Lining Up at the Door
Tue, 08/06/2013 - 12:24 — Nancy Johnson
Strategy Category:
Classroom Management
Grade Level:
Early Childhood/Primary
Intermediate
Middle/Junior High
Content Area:
Agriculture
Business
Computer Science
English
ESL/Bilingual Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
Fine Arts
Foreign Language
Health, Drivers Education and Physical Education
Industrial Technology
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Student Services
Other
Materials or Resources:
No materials necessary
Preparation:
Teach expectations, appoint line leaders
Activity Length:
25minutes
Activity or Strategy Description:
This suggestion from my coach helped me a lot--to give me a procedures to follow with students for dismissal, which happens when students are in line at the door. I stood in the center of my room with a full view of the door and both lines (boys and girls) and told students "I'm happy to dismiss you when your lines are single file and silent." When the lines were single file and silent, I would walk towards the door. If students talked or stepped out of line, I would stop or take a step back away from the door. If students stayed silent in line as I walked ot the door, I would open the door and dismiss the lines,