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Effective Strategies for Classroom Transitions

This document discusses strategies for managing student transitions between classroom activities. It provides 3 examples of transition strategies used by teachers and the effectiveness of each strategy. The strategies included counting down to signal a transition, assigning students to move in an orderly fashion, and having groups wait their turn to receive instructions for the next activity. All strategies helped facilitate smooth transitions and promote positive student behavior by establishing clear routines and expectations for transition times. Suggestions are made to further develop the transition strategies by incorporating signals, explaining activities in advance, and using positive reinforcement of rules.

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Effective Strategies for Classroom Transitions

This document discusses strategies for managing student transitions between classroom activities. It provides 3 examples of transition strategies used by teachers and the effectiveness of each strategy. The strategies included counting down to signal a transition, assigning students to move in an orderly fashion, and having groups wait their turn to receive instructions for the next activity. All strategies helped facilitate smooth transitions and promote positive student behavior by establishing clear routines and expectations for transition times. Suggestions are made to further develop the transition strategies by incorporating signals, explaining activities in advance, and using positive reinforcement of rules.

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Observation

Task 3: Managing Transitions



Type and function of Strategies used to facilitate Efficacy of the Suggestions for further
transitions transitions strategy in terms of development.
promoting positive
behavior and
minimizing
challenging behavior.
1 Transition from sambaly to The teacher asks to The students stand in The teacher should try to
classroom students to go to the class the sambaly Waiting talk and treat the children
by order for their turn If the with respect as if they
She tells grade 2A move, student moves were her own, modeling
when grade 2A entered without the consent kindness, tolerance and
their class, then teacher say of the teacher, compassion.
to other class move, she do teacher will leave
this transitions by moving this student last one
her hand. entrains the class.

2 Transition From the bag The teacher starts counting This is clearly an My suggestions are
corners to the carpet. 1,2,3,4,5, and she say take established routine teacher should open
your pencil put it in your and most children sound for transitioning
table and come to the
immediately start to and coming to the carpet,
carpet if I finished counting
and you not on the carpet I tidy up very quickly. when teacher to this stage
will take JODO points. If Students knows what students will be more
any students did not listen to do when they enter responsible they will
to the teacher or take long the class. know before finishing the
time to sit to the carpet she song they have to be on
takes JODO points from the carpet, if any students
the students. Tacking
be late teacher will late
JODO points it a Negative
punishment, tacking out the student’s standup in
same thing. their place.

3 Transitions from carpet to the When the teacher models The students know My suggestions are
centers. the lesson, she asks the they have to sit teacher should ask to all
students to go there their quality and patience students to sit in their
centers and begin the for the teacher. group than she go around
activity, first of all she ask explain each activity. and
to group one to sit and she tell the students if you
explain the activity for understand the activity
them than she ask to the start doing.
next group to sit in their
group. During the transition
if any group make
disturbance she asks to the
group to standup and they
will be last group to sit.

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