These rules would work well in this type of structured classroom.
Voice level: 1
Explain: Students can only say “excuse me” and “thank you”
What is a high structure classroom?
True or false: when delivering instructions, a teacher should be gentle and soft spoken to ensure the class stays calm during the activity.
What is false?
This would be included in the ___ part of a CHAMPS planning worksheet.
Can students talk to each other? Yes, only when they have the floor
Voice level: 3
About what? Topic at hand
To whom? To the group, no side conversations
What is Conversation?
This would be an example of an "attention getting signal".
What is: call and response, chime, clapping?
These are 3 of the possible "levels of conversation".
What are:
Level 0- Silence
Level 1- Whisper
Level 2- Soft Conversation
Level 3- Presentational
Level 4- Outside
This is the point in the direction giving process that a teacher should "stop and square up".
What is the very beginning/first step?
These are the two acronyms you should keep in mind when designing behavioral expectations for classroom activities and transitions.
What are CHAMPS and ACHIEVE?
This is the step that occurs before cueing students to start an activity.
What is checking for understanding?