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Lesson Plan: Classroom Code of Conduct

Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of having a classroom code of conduct.

Create a classroom code of conduct collaboratively.

Evaluate different behaviors to determine their appropriateness in a classroom setting.

(Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs: Understand, Create, Evaluate)

Materials Needed

- Overhead projection

- Whiteboard and markers

- Handouts with activities about the rules (or you may present them on the screen).

Warm up

(suggested:) Greet the students and ask them: Do you like football?

Students respond freely.

React to the students answers: why? (Wait for their answers but if they seemed reluctant go on:)

Do you enjoy it? Or Do you feel bored (use your facial expression for bored)?

Teacher: well, in football.. Can you take or touch the ball with your hand? (Use your body language: moving hand)

Students respond: Of course not.

Teacher: Good, but why?

If the students couldn’t say the word “rule”, teacher can help: This is a ru.. ru.. rule in football (and write rule on the board).

Teacher: Now, you are at school, can you do anything you want?

Students: respond freely.

Regardless to their response, ask hem: Can you come late?

Students: No.

Teacher: So, also there are ru.ru.ru…rules in the classroom (point to the word rule you had already written on the board). We all should follow and respect. This is classroom rules or classroom code of conduct (teacher writes this on the middle of board).

Teacher: Why the classroom code of contact is important?

Students respond freely.

Teacher explains the importance of having rules: "Exactly. So, today, we're going to learn about how we should be (behave: write it on the board next to rules) in our classroom to create positive and respectful learning space (environment). Today we are going to create classroom code of conduct." (Teacher writes on the bottom of the board: positive and respectful learning environment)

The board should be like this and teacher repeats: Classroom code of conduct is a set of rules to have positive and respectful learning environment.

Teacher: Let’s create our classroom code of conduct. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Brainstorming:

Teacher explains: You are going to see some pictures and try to guess the rules of the classroom code of conduct. The one who can guess and writes more rules wins (gamification).

Teacher plays the slides presenting situations and let the students guess and write the rule.

ð   5 minutes (As the teacher plays the slides, the students individually guess the rule and write them down as numbered.

To move from one picture to another picture: the students have to say: NEXT.

Scaffold questioning by starting with simple scenarios and progressing to more complex ones (as suggested in the slides).

Teacher without correction: Now, in group of … (if you have time you can ask the students to work in pairs before working in groups), and try to check and remember the rules presented and write them on one piece of paper.

Set 3 minutes but you may allow for 5 minutes: (negotiate time as you monitor.)

Teacher (asks the students to present their lists of the rules as groups in turn): Now, let’s start with the first group. As you listen to your classmate lists of rules, cross (cross on the board to explain the word.) the same rules you have in your list of rules. Keep only unique rules you could get.

(When all of them presented, the group who has the less crosses is the winner.)

Practice:

Activity one: Teacher asks students to work individually and do the next exercise (in the handout or present them on the screen).

Exercise A: Teacher explains: Individually (one, one, one…) do exercise A: Fill in the blank with the correct words. Teacher use their body language (mime) to help the students understand the words needed to fill in the blanks.

A. Fill in the blank with the correct words.

The keys:

1.       We should always __ on time.

2.       We should keep our classroom __.

3.       We should always __ to our teacher.

4.       We must _ our classmates and be kind to everyone.

5.       It is important to keep our hands and feet to __.

Word bank: clean, raise, listen, ourselves, come, respect

1.       come

2.       clean

3.       listen

4.       respect

5.       ourselves

B. The questions

The keys:

1. What should you do if you want to speak in class?

·         a) Shout out loud

·         b) Ignore the teacher

·         c) Raise your hand

2.       How should you treat your classmates?

·         a) Be mean

·         b) Respect them

·         c) Ignore them

3.       What should you do if you make a mess?

·         a) Leave it

·         b) Clean it up

·         c) Blame someone else

4.       When the teacher is talking, you should:

·         a) Listen to the teacher

·         b) Talk to your friend

·         c) Play with your pencil case

5.       What should you do with your homework?

·         a) Throw it away

·         b) Forget about it

·         c) Finish it on time

1.            c) raise your hand

2.            b) Respect them

3.            b) Clean it up

4.            a) Listen to the teacher

5.          c) Finish it on time

The scenarios:

Scenario1: The class starts but Johnny is still coming to the school.

Scenario 2: Sarah keeps interrupting the teacher without raising her hand.

Scenario 3: Mark accidentally spills paint on the floor and doesn't clean it up.

Scenario 4: During recess, Alex pushes another student while playing tag.

Scenario 5: Emily doesn't complete her homework and forgets to hand it in.

Scenario 6: Jake calls his classmate a mean name during lunch.

Scenario 7: Lily’s phone rings suddenly and the lesson was interrupted.

Scenario 8: During a class discussion, Michael is playing with his pencil and not paying attention.

Scenario 9: Jessica refuses to work with her classmates on a group assignment and does everything herself.

Scenario 10: Timmy laughs at another student who gives the wrong answer in class.

The keys:

Rule Broken A: Be punctual – Arrive on time for classes.

Rule Broken B: Follow Directions - Raise your hand before speaking.

Rule Broken C: Take Care of Materials - Use school supplies carefully and clean up messes.

Rule Broken D: Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself- Avoid touching others or their things without permission.

Rule Broken E: Work Hard - Complete homework and class assignments on time.

Rule Broken F: Use Kind Words - Speak to others with respect and kindness.

Rule Broken G: Turn off your mobile – Leave your phone at home or turn it off if you bring it to the school.

Rule Broken H: Be a Good Listener - Listen when your teacher or classmates are speaking.

Rule Broken I: Cooperate with Others - Work together with your classmates on group projects.

Rule Broken 10: Keep the classroom clean - Pick up after yourself and help keep your learning environment clean.

Teacher, using the technique Think, Pair, Share, (asks students to work individually and do the activities. Then, the students work in pairs and compare their answers. After that, the students work in small groups (you decide the number of the groups based on the total number of the students in the class.)

Teacher sets 3 minutes to do the task individually.

After that, teacher asks students to work in pairs and then immediately in groups. (if still have time, assign roles within the group to foster their skills in group working as crucial soft skill).

Teacher asks the students to have whole class correction.  

Teacher: “Well, are these rules important in our class? Which one is the most important rule?”

Students respond freely. => 3 minutes discussion

Teacher asks the students: Now, do you agree with these rules (Teacher uses their thump up to explain agree and use their thump down for disagreeing)?  If yes, let`s vote: Raise your hand if you agree.

The students are expected to agree. If anyone refuses, ask them why.

Extension: See the choice board here. (Try to explain the assignment while in the class.)