classroom management

Classroom management should begin on day one of the school year (BLT). Setting clear expectations for my children and modeling for them will help to ensure they at least know how they are expected to act in class.   We should never assume that children just know your expectations if you never actually tell them or model them, for the students to actually see.  They could have a different idea of a rule so it is important to make sure you all are on the same page.   The other influential factor will be to keep my children atively mentally engaged (CLT). Many times children misbehave due to boredom or frustration.  By asking open ended questions about the subject material, I am sure to get at least someone's response, which means they will have to be engaged and thinking about the material at hand.  The SLT informs us that when teaching a subject matter is important to stay within a student's ZPD.  This goes back to children misbehaving due to frustration or bordeom.  Students will be frustrated if the subject is too abstract and bored if the material is too easy. This idea of staying within student's ZPD can be assisted with the use of the DLT.  When starting any new subject with any age group it is important to exhibit the most concrete version of the subject material, as the DLT informs us it is easier to understand a concrete object more than an abstract idea.  When ideas are abstract before they are concrete, we are venturing outside of the student's ZPD since the abstract idea is to complex.