The cooperative teacher that I have been working with establish a positive relationship with each student by getting to know them personally and making sure that they know that she sees them and knows them. In the mornings, she is in charge of the outside duty by the entrance to the school. She makes it a point to greet every student when they come to school, but you can definitely tell when one of her students come in. She has a beaming smile and greets the student with their name and asks them how they are and what great things the student plans on accomplishing that day. you can tell that she really knows what is going on in the children's lives and that she really cares.
The routines are very clearly established in her classroom. Each day run through the same schedule. If there happens to be an assembly or anything going on that might alter the schedule, she makes sure to write the information on the board and discusses the changes so that none of the children are caught unaware. Her reading groups are timed exactly to the minute and the students know that as soon as the chimes ring that they are to move to their new center. She rarely needs to interfere and it goes very smoothly.
The teacher recognizes students skills by allowing the students who are excelling in a certain area be able to help the students around them. She also highlights a student each week and encourages them to share their talents with the class during this time.
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