Back to Basics
What are two expectations when others are speaking? (Adults, peers, etc.)
- Making eye-contact
- Not distracted by others, or our belongings
- Not fidgeting with things, or ignoring
- Not distracting others by talking to them
What is the expectations when work time has begun?
Sit down at your seat, get started right away, work quietly.
- Reasonable responses accepted (ex. "I'm sorry I didn't realize it was distracting you", and get back to work)
What is expected when you first come into the classroom in the morning? (Name 2!)
- put shoes on bottom shelf
- hang backpack/ jackets
- put on indoor shoes
- sit down and read, write, or draw
False. You must ask the adult in the room first. (This includes lunch time!)
What is the expectation when walking down the hallway? Name 2!
- Walking, not running
- stay in line
- No yelling
- eyes forward
- hands to self
What is an appropriate thing to do if you do not understand what to do?
Ask for help! A peer, a teacher.
Refer to the smartboard for instructions.
What should you NOT do if you are on the playground, playing a game in gym, sitting in the classroom, and someone accidentally bumps you?
- Yell at them
- push back
- retaliate
- Say unkind words
- tell your friends to push them back, say something mean, etc.
What is the expectation when you come in from outdoor lunch recess?
- put on indoor shoes
- grab visual journal for read aloud sketch-noting
- sit down at desk
You finish your work early and have checked it with Ms. Frank. What is one reasonable / appropriate options that you could do once you are done? What is one UNREASONABLE / INAPPROPRIATE option to do once you are done?
- Silent read, write, draw, finish-up incomplete work, play math games with someone who is also done.
- distract others at my table, talk or shout to my friends, walk around the room, make my own craft and leave a mess, walk around the hallway, stare into the unknown, play a non-school related game (unless given permission otherwise)
What should you do when you hear a transition signal? (Ex. Ba-ba-da-da-da, Hands on top, waterfall, voices off in 3 shhh, 2-shh, 1-shh)
- Stop what you are doing, voices off, and turn your attention to the teacher/ adult
What does being engaged in a task look like? (2 reasons)
- focusing on only my work
- not distracting others around me
- using time to work when it is given to me
- not walking around/ wasting time
What are appropriate ways to respond if you lose a game? (math game, gym game, recess, etc.)
- walk away
- try again
- brush it off
In order for your table group to be dismissed (to line-up, to get ready for home, to get a computer), what must happen? (3 things!)
All table group members are sitting down or standing behind chair, all materials have been cleaned up, voices are off.
What is one way to make Ms. Frank happy!!!
- Coffee. Mini eggs. Working quietly. Listen while she is talking. Being KIND! open to other reasonable answers.
How do I know it is time to come in from recess (morning/ afternoon), and what should I do? (2 points)
- 5 whistles
- Stop what I am doing, and line up at the doors
What does being disengaged in a task look like?
- talking to others
- not having the supplies I need
- Walking around the classroom
- Ignoring my work
- talk about what happened
- share how it made each other feel
- allow both people to share their perspective
- apologize to one another
- walk away
- ask for help from a teacher
What should you do if it is 'Clean-Up' at the end of the day, and you are not assigned a job on the whiteboard? Name 2 options.
- clean up my space around me
- help tidy the floor
- put away random materials that are at my table group
- sit in, or stand behind my chair so Ms. Frank knows that I am ready
- being rude to others behind their back, or to their face
- not following directions/ basic expectations
- Goofing around with friends during work time
- being given multiple reminders to return to work
- ignoring teacher or peer requests
- using materials/ technology inappropriately.
How does Ms. Frank know you are paying attention while she is teaching? (name 3)
- sitting at the floor
- not talking to others
- eye contact
- no distractions on desk or in hands
- asking questions and participating
Describe what you should do if you are working on a group task, and one person is not doing their part/ distracting others.
- Ask them kindly to please stop, and return to working
- clarify their role in what they should be doing to help
- assign a role if there is not a clear job
- ask a teacher for help
Describe how your actions can impact others within our classroom.
Accept reasonable answers.
Describe ALL of the clean-up job roles
Wipe desks: clean off desk tops with a wipe, or sanitizer
Supply Stations: put materials away, straighten out baskets and whiteboards, make sure shelfs are cleaned off
Sweep floors: .
You feel frustrated during work time. What is one strategy you could use?
- Ask Ms. Frank to take a break
- Ask for help
- Move spots if it is because you are distracted
- Work at Ms. Frank's table