At this point in our field experience in Mrs. M's 6th grade class, I have been thinking a lot about two things in particular: classroom management and discipline/behavior techniques. Although the students in the class are for the most part excellent kids, there are some minor behavior problems on occasion and times when a student doesn't complete work as assigned. In these cases, there should be a set discipline technique set in place. The teacher is inconsistent in her discipline techniques and her classroom is not always managed in a way that seems to make much sense to me, or to the students!
Perhaps some of the mayhem is from an upheaval of routine due to practicing for a 6th grade production of Annie that took place this week. The students practice 1.5 hours in the morning and the afternoon. Because of this, their normal routine is knocked off schedule. The teacher fits curriculum into small windows of opportunity that may randomly present themselves. There is no set schedule for language arts, math, or social studies. The only consistency in the schedule is silent reading at the beginning and end of the day.
I believe that students thrive much better on a schedule and with consistency in discipline, technique, and learning times. Changing the schedule every now and then to accomodate something special is different than having craziness for months straight. I want to make sure that when I am a teacher in charge, my students always know what to expect in my classroom-in all the varieties of the days work!
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