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    My first two years I had groups of 30+. I was lucky to move to a district that has a committment to class size caps, so I have only 15 this year.

    I think that there's an element of crowd control. Things I did to keep my large class running smoothly included:
    *Hand signals to downplay disruptions (2 fingers means bathroom, 1 finger means drink, hand over nose means Kleenex, pencil in the air means sharpener, full hand up means help is needed, etc)

    *Rules and procedures taught for WEEKS, practiced, repracticed, and posted with visual pictures (even in a reading grade)

    *I kept a binder for daily tasks - one section a spreadsheet to mark absences, tardies, missing homework etc, one section for uniform violations, one section for parent contact info to have on hand, etc.

    *A lot of classroom jobs - absent student manager to keep me free from collecting work for them, etc.


    Matrix for tasks during small group / center time clearly posted on the board.

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