Norwood+Practicum+Learning+Environment

** (Mrs. Jett’s 4th Grade Classroom at Norwood Elementary) ** __ Photos of Classroom __ 
 * Learning Environment **

__ Class Schedule (from 7:45 AM – 11:00 AM) __


 * 8:05 AM – 8:30 AM || UNPACK, ATTENDANCE, MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, DOL ||
 * 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM || MATH ||
 * 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM || LANGUAGE, WORD STUDY ||
 * 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM || RECESS ||
 * 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM || READING MINILESSON, INDEPENDENT READING, READING GROUPS ||

__ Summary of Student Population __ There are 27 students in Mrs. Jett’s fourth grade classroom. Nine of her students’ are noted special education students, of which two are CDC classified and are in and out of the classroom for various things. The majority, not all but most, experience unstable home lives in which the majority is of low socioeconomic status. They are all wonderfully behaved and each have a special trait that one cannot help but to love. I feel I have learned and observed in Mrs. Jett the ability to look on paper and see a challenging class, but know that each student is an individual and each student has different needs, and one of the most important needs being attention and care. And when students are given attention and care they each feel as special as they are and in turn have a stronger will to learn and a stronger rate of success!

** CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN ** __ S.T.A.R. Behavior Expectations __ “To foster a positive classroom environment I use S.T.A.R. system to monitor behavior. The students start every day with a star stick, relating to a value of how much recess/rewards they will receive. We get thirty minutes of recess/reward time every day. This time will decrease if expectations are not met. Star Stick: 30 minutes of recess Yellow Card: lose 5 minutes of recess Orange Card: lose 15 minutes of recess <span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Pink Card: lose all recess and report to another class for time out <span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Your child will receive several friendly reminders of their expected behavior, then they will begin to lose recess/reward time. The goal is to not lose any time at all. They will have a weekly behavior report that will go home on Friday, so look for this in their weekly folder every week. Please sign and return this in the folder. <span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Thanks, <span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Mrs. Jett <span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">2010 – 2011”