Around the classroom
This is the door students should normally use when entering or leaving the classroom for recess.
What is the outside door?
Food wrappers belong in this location.
What is the garbage or wrapper bin?
You need this before using one of the classroom computers.
What is permission?
By the time Ms. A's countdown reaches this number, everyone should be ready to listen.
What is 1.
If you notice someone without a partner or group, you should do this.
What is inviting them to join?
Work is stored in the hand-in bins so Ms. A can find it and do these two things.
What are checking it and giving feedback?
Before taking something from or placing something in this area, students must ask Ms. A.
What is Ms. A's desk?
This should never be left in the coat room overnight.
What is food?
A class name on your supplies helps these items find their way back to you.
What aer assignments and misplaced items?
During Ms. A's countdown, conversations should stop and students should put these down.
What are their materials (pencils/equipment)?
Speaking up or getting help when someone may be hurt, treated unfairly, or need support is called this.
What is advocating?
Students put their names on the Out of Room board so Ms. A knows this.
What is where they are?
Student work belongs in these labelled containers instead of inside student desks.
What are the hand-in bins?
Garbage should never be left on the floor, inside this piece of student furniture, or anywhere around the classroom.
What is in a student desk?
If you repeatedly lose or misplace supplies, you should speak with this person to develop a system.
Who is Ms. A?
After lining up calmly, students should do these two things.
What are waiting quietly and listening for the next instruction?
If you are struggling or worried about yourself or someone else, you should speak to one of these people.
Who is Ms. A or another trusted adult?
The Out of Room board is especially important during this type of situation, when every student must be accounted for.
What is an emergency?
Students may keep this many classroom library books in their desks at one time.
What is one book?
Before leaving your desk area, you should inspect this and pick up anything that should not be there.
What is the floor around your desk?
Morning Bin users are responsible for using materials appropriately and doing this when the activity ends.
What is cleaning up and returning the bin?
No matter which Early Finisher activity you choose, you must be quiet, stay on task, and avoid doing this.
Hallway expectations are particularly important because younger students see Division 10 students in this role.
What are examples or leaders?
Garbage and wrappers must stay out of the class compost because Ms. A does this with it every week.
What is taking it home and adding it to her compost?
At the end of the day, chairs should be stacked beside these two classroom landmarks.
What are the back window/rainbow table and the hand-in bin shelves?
If you draw or write on your desk, the responsibility for cleaning it belongs to this person.
Who is the person who drew or wrote on it?
If you want to continue an unfinished classroom game another day, you may carefully leave it here.
What is along the back window?
You could lose your Living Room spot if it prevents you from participating or doing this.
What is getting your work done?
This classroom principle means that no student should be deliberately excluded from a partner or group.
What is 'Everyone belongs'?
Five hours divided among 250 students works out to approximately this many minutes per student.
What is one minute (1.2 to be more exact)?
Students may take something from this cabinet only after receiving permission or being asked by Ms. A.
What is the Teacher Storage Cabinet?
Breakfast Club dishes must receive this two-step treatment when students finish using them.
What is washing them and returning them to Breakfast Club?
If you take sports equipment outside, you are responsible for these two things.
What are using it appropriately and bringing it back inside?
When one of these helps you focus without distracting anyone, it is being used as a tool rather than a toy.
What is a fidget?
Advocating is different from tattling because its purpose is to get this for someone who may be unsafe or treated unfairly.
Because the custodian has only about 1.2 minutes per student, everyone must help with this shared responsibility.
What is keeping the classroom clean and organized?