Chapter 4a

This portion of the book touched on classroom management and different strategies and procedures to include in the classroom. I think the authors were helpful in this portion of the chapter in giving specific examples. One thing I came across in this chapter that I thought really hard about was when the authors noted to learn names as quickly as possible. I knew for the younger grades that this was important for many reasons. It is hard to control a class of young children without specifically being able to call out names. It also can potentially upset the students if you cannot learn their names quickly. When I started student teaching, I tried to learn their names by the end of the first day. I succeeded with everyone’s by day two. I did not think it would be so important for the older students, but it does make sense now. The teacher can control a classroom much better if he or she can specifically address people. I also enjoyed reading through the portion about procedures and consequences. I have touched on this a lot in my classes here at Bradley, and I know that having a procedure for every little thing will help to manage a classroom.