It's the end of July, and Ms. Decatur, newly hired, is getting ready to start a job as a second-grade teacher at Martin Elementary School. She excitedly enters her classroom for the first time, thinking about all the different decisions she'll need to make before school even gets started. It's overwhelming, but she decides to simply start from the most logical point for establishing a
well-managed classroom. Which one of the following activities would you expect to see her do first?
a. developing procedures to ensure student accountability
b. considering the physical space and her instructional expectations, then working to arrange the furniture and supplies
c. reading all the students' cumulative files so she knows as much as possible about her class before they arrive
d. planning activities for the first day of school, making sure to include a motivating get-acquainted activity
b
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What will be an ideal response?
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