- Plan seating assignments (i.e. random, numbered, alphabetical).
- Determine essential procedures for a smooth-running classroom.
- Over plan!
- Gather lots of teambuilding activities to be used early during the year.
- Post your discipline plan, including rules and consequences.
- Identify a location in your classroom to post your daily agenda.
- Create a daily routine for the first five minutes of class.
- Anticipate and prepare all supplies needed (dry erase markers, corridor passes, stapler, etc.).
- Organize and prepare your classroom so it is ready for learning.
- Think of ways to learn your student's names quickly (i.e. mnemonics, pictures, etc.).
- Introduce yourself to the teachers next door and across the hall.
- Commit to connecting with each student on a daily basis (eye contact, greetings, acknowledgements, quick notes, high fives).
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