indoor voice, four raise your hand before speaking or leaving your seat,
and five listen and follow directions.
Rule #1: Keeping your hands, feet and objects to yourself. I selected this rule because it is
an important rule to have in your classroom. It is respect for other and self by being safe because
a student may get hurt or angry. It also respects others by sitting with them correctly, because a
student may miss important information if they get sent to the office. Not only does it respect
these three things, but it also respects property and if they don’t property may be damaged, and
students could get hurt.
Rule #2: Show respect and kindness to your classmates and teachers. I selected this rule
because receiving respect and kindness helps us to feel safe and to express ourselves. It teaches
our students on how to be respectful and kind toward others. It shows them that they are accepted
for who they are, even when they’re different from you or even if you don’t agree with
something they said. Also, it builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing. A major reason why I
selected this rule is because it improves self-esteem and there is less bullying.
Rule #3: Use your indoor voice. I selected this rule because during learn time it is
important to use an indoor voice because it helps every classmate learn. Allows all the students
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to work without loud noises and they are able to hear teacher’s instructions. It also allows to hear
if an announcement is given on the overhead speaker, or if the classroom telephone rings.
Rule #4: Raising your hand before speaking or leaving your seat. I selected this rule
because it teaches a student to wait to be called upon and not to blurt out answers. It also keeps
an organization in the classroom if a student is not in their seat and didn’t have permission to get
up, you wouldn’t know where there were at. If they try to talk over their teacher or other
classmates, they wouldn’t know if they were missing something important. This rule really helps
not turning the classroom into a playground.
Rule #5: Listen and follow directions. I selected this rule because it helps students learn
how to perform skills more efficiently. It teaches a student how to listen because if they don’t
listen, they will not know how to complete an assignment. Also, it is important because if your
student doesn’t follow or listen to directions someone could get hurt. Just like not staying in
your seat cause a classroom to turn into a playground, the same thing happens if the students
don’t listen and follow directions. That’s why I chose to have this rule because without ordinance
the classroom would be like a zoo.
When it comes to a classroom management system, I would use PBIS which states for
Positive behavior intervention and supports. Teaching Strategies states that “PBIS emphasizes
proactively developing school-wide expectations for behavior and providing supports that
encourage and expect positive behavior.” (Orlich, 2013) When it comes to this classroom
management system it uses a three-tier approach. An article on PBIS In The Classroom states
that “Classroom PBIS practices include preventative and responsive approaches that may be
effectively implemented with all students in a classroom and intensified to support small groups
or a few individual students.” (2019)
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When it to comes to PBIS, there is school-level supports and classroom-level supports.
The thing about PBIS the curriculum is matched to student need and data. An article called
SWPBIS for Beginners states that “Respect Yourself, Respect Others, and Respect Property,
Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be Respectful, and Respect Relationships and Respect
Responsibilities.” Through the three tier approach each tier is a different approach. Tier one
instructs students on universal behavior expectations. Teaching Strategies states that “The second
tier of interventions would be provided to those students for whom the first tier of behavior
supports, and expectations was not effective. Students in the second tier receive targeted
interventions with the goal of diminishing behavioral issues.” (Orlich, 2013) When it comes to
the third tier these students receive more intensive behavior intervention.
To add to my classroom management tools I will have a sticker book for each child which
the parents will sign ever night. LPsalm 32:8 states that “I will instruct you and teach you in the
way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” Having rules and a
classroom management tool will lead to a successful classroom. You want to have your
classroom run smoothly and not be like a zoo. In my classroom we are going to do second
chances, apologizes, we forgive, we respect each other, we keep our promises, we never give up,
we encourage one another, we laugh often, we belong, and we are a family.
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References
Orlich, D., Harder, R., Brown, A., Trevisan, M. and Miller, D. (2013). Teaching strategies.
Pbis.org. (2019). PBIS.org Home Page. [online] Available at: https://www.pbis.org/ [Accessed 15 Jul.
2019].
