Getting Ready for School

Byron presents this list to teachers at their school to aid them in preparing for the coming year.

• Arrange classroom, desks
• Decorating
  • Welcome chart
  • Room for student work
  • Achievement charts
  • Educational and inspirational posters
  • Tags for lockers, desks, etc.
  • Bulletin board
  • Calendar
• Classroom management
  • Classroom management & procedures
    • Morning
    • Hand-raising, talking
    • Washroom, recess, lunch
    • Classroom behaviour
  • Daily schedule
  • Determine daily goals for class
  • Set up gradebook
• Review curriculum
  • Review Scope & Sequence
  • Determine student placement
  • Review first books, become familiar with what you’ll teach
  • Have teacher’s manuals and answer keys ready.
  • How will you teach your subjects.
    • Language Arts
      • Spelling
      • Writing Assignments
    • Math
      • Provide for class and individual work
      • Math Drill Sheets
    • Reading
    • Social Studies
    • Science
      • Check supplies
    • Music
    • Bible
    • Art
  • Plan yearly schedule and progress
• Resources
  • Bring in library books
  • Textbooks, LightUnits for students
  • Maps and globes
  • Reference books (dictionaries, thesaurus, concordance)
  • Papers- scrap, lined, graph, drawing
• Miscellaneous
  • Storytime
  • Job Chart
  • Devotions
  • Memory Passage
  • Make songbook
  • Attendance chart
• Supplies
  • Pens, papers, chalk, sharpener, paper clips, note cards, markers
  • Student supplies- pencil, notebook, folder, pen, eraser
  • Miscellaneous subject related supplies
  • Art supplies
  • Furniture (tennis balls on chairs)
• First day of school
  • What will you do the first day
  • Do you want to send a letter home
  • Have first few lessons planned
  • Cleanup