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THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CLASSROOMS (ROOMS #108 AND #109): |
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* Be kind to others. |
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* Keep your hands and feet to yourself. |
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* Raise your hand and wait before speaking. |
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* Listen carefully with your eyes and your ears. |
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* Work quietly. |
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* Always try to do your best. |
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These expectations MUST be followed consistently by everyone. They will be discussed and reinforced on a daily basis. |
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Please assist us and continue to discuss and reinforce these classroom (and beyond the classroom)/school expectations at home. |
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Remember, these expectations are essential as a means of promoting safety, good citizenship, and productive/successful learning and teaching. |
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Should any of these expectations not be followed, consequences will result. |
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CLASSROOMS (ROOMS #108 AND #109) : |
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first offence=a verbal warning |
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second offence=sitting in the "thinking time-out" chair for a certain amount of time (JK=3 to 4 minutes, SK=4 to 5 minutes). The time will be spent thinking about why he/she is in the chair and how he/she will constructively fix the problem. |
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A note, e-mail, verbal chat, or phone call will be made home. |
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Should an offence be extremely severe or a child repeatedly exhibit and demonstrate unacceptable behaviour, he/she will be removed from the classroom and a parent/guardian will be contacted to come and take the child home. |
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Our classrooms each have two "Thinking Time-out Chairs" that children, not following our classroom expectations, will visit and sit on for a certain amount of time. While on the chair, the child will think about why he/she is there and how he/she will |
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fix the problem. When his/her time is over, the teacher(s) will conference with the child and listen to the child. The child must tell specifically what the problem was and how he/she will fix it. |
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Our classrooms also each have a "Grumpy Bear" chair. When a child is feeling frustrated, angry, or grumpy (because we all have those moments/days), he/she is welcome to visit and sit quietly on this chair to "get out"-through internal dialogue- |
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his/her "grumpies", turn negative thoughts/words/feelings into positive ones, and compose him/herself. |
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The child will then quietly return to whatever he/she was doing. The purpose of this chair is to prevent hurtful words from being said to others, to prevent tattling and teasing, and finally, to encourage the use of the mind and words to constructively |
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solve problems. |
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