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Classroom Discipline:  The following are the rules for our classroom.

          Rule #1:  follow directions quickly

          Rule #2:  raise your hand for permission to speak

          Rule #3:  keep your hands, feet, and all other objects to yourself

          Rule #4:  use small voices inside

          Rule #5:  take care of your things and keep our classroom neat and clean
          Rule #6:  work together, get along, and respect each other

          We will be addressing and rehearsing these rules using Whole Brain Teaching.  In this method, when a student breaks the rules, I will call out the rule number, all of the students will respond together with saying the rule out loud.  The student will then have a chance to correct himself/herself.  If the student does not comply, further action will be taken.  Students will recite the rules using gestures.  The brain learns in five ways, by seeing, saying, hearing, doing, and feeling.  We will be using all of these modalities in an upbeat way to engage students in proper self-control.  We will be practicing the rules several times a day.  Students will be clearly instructed on what is expected during rug time, centers/stations time, seat work time, and on any other places and situations they may be in during the day. 

I believe very firmly in logical consequences for misbehavior.  All discipline will be done in a private matter, although students may be visibly missing from activities.  The punishment will fit the crime.  I will only discuss the discipline of your child with you, and will not discuss other students’ consequences etc. due to privacy issues. 

All students begin the day on green regardless of the previous day.  The first step after green will be a 5 minute timeout during "choice" time and a classification of yellow.  I will write you a note on the daily behavior sheet about why your student was moved to yellow.    Should further non-compliance occur, or further incidences follow, students will be moved to red.  Again, you will be notified.   The student will lose his/her “Choice Time” and may be removed from other activities in the classroom.  It is at this point, I may call you depending on the severity of the behavior.  Should students need to be moved beyond red, they will be removed to the office, and either the Dean of Students or I will call you about that discipline action.  “Choice Time” may include extra recess time, but will not include the big after lunch recess.  Students’ playtime and opportunity to be active is VERY important to development and being ready to learn in the classroom. Once students have served their time or missed the activity, they will have an opportunity to move back to green.  However, if they move to yellow 2 times in one day, they will go home on yellow regardless if they served their time or not.  I will only record the final color of the day on the behavior log sheet, although I may write you a note saying, " served a time out today." In kindergarten we are spending a lot of our time learning about what classroom behavior looks like and sounds like.  Each time rules are broken, I try to have positive conversations with the students about how different choices can be made and how all actions in our lives have consequences whether they are negative or positive. 

Computer:  We will have computer class each Wednesday for a half of an hour.   We also have 6 computers located in our classroom.  We will be using a variety of age-appropriate programs that reinforce math, readiness, and reading skills.  We have a lot of really exciting technology here at William Holliday.  Students on occasion will be using IPADS with special apps loaded just for kindergarten.  Children will work on these devices during centers time.

Conferences:  Parent teacher conferences are scheduled two times per year as per the schedule.  We will meet in October and February to discuss your child’s progress. We do not have to wait for these dates, should we feel that discussion should take place about your student’s learning.  In-between conferences can be held over the phone, done by email, or we can meet face to face.