seating assignments

[Beth McCheyne <bmccheyn@lakenet.org>]

Kate,
   With the number of students you will have, it will take a bit to
learn all of their names.  Here's a trick I have used to get through the
first week or two:
        1.  Allow students to choose their own seats.
        2.  Give a paper to each table and have everyone at that table sign
their names.
        3.  Collect the papers, and use them to write quick notes regarding who
should not sit together next week, etc. while they are there the first
week.
        4.  At the end of each day, you will have valuable info. for each class
regarding who wants to sit where, who's friends with who, and who can't
quite sit together and pay attention to you at the same time.  You can
make your seating assignment decisions on a more intelligent basis this
way.

     This year, I am planning to allow students to choose their own
seats, and just be very tough with discipline.  It's easier to do that
once you have been at the school for a while, and they all have known
you since they were in Kindergarten!

Good Luck!
Beth McCheyne
South Seneca Elementary School
Interlaken, NY

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