Kelly Rynd

SPED 471
Assignment 3
12/8/14

An Aggie does not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those

Classroom Expectation
The three classroom rules I developed are:
1. Be Ready
a. How a students day starts will effect their behavior and
learning throughout the entire day. It is very important for
students to learn how to prepare for each day and class.
Teaching the students the expectation of Be Ready will
show them the importance of being on time and having
their materials organized. It is also important to teach
students how to be mentally ready for each school day.
2. Be Respectful
a. Instilling a sense of respect in your students will benefit
them greatly inside and outside of the classroom. In middle
school, it is very important to hold high expectations for
respecting other students. Middle school is when bullying is
the worst and the students need to know that it will not be
accepted in their school. I chose Be Respectful as one of
the expectations because I think it is extremely important
for young students to understand what it means to respect
yourself and others.
3. Be Responsible
a. Students responsibility grows as their age increases. It is
importance that a students responsibility in the classroom
also grows with each grade. Middle school is a great time
to increase a students responsibility in the classroom. The
students need to know that it is not okay to forget books
at home or come to class with incomplete work. Middle
School is the time to prepare your students for high
school. Increasing your students responsibility level is one
of the most effective ways to prepare them.
Expectati
on
Be Ready

Overall

Classroom

Recess

Cafeteria

Hallway

Come to
school
ready and
willing to
learn

Arrive to
each class
on time

Listen to
the
whistle

Know where
you are
going

Have your
materials
ready

Line up
when you
are
suppose
to

Have
lunch box
or lunch
money
with you

Arrive on
time

Form a
line and
wait
quietly

Have locker
material
ready
Only use
lockers
during the

Be
Respectful

Speak
Follow your
kindly to
teachers
and about directions
others
Always
show
respect to
school
staff

Be
Responsibl
e

Treat
others
how you
want to
be
treated
Always
tell truth
Follow
directions
Be helpful
and
caring to
others

Ask
permission
before
using
materials
that are
not yours

Keep
others
and
yourself
safe
Share
recess
equipmen
t and toys

Show
appreciati
on to the
cafeteria
workers
Eat your
own food

assigned
locker times
Stay silent in
the hallways
Keep your
hands to
yourself

Use table
manners

Keep
hallways
neat and
clean

Use the
equipmen
t the right
way

Always
give your
best effort

Return all
equipmen
t

Always
clean up
your area

Stay on your
designated
side

Complete
all
assignmen
t
homework
and
classwork

Follow the
teachers
directions

Stay in
your seat

Walk with a
purpose

Use inside
voice

Stay in line
with your
class

Stay in
the
assigned
recess
area

Teaching Expectation
August
- During the first week of school all expectations will be taught
- On the first day they will learn the overall expectations for each
rule
- Tuesday will be classroom expectations
- Wednesday will be hallway expectation
- Thursday will be recess expectations
- Friday will be cafeteria expectations
- Each day for the rest of the month we will have a quick review of
the expectations for that specific setting

September
- Two weeks into September we will review the expectation for each
setting
- Each review will before we go into that setting
- Monday we will go over the overall expectation right when they get
to school
- Tuesday we will go over classroom expectations during bell work
- Wednesday we will go over hallway expectations before we leave
the classroom
- Thursday we will go over recess expectations right before recess
- Friday we will go over cafeteria expectations right before lunch
October
- Will reteach only if students are not following the expectations
November
- After we get back from Thanksgiving break I will have a quick
review for each setting expectation
- I will give a quiz during bell work of the overall expectation for each
rule
- Each day during the week I will give a short quiz that covers the
rule expectations for each setting
December
- Will reteach only if students are not following the expectations
January
- The week they come back from break I will reteach all the
expectations
- Each review will be before we go into that setting
- Monday we will go over the overall expectation right when they get
to school
- Tuesday we will go over classroom expectations during bell work
- Wednesday we will go over hallway expectations before we leave
the classroom
- Thursday we will go over the recess expectations right before we
go to recess
- Friday we will go over cafeteria expectations right before we go to
lunch
February
- Will reteach only if students are not following the expectations
March
- After we get back from Spring Break I will have a quick review for
each setting expectation
- I will give a quiz during bell work of the overall expectation for each
rule
- Each day during the week I will give a short quiz that covers the
rule expectations for each setting

