8/11/2019 Classroom Cleanliness

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DE LING WITH

CLEANLINESS IN

THE

CLASSROOM

Children are going to be children, and children often leave a mess. If they pick up

the mess they make, ll is well, but, realistically, they do not clean up automatically.

Indeed, a teacher can spend quite some time seeing to it that scraps and papers

re

picked up, books

are

not leR behind under desks, and that surfacesare free of

gramti, telephone numbers and messages written in assorted markers. You can

spend a lot of time .trying

o

keep your classroom clean.

One teacher solved the problem by initiating a system of desk and rows monitors.

igure

1-12

shows the responsibilities each student has. This sheet was given

t

each

monitor in order that full responsibilities would be clearly understood.

Before the period begins, pre monitors check the conditionof their rows and

the desktops in their rows.

If

they find anything amiss, they report i t to the row

or desk monitor who records

it

for later reference.

When the class ends, the row and desk monitors do their check. If they find

something on the

floor

or under a desk, they politely ask the student to pick it up;

if they find writing on a desk that wasn t there a t the beginning, they ask the

student to remove it. When the class leaves the room, that room is clean and

waiting for the next group.

If a student refuses to obey a monitor, he or she is reported to the teacher, who

must handle each case individually according to that teacher s knowledge of the

student involved.

Once this system has been established and reinforced, the students ust accept

it as another part of the classroom routine, and there is very little trouble from it.

For upper elementary and middle school, this works really well.

This is an activity that will save you a great deal of time while actually

improving the atmosphere of your classroom. You literally have the time from bell

t

bell

t

teach, without having to supervise tossed paper or messy desks. I t instills

good habits in your students, and

it frees you to concentrate on your teaching.

j3ESPONSlBlLlf ES OF CLEAN-UP MONITORS

ROW

efore class begins check your row for cleanliness

PRE-MONITORS:

and report anything unusual to the Row Monitor.

DESK

Before class begins check the desktops in your

PRE-MONITORS:

row for cleanliness and report anything unusual to

the Desk Monitor.

ROW MONITORS:

Check your row at the en of every class; look

under each desk; politely ask students to pick up

any refuse near or under their desks; if the row is

not to your satisfaction report t to the teacher.

DESK MONITORS: Check the desktops in your row at the en of each

class for writing drawing andlor marks of any kind;

politely ask the student to remove the marks;

if

the

desktops are not to your satisfaction report it to the

teacher

CHECKER:

Check everything before and fter class.

Figure 2

leanliness Task Sheet

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