Back to School Rules

@ Lesson Plans
FacebookShare/Bookmark

Learn the basic classroom rules to have a safe and productive year.

Materials:

  • paper
  • pencil
  • chalkboard
  • chalk
  • eraser
  • Optional: an old phone

Plan:

  1. First I talk to the students about the basic classroom rules and why they are so important.
  2. Then, we talk about how the classroom is all of ours for 180 days and that they should have some imput in regards to some rules they feel that are important to them as fifth graders.
  3. They break into cooperative groups and come up with one or two more rules.
  4. We return back into a large group. The groups present their rules. We vote on the two or three best rules to add to my rules. Of course, I am the President, so I may veto any rule the I feel is inappropriate.
  5. To close: We play a version of ” Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” called ” Who Wants to Have a Good Year” with the classroom rules.

Comments:

I find this enables the students to have fun with the rules and take some ownership.   I am going to definitely use this approach in August because I am pregnant and want to have fun with my students with the short time I will be with them. Also, I don’t want to get too stressed out!

By: Kathy Stalling, 5th Grade teacher


Related lesson plans:

  1. 100th Day of School Collections 100 items–children predict weights, weigh, and chart results. Materials: Bags of items of 100 something to weigh your items I prepare bags of 100 pennies, 100 popsicle sticks, 100 pasta noodles, 100 fruit loops and any other 100 items I...
  2. 100th Day of School 50-50 Book Write a book listing groups of 50 opposites. I did this with my students, and they called it “The 100 Book” because each page spread has 100 items. Materials: markers large white sheets of construction paper Book:  Ten Black Dots by...
  3. First Day of School: I’ll Get to Know You To welcome children to school and help them get to know one another. Materials: Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Big Buttons with a letter of the alphabet written on it, or Hershey’s miniature candies. Lesson Plan: The first activity is...
  4. The Kissing Hand Activity for the First Week of School Activities to go along with the book The Kissing Hand. Materials:  Put the following items in a book bag or backpack or shoebox: Book: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Heart shaped stickers Hand cut outs Journal book Pencils or crayons Lesson...
  5. Teamwork Lesson for Learning to Work Together (6th Grade) Students will learn how to work in groups. Objectives: Students will be able to define teamwork. Students will work together to brainstorm 3/4 words that teamwork means to them. Students will develop three or four positive guidelines for working in...

One Response to Back to School Rules

  1. Evelyn Francis August 22, 2011 at 12:28 am #

    I THINK THIS WILL BE SO EXCITED FOR MY CLASS I’M GETTING. THEY WILL RESPECT THEIR INPUT IN FORMULATING THE RULES. i AM ALSO PLANNING FOR THEM TO APPROVE THE RULES I MADE UP BY GIVING REASONS FOR THEIR APPROVAL. THANKS A LOT FOR THE IDEA.

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Evelyn Francis Click here to cancel reply.

14 − 7 =