April
- Will reteach only if students are not following the expectations
May
- Will reteach only if students are not following the expectations
Precorrection
It is extremely important to use precorrection with your students. When
looking at the rule expectations, I see three potential problematic
routines that I can precorrect.
- When walking to lunch it is very common for students to start to
push each other and try and cut each other in line
o As the class is starting to line up for lunch I will say,
Remember how we walk in the hallway. Your hands are
kept to yourself and you stay in number order. By showing
me you can be mature and responsible, I will continue to
allow free seating during lunch
- Once students are in sixth grade most parents place full
responsibility of keeping up with their schoolwork on them. This
results in students not doing their homework or turning in
incomplete work.
o When passing out the assigned homework I will say to the
students, This homework assignment is super important!
We learning even more about Sam Houston tomorrow so I
really need yall to understand what we learned today. If
everyone turns in completed homework tomorrow, we may
even get a couple extra minutes for recess
- Sixth grade is a very competitive age. It is very common for boys to
get aggressive and misbehave when playing a game of kickball,
basketball, etc.
o When passing out the recess equipment say the students
Show respect and good sportsmanship when playing with
each other. You need to keep yourself and others safe
when playing the game. Showing me you can play fair will
result in yall receiving full amount of recess time to play.
Reinforcement System
The group wide reinforcement system I will use for my class is the
Good Behavior Game. The good behavior game rewards the children
for displaying appropriate on-task behaviors in many settings
throughout the day. The class will be divided up into two teams. Each
time a student displays an appropriate desired behavior his/her team
will earn a point. The team with the most points at the end of the week
will get a reward. When I first introduce the game to the students I will
have them take a reinforcement survey to help me choose which

reinforcers to pick. Once the survey is in, I will take the reinforcers with
the most points and create a reinforcement chart. This is where the
group will choose their prize from at the end of each week. This is an
interdependent group contingency because delivery of the
reinforcement is based on the groups performance, not just one
student.
A section of the board will be used to keep score of each team
throughout the week. Any time a student earns a point for their team,
they get to go add a tally mark under their teams name. Students will
earn points for a variety of behaviors. Showing good sportsmanship
during recess, offering help to a friend, helping clean up during lunch,
being on time for class, etc. They will not loose points for any reason. I
am only rewarding desired behaviors. At the end of the week, the team
with the most points can choose a reinforcement/prize. They will be
able to choose one item off the reinforcement chart. The
reinforcements will range from thirty minutes of free time at the end of
the day, getting to eat lunch in the classroom, lining up first for lunch
or recess next week, etc. The Good Behavior Game is an excellent
way to encourage appropriate behavior in your students. It also has
very high student involvement and the kids really enjoy playing it.
Rule Violation System
Level 1
*These behaviors are
teacher managed. Only
send to office after
multiple instances of
disobeying the teachers
correction

Behavior
- Out of seat
- Not following
directions
- Sleeping
- Playing in desk
- Refusing to work
- Not prepared
- Whining
- Leaning in chair
Ideas for Controlling
Behavior
- Eye contact

Level 2

Level 3

*Up to teachers discretion if

*These behaviors result in

Behavior
- Inappropriate noises
or words
- Standing on furniture
- Constant talking
- Talking back
- Out of seat and
interfering with others
learning
- Consistently not
following directions
Ideas for Controlling
Behavior
- Eye contact

Behavior
- Cheating
- Stealing
- Fighting
- Punching
- Throwing furniture
- Actions that cause
harm
- Sexual harassment
or sexual behaviors
Ideas for Controlling
Behavior
- High level of

Proximal control
Visual reminders
Verbal warning
Preteaching of
expectations

Consequences May
Include
- Detention
- Loss of privileges
- Moving seat
- Time out in room

Proximal control
High levels of
supervision
Preteaching of
expectations
Link rewards to
appropriate behavior

Consequences May
Include
- Detention
- Loss of privileges
- Parent contact
- Parent/teacher/stude
nt conference
- Office referral

supervision
- Discussion about
expectations
- Reteaching of school
rules/expected
behaviors
- Consultation with
guidance counselor
Consequences May
Include
- As per Board of
Education discipline
policies

Non-Responders
As we have learned throughout this year, there is a reason behind
every students problem behavior. I am a very firm believer that
sending a student to the principals office is not always the correct
approach. There are many different situations in which an alternative
approach will be much more effective for the student. The key to fixing
problem behavior is finding the function behind the behavior
- You have a student in your social studies class that starts talking,
distracting others, and getting out of his head every time it is
individual reading time. Instead of sending him to the office I
would try to find the reason behind his problem behavior during
reading time. The first thought that comes to my mind is that he
struggles with reading. He doesnt understand the book so he
starts to act out in hopes that he can get sent out of the room. The
next day during individual reading time I would take him outside
and test his reading ability. If the results match my prediction, I
would start to give him resources during reading time. Graphic
organizers, high interest material books, summary cards, etc.
- For students who have problems blurting out or talking out of turn,
I have found that it is very helpful to assign the student a number
of questions per class. There is always one student who wants to
answer every single question and has a comment for everything.
An alternative way to handling this situation is to pull that student
aside before class and tell him he will only be allowed to answer
five questions. If he answers more than five than he is only going
to have four questions the next day. This way, the student gets to
decide which questions are worth answering. And you can do little
reminders throughout class like saying Okay Jake, this is answer

number three. This is a great classroom management strategy