4th Grade Classroom Management Plan

4th Grade Classroom Management
Plan
1.
A philosophical statement
on your beliefs about classroom
management. This should include
a description of what you believe
to be your teaching style.
A school classroom should be welcoming
and warm. Classrooms are where
students spend a majority of their lives;
they should reflect the lives of students
who are in them. As part of my teaching
style, the classroom should be relaxed
yet structured enough to show that it is a
working
classroom.
Students will have multiple places to work
from including desks for independent work,
small meeting areas for group collaboration,
and tables for project based learning. My goal
to reach every student through their preferred
method of learning will reflect what is seen in
the classroom and how it is used. My teaching
style will be based on what types of learning
methods my students need. I will attempt to
use multiple intelligences when teaching a
subject.
I believe that the best way to understand your
students is to learn about their families. I will
have an open door policy after school to be
available for any questions or concerns
parents may have. I would like to have a small
tutoring group or homework help group afterschool for students who need
more help with the material. By providing this for my students, I am
encouraging them to ask for help and develop a community outside the
classroom. I want to be approachable to my students and their parents as

much as possible to help them succeed.
2. Room arrangement map, or maps for different types of activities
including a student seating arrangement, teacher desk, resources,
displays, etc. You should include a written explanation of your
choice of arrangement(s).
I am basing this classroom management plan on a fourth grade classroom
with approximately twenty students. I want the room to be warm and inviting
to the students and their parents. I will have maps available for lessons on
California history and Geography. I plan on utilizing these maps to show the
different regions of California and how those regions played roles in where
people immigrated to. I want to encourage group work and discussions;
therefore I will be grouping students in small clusters of 4 or 5 students,
depending on desk availability.
Somethings to take into consideration when arranging my classroom:
-Can my students all see the SMARTboard from their desks without having to
turn around?
-Can my students access all of our classroom materials without having to
move something?
-Can my students scoot out their chair without bumping into a desk or
another chair?
-Can I move around the classroom with ease? (Without having to squeeze
through desks?)
-Can I see ALL of my students from my desk?
-Can I see ALL of my students from the meeting table?
3. Classroom rules How are they arrived at? What might they
include? How are they communicated to students, parents,
administrators etc.
The classroom rules will be something the class as a whole will discuss and
write up. I believe that students should be able to reiterate the rules in their
own words and be held accountable. I would like the rules to be a general set
of 5-6 rules that will be easy to remember and refer back to during teachable
moments. The rules should include rules to cover; listening to others, being
respectful, kind, using indoor voices, etc. I want the students to make them
up, but I also want to direct them toward my desired behavior. These rules
should also help respect diversity and increase social justice by holding
students accountable for their actions in the classroom.
The rules can be discussed in small group work giving the students a chance
to freely voice their feelings to a few students before having the chance to
meet as a large group. Each group will have a recorder to write down their
rules and each person in the group will get to state a rule to the class. Once
each group has come up with 3-5 rules, we will all meet together to share.
We will, as a group, consolidate all the rules into a manageable list for
students to remember. This list of rules will be posted in the classroom for all
to see, as well as each student will get the chance to make their own miniposter to bring home and share with their parents. I will also share these
classroom rules with the administrator so that they also follow the schoolwide rules. I plan on having some sort of internet based website or blog
available for parent communication and other types of technology
component. I would post my classroom on the website to make them
available via computers at home.
4. Classroom procedures How are the lessons structured? How do
they start and finish? This should also include some of the principles
of your assessment and grading plans.
I would like to begin every morning with either a verbal check in or a free
writing warm up; this should be a 5-10 minute plan. Students will then get
the opportunity to turn in homework, write down assignments and ask any
questions they have for the day. Depending on where we are in the unit, my
lesson plans will be geared towards their understanding of the standards and
objective for the lesson.
Example: For math assignments, I would like to have the students correct
their homework then ask any probative questions to help understand
problems they got wrong. Students can use this correction time to show their
work and make up any points they may have missed. In order to properly
assess their work, I would like to see all the editions on their homework; I will
tell my students not to erase their work, but to add to it so I may assess their
level of understanding.
During class time, students may raise their

hands for help or to ask questions. I believe
there is a time and place for quiet activities. If
students are working on an assignment, I will
encourage them to ask their peers questions or
to help with ideas; a little noise never hurt
anyone. I would like to use interactive journals
throughout the year to help students retain the
knowledge they need for the next lesson. An
interactive journal gives the student a place to
write or draw the key terms, main concepts,
and vocabulary while also being fun and
showing their creativity.
At the end of the day, students will pack up their belongings, make sure their
homework is written down and they have everything they need to complete
their assignments. The students will be in groups and everyone will have an
assigned job to help finish up the day. I would like to be available after school
for a certain amount of time for homework, tutoring, or parent
communications. My goal would be to see a higher level of understanding of
the concepts if I have the opportunity to help them through guided practice.
5. A description of how you intend to
encourage and respond to positive
students and how you will manage
students that are behaving negatively in
your class. What techniques are you
going to use to maximize the
effectiveness of your classroom
management? You should refer to specific
techniques that we have discussed in
class.
I hope that as a teacher I will be able to
encourage positive behavior to help minimize
negative behavior in the classroom. Every class
will be different and may need a different style
of classroom management to help keep
everything running smoothly. My goal will be to find out what works best for
the class and start from there. I like to give compliments to students who are
on task and working cooperatively in hopes that those who need a reminder
to be on task will reign in their behavior. At the Fourth grade level, students
should be able to self-regulate their behavior. I want to reward good behavior
while attempting to ignore the rest.
When a student is too far out of line, I like the Think It Over concept, where
students reflect on their actions and what they can do differently. I do not
think behavior charts are appropriate for students who are able to regulate
their own behavior. I would rather deal with a student on a one on one level if
there is a problem. I feel that students respond better when they are treated
respectfully by adults, calling them out in front of their peers is not a
beneficial way to get attitudes to change. Students may come to resent the
teacher if they are being reprimanded in front of class all the time.
I like the idea of classroom behavior monitoring. This is a good way for
students to hold each other accountable while not responding to negative
behavior. If the classroom as a whole is being
disruptive, then I will look into consequences for the
whole class. My goal would be to have students regulate
themselves because they do not want to let the
classroom down. I would use positive reinforcement
when dealing with the classroom for example: If the
class behaved well without incident, I would be inclined
to give extra recess time or free time at the end of the
day. Also for this grade level, weekly or monthly goals
may be set to help manage classroom behavior as a
whole.
The area I may need support on would be noise level. I
plan on having a lot group work and team projects, so
the noise level will need to be monitored so it does not
bother the surrounding classrooms. Interactive
noisemeters may be useful when the class is working
in groups or teams.

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