Class Management

First Step: Warm-up question or Quote of the Day
In order to get class started, I think it is best to have a warm-up question to get the students going. One of my teachers in high school used a quote of the day which we were forced to copy and then we would discuss it as a class. I really like the quote of the day because it is something different that not many teachers use.

Step Two: Pickup Trash
It seems students love to throw paper at each other or at the trash cans. An idea I thought of while student teaching is make a student who is throwing trash during class must come after school to clean up the room. This also pertains to any student that likes to leave their trash in the floor too. This makes students want to keep the area clean around their desk and stop tempting them from throwing paper at each other.

Step Three: Talking
I am having this problem in some of my classes right now. Students will not quit talking. My plan is to ask the students what I as a teacher can do to stop the talking. When they give me options then I will ask them to sign a contract about talking and the consequences that come with it. I think this could work because the teacher is giving the students a chance to help make the rules for talking by giving them a voice on the problem.