California Standards for the Teaching Profession: Standard Two CREATING & MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2.1 Creating a physical environment that engages all students 2.2 Establishing a climate that promotes fairness and respect 2.3 Promoting social development and group responsibility 2.4 Establishing and maintaining standards for student behavior 2.5 Planning and implementing classroom procedures and routines that support student learning 2.6 Using instructional time effectively

One example of a student self-evaluation sheet.      In one reading group I ran in a fifth grade class, I struggled with group management. Students seemed interested only in competing with each other with put-downs and bad behavior. I decided to use this tension toward good by implementing a self-evaluation at the end of each group meeting. Behavior changed almost immediately, and I was rather surprised at how strict the students were at grading their own behavior.

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