VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 05:51:17 08/14/00 Mon
Author: Vhoop
Subject: Re: The first day of school
In reply to: Lynn Green 's message, "The first day of school" on 15:50:06 07/24/00 Mon

> I would be interested in hearing from teachers,
> particularly in the secondary grades, on what you do
> on the first days of school. How do you establish
> classroom procedures and your discipline rules????
>
> I am a 10th grade Language Arts teacher.

We use a block schedule at my school, so I have the students for 90 minutes. Usually the first week is chaotic with many announcements and grade meetings. I try to keep my rules and procedures VERY short. I have about 3 rules-- treat people with respect, don't interfere with others learning... hmmm maybe I have 2 rules :-) I tell them that I enforce all the school's rules (tardies etc). We read over my one sheet long course description. I get their names/addresses and "What they want to learn" on a 3X5 card. Then I teach something. A short story that is funny is a good place to start. I try to have a little unit that will last a week and absorb all the interruptions, etc.

Good luck.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

  • Re: The first day of school -- patty, 11:41:32 10/12/00 Thu
    [ Contact Forum Admin ]

    Forum timezone: GMT-8
    VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
    Before posting please read our privacy policy.
    VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
    Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.