The class wrties the rules; however I guide them to the rules that I am looking for. They are"
1. Raise your hand.
2. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
3. Walk.
4. Treat people the way that you would like to be treated.
5. Follow directions.
rules
Posted by: gc #96071
These are the basic rules I illustrate on the top of my white board, they stay up all year and I point to them when I need to remind my students.
Mouths closed, pic of a student with closed mouth raise hand for talking, pic of a raised hand seat in the seat, pic of an arrow pointing to the seat (pointing down ) sunshine, use 'sunny words' I explain what words are 'sunny' and which are 'cloudy' and how they make us feel etc.
I try to keep my rules very simple and ENFORCE them without alot of nagging or reminding.
rules
Posted by: alice #61483
I keep it very, very simple. I tell my students the first day that I have only 2 rules: Respect and Cooperate. The Respect, of course, is for the principal, all the teachers, their classmates, and property. The Cooperate helps cover attitude. I spend some time talking about these being the basis of most of our manners, and I go back to these 2 basic words whenever "situations" arise. Works for me!
classroom rules
Posted by: Laura #48588
I teach 7th and 8th grade inner city. My rules are very concrete and simple for the kids. 1. Follow directions. 2. Raise hand to speak. 3. Stay in your seat. 4. Speak appropriately to adults and peers. a. No profanity. b. Use only given name. (Ex. Sam, not Dogg) c. No name calling or teasing. d. No verbal abuse or threats to anyone. e. Never talk back to the teacher! Bite your tongue first. f. Speak Standard English in school. 5. Behave Appropriately a. Keep your hands and feet to yourself. b. No flying objects. c. No physical or verbal disruption. 6. Absolutely no bullying behavior is tolerated. a. No physical, verbal, sexual harrassment. b. No hurtful teasing, gossip or isol...
I teach 1st grade in an urban school. Here are my rules:
Follow directions the first time given Keep body parts, objects and unkind words to yourself Be in the proper place at the proper time Use materials and equipment properly Always walk in the building
I spend a great deal of time the first month of school discussing and reviewing the rules. We do lots of role playing.
Joell
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Posted by: Wendy #61555
these are the rules i use for my third graders.
above all: treat others the way you want to be treated
1. follow directions the first time given 2. raise your hand and wait for permission to talk 3. do not leave seat while the teacher is teaching 4. hands, feet, and objects to yourself 5. respect yourself and others
hope this helps!
Bee rules
Posted by: Dana #71721
I use these in my room. You used to be able to get them through the Really Good Stuff catalogue but I'm not sure if they are still available. My team teacher just wrote them on sentence strip with notepad bees stapled to each end. I teach kindergarten and these are the rules I use. 1. Bee a good listener 2. Bee responsible 3. Bee in control 4. Bee cooperative 5. Bee your best.
Hope this helps
rules
Posted by: Christine #62113
I am a new 3rd grade teacher also. Our school has adopted rules to make it consistent wherever the students are. Maybe you could use these:
1. Be Responsible 2. Be Respectful 3. Be Safe
It keeps it simple. Then just model what these rules look like. I hope this helps.
rules
Posted by: Tricia #61854
I have 5 classroom rules: 1. Be responsible. 2. Be respectful of others and their property. 3. Listen carefully and follow directions. 4. Have a positive attitude. 5. Do your best.
Rule #1 encompasses a lot of things, and we discuss this on the first day. Almost any behavior will fall under one of these rules.
classroom rules
Posted by: amy d. #11232
I teach first grade and my friends and I created color coded rules. There are six of them.
red rule: Pay attention. Listen carefully white rule: Raise your hand. Pink rule: Stay on task. Yellow rule: Keep hands and objects to yourself. Green rule; Clean up your area. orange rule: Be kind and show respect.
Some years I have let the children makes suggestions as to the consequences. Other years, it depends greatly on the children. Writing the rule sometimes works, other time it might take taking something away from the child--recess time (1 minute per # of times child was warned).
Lifeskills and Lifelong Guidelines
Posted by: FischerTeach #129640
At my school we do ITI, so the entire school has the same set of classroom rules. The "rules" are called lifelong guidelines. They are:
Lifelong Guidelines Be Trustworthy Be Truthful Do Your Personal Best Show Active Listening No Put-Downs
If you think about it, almost every situation that comes up falls under one of these guidelines. I didn't like the idea when I first moved to this school, but I truly love it and have had the least number of discipline problems ever.
1. Be respectful to everyone at all times.
2. Keep hands, feet, and all other objects to yourself.
3. Raise your hand to speak.
4. Be prepared.
5. Arrive on time.
I know that #5 seems a little tough (since it is their parents responsibility to get them to school on time - I teach 4th grade), but that rule is for those that hang out in the cafeteria or in the halls in the morning socializing too long.
I have known a teacher that uses one rule and finds it extremely effective:
Discipline yourself so I don't have to.
She discusses what it means with her students on the first day and has never had any problems. I might try that this year.
Mine are listed here - with the consequences: (where there is a blank, it's supposed to be a smiley face, then straight face, then frowny face - I have to draw those in).
