Things to improve upon......

I am sure this could be a really long blog but I will try and keep it to the point. One thing that has been a difficult thing to maintain is consistency. I feel that I began the summer really strong on consequences and would hand out consequences with equal regularity, but lately I have been a little more lax in my classroom management. I am still someone who prefers a quite classroom, but I allow a little more joking around and goofing off than I used to. I can tell that kids really notice to whom you give consequences and what those consequences are. They notice if you are more flexible with some students than others. Our classroom really has the very extremes of students, those who rarely speak and those that rarely are silent. We have the famous Cody and Jasmine and it can be hard to punish those that rarely make a sound while constantly dealing with a few students. I have found that in a few instances I have dealt a consequence to one of the more disruptive students while letting things slide with others. It is crucial that I remain consistent and go by the posted rules and not deviate. Then the students know what to expect and are not thinking that consequences are being given out unfairly. So at this point in my brief career I would say that consistency is my weakest area.