Description: Sample Rules and Rationale/Guidelines for Developing Classroom Rules for Primary, Elementary, Middle School and High School Grades. 

Ideal Classroom Examples – Early Elementary by Mr. Brant’s class (video presentation) 

Slide 1: THINK BIG, Start Small, Learn Fast. What We LEARN becomes part of WHO WE ARE. 

Slide 2: Ideal Classroom Examples – Early Elementary by Mr. Brant’s class (title slide) 

Slide 3: Description of pictures (separated by semi-colons): Daily Schedule; Class Rules, Feelings & Behavioral Charts; Individual Schedules. 

Slide 4: Morning Circle picture (labels within): Music instruments in closet, Recorded music on computer  

Homework Chart shows progress of fictitious named students. 

Slide 5: Reading Area picture (labels within): Teacher’s Big Books, Student Books in book rack 

POSTERS/WALL HANGINGS: 

Months of the Year 

Current month poster with pockets. 

Today is: (full date) 

Yesterday was ____________, Today is _____________, Tomorrow will be ______________. 

Happy birthday poster listing student and staff birthday day and month. 

Attendance poster (fictitious names):  

TEACHER/PARAEDUCATORS: MR. BRANT, MS. WONDER, MS. SANCHEZ 

Students: Adriana, Andrew, Jasmine, Saʽid, Kush, Raven, Devon. 

Alphabet letters (UPPER and lower case) 

Whole numbers 

Teacher & paraeducator desks with computer & printer 

Television hung at top corner 

Slide 6: Wall Posters and Hanging Organizer: English Language Development Levels; Sentence Strip Story Arrangement; Student Work Folders 

Slide 7: Subject Work Sample Board displays student work, divided into Subject Areas of English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. 

Slide 8: Rubric Levels (surrounded by subject areas: Language Arts, English Language Development, Physical Education, Art, Writing & Math):  

1. Limited Progress: Demonstrates little or no progress toward mastery of the standards.
2. Partial Progress: Demonstrates some progress towards mastery of the standards.
3. Average Progress: Meets standards.
4. Advanced Progress: Exceeds standards.

Individual Work Time (IWT) folder bins with posted steps: 1) get folder, 2) do work, 3) folder back, 4) clean up 

Slide 9: Schedules for Services and Meetings picture 

Services poster: Services: Adaptive Physical Education (APE); Speech; Occupational Therapy (OT) 

Meetings poster: Grade-level Meetings (grade, day & time); Speech (time); APE (time); OT (time); Library 

Line Order poster (fictitious student names): Adriana, Andrew, Jasmine, Saʽid, Kush, Raven, Devon. 

Slide 10: Title slide summarizing presentation fades away: Ideal Classroom Examples – Early Elementary by Mr. Brant’s class