Practice Set 3: Classroom Management & Organization

On the first day of class, a teacher spends time teaching students procedures for routine activities such as passing in papers and moving into cooperative groups.

This is a good idea because it will save time later.

There are times when teachers want students to work in small groups. Which of the following procedures will BEST help students get into their groups and begin work without much delay?

Explain to students how group work is done in your classroom. Assign groups and have desks arranged before students arrive.

In order to improve the classroom conduct of a student who misbehaves, it is MOST effective to be

specific and consistent.

During an oral review for a social studies unit, a student correctly but tentatively answers a question about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Which of the following statements should the teacher make to ensure the student actually understands the concept?

"That's right. Can you explain why?"

Teachers write rubrics for student projects in order to identify

expectations and grading criteria.

In which of the following situations are students MOST likely to require additional guidance and support from the teacher?

The students have little choice or control over their level of participation.

In preparing for the first day of school, a teacher has already posted a few key rules on the bulletin board, decided how to greet students as they enter the classroom, arranged furniture, and planned a series of activities. Which of the following should definitely be added to these preparations?

A way to immediately begin learning students' names

A teacher has decided to use a signal to tell students, “Please pay attention to the work now” and “Please check your behavior now because it needs to be corrected.” Which of the following BEST summarizes the qualities this signal should have?

Maintains classroom momentum, nonverbal

A middle school student turns in a homework assignment—a worksheet with vocabulary matching and several open-ended questions. When you are grading this student's paper, you notice he has just written the letters in alphabetical order and wrote “I don't know” for his answers to the questions. Which of the following approaches will BEST help the student with his homework?

Determine if the student does not understand the work or simply refuses to complete the assignment and contact his parents to discuss your findings.

Which of the following classroom management goals will BEST ensure an orderly classroom?

Establish, explain, and practice classroom procedures; set standards for performance.

A fifth grade teacher wants to have his students read and critique each other's writing as part of the editing process. What should the teacher do to ensure students evaluate one another consistently?

Read several sample papers as a class and practice giving feedback to a writer.

How can a teacher show that he or she has high expectations for students' learning?

Encourage all students to work for improvement.

A teacher suspects that a fourth grade parent has been assisting a student more than is appropriate on the daily homework assignments. How can the teacher BEST address this issue with the parent?

Discuss with the parent various strategies that the parent can use to help the student benefit from the assignments.

The MOST important benefit of developing rules and discipline policies together with your students is that

it provides students with an opportunity to take ownership of the rules.

You have finished your high school lesson faster than anticipated. There are ten minutes left before the bell rings. Which of the following activities shows the BEST use of classroom time and management?

Use a set of 5- to 10-minute activities that were prepared ahead of time and that apply to the class material.