Provides PDF versions of guidelines for crafting effective rules, elementary and secondary consequences that work, and a plan to teach and invest students in rules and consequences.
Recommends developing a cooperative approach to establishing classroom rules and lists practical and impractical discipline strategies, three steps for teaching classroom procedures, procedures to rehearse with students, and 50 tips for motivating students.
Establish rules and procedures the first day of school. Students need to know your expectations from the beginning. They need to know your expectations for behavior and daily classroom procedures and routines. Even though the first day is hectic, it should model a regular day as much as possible so that students know what to expect.
School rules. The mere mention of these words can elicit heavy sighs and moans from children and adults alike. Rules order us around. Rules constrict us. "No running, no hitting, no pushing, no cutting in line, don't interrupt . . ."
Elisa Hernandez
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