1. Step 1: Teaching Procedures

2. What is a procedure?
Step-by-step process for getting things done in the classroom
Specific to that time and place
Different from RULES – which are behaviors used all the time (we will learn about rules next week)
Go over CAFÉ Menu handout – there is one for each grade

3. Examples of Procedures
Arriving in the morning
Raising hands to speak
Lining up
Going to the bathroom
Transitioning from rug to desks

4. Teaching Procedures Interactive Modeling:
1. You explain why the procedure is important.
2. Students observe the model.
3. Students describe what's happening.
4. Students practice and get immediate feedback
Handout – Coaching toward a target

5. Examples: Talking to a Partner

6. Example: Sitting at Meeting Circle

7. Example: Using Scissors

8. Re-teaching Procedures- Putting away Markers

9. Attention-Getting Signals
Develop a quiet signal
Bells or chimes work best
Use it frequently and practice it if children do not immediately respond
Praise the children who respond appropriately
Conferring Form for older students. Handouts Promise Cards and Personal Café Menu

10. Example: Attention Getting Signal
Handouts: Reading Conferring Sheet with Icons

11. Example: Attention Getting Signal
One Spot

12. Example: Attention Getting Signal
Practicing the Signal

13. Example: Attention Getting Signal
Practicing the Signal

14. Transitions Most difficult time of the day
Need to be planned carefully
Give warnings
Use music cues
Actively supervise
Allow enough time
Transition children gradually
Handout – Chart. Have teachers actually make their list of students

15. Transition Example – Word of the Day

16. Example: Tight Transitions

17. Learning During Transitions: Chants

18. Visual Reminders of Procedures
Reading Data handout

19. Visual Signals: Sign Language

20. Review Well-taught procedures lead to a smooth-running classroom
Well-taught procedures prevent behavior problems
Use modeling to teach procedures and practice them
Create a plan for what procedures you will teach and when
Spend first 6 weeks on turning your procedures into routines