Blog Entry 7

Some of the classroom rules were stay in your assigned seat, come to class ready to learn, work on the assignments that are assigned, and keep the talking at a low volume.  Rules are important for a good learning environment.  It is important for the teacher to enforce the rules.  In the classroom Ms. Cheney's students would always loose their pencils.  Ms. Cheney decided to create a game where each student is given a pencil with their class number on it.  Whoever still had their pencil at the end of the school year would receive a prize.  This shows that a teacher doesn't have to always be "mean" when enforcing rules, they can make it fun.

Some procedure the teacher would do to make everything run smoothly, was to keep the student on a schedule.  The students knew what to do, and what the teacher expected.  Also Ms. Cheney would make a list of assignments that needed to be done and instead of micromanaging the classroom, she would be at her desk and let the students work on the assignments.  When the student was done with one of the assignments, they would go to Ms. Cheney who would give them directions for the next.  Also if the students had any questions or needed help, they could go ask Ms. Cheney.