1. THE R’S OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
(from Agnestics… 2010)
1. RELATIONSHIPS > interactions, contact, socialization, community, group
2. RIGHTS > personal & academic, individual & communal privileges
3. RESPONSIBILITY > duty, task, obligation, accountability, trust, leadership
4. RESPECT > esteem, reverence, high regard, authority, obedience
5. REFINEMENT > finesse, maturity, class, culture, style, ethics, morals
6. RECIPROCITY > mutuality, give-and-take, symbiosis, interdependence
7. RESPONSE > self-investment, feedback, reply, performance, action
8. RESERVE > formality, coolness, propriety, exemplar, model, hero
9. RESILIENCE > flexibility, adaptability, adjustability, elasticity, optimism
10. RESOLUTION > decision, determination, agreement, willpower, strength
11. REALIGNMENT > evaluation, rearrangement, agreement, conformity
12. REALITY > truth, actuality, fact, certainty, faith, belief, confidence
13. RESTRAINT > discipline, control, management, order, harmony
14. REWARD > reinforcement, incentive, results, outcomes, opportunities
15. ROUTINE > habitual, customary, usual practice, procedures, steps
16. RITUALS > celebrations, proceedings, tradition, innovations, closure
17. REGIMEN > schedule, agenda, program, plan, curriculum, paradigm
18. RESOURCES > instructional means, tools, supplies, devices, aids, materials
19. RULES > policies, observances, regulations, policy, strategy, guide
20. RUBRICS > norms, standards, criteria, reference, principle, reason
21. RESTRICTIONS > limits, borders, boundaries, perimeter, bounds, check
22. REMINDERS > recall, trigger, effect, stimulate, motivation, push, force
23. REPRIMAND > correct, admonition, caution, advice, counsel, warning
24. REPARATION > compensate, amend, atonement, remedial, intervention
25. REPETITION > redo, replicate, duplicate, habitual, mastery, expertise
26. RESTRUCTURING > reform, reorganize, reshuffle, reorganization, evolution
27. REQUIREMENTS > condition, requisite, necessity, essentials, provisions
28. REGULARITY > order, system, organization, expectations, uniformity
29. REENGINEERING > revision, change, improvement, modification, review
30. RESISTANCE > challenge, confrontation, struggle, argument, opposition
Prepared by
Sister M. Agnes Lentejas, O.S.F.
Teacher Education Department
College of Education
University of San Carlos