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Only a teacher would understand the need for an entire web page devoted to creating procedures for the bathroom, hallway, and water fountain! Neglecting to plan for these routines can cost you nearly a half an hour\u2019s worth of instructional time each day. On this page excerpted from\u00a0The Cornerstone book<\/a>, you\u2019ll learn how to create your expectations and reinforce routines for these basic procedures so you can maximize your time with students.<\/p>\n

Bathroom procedures: Conveying responsibilities and privileges<\/h3>\n

\"Tips<\/p>\n

The bathroom may take first place on your list of Annoying Inevitabilities In The Classroom.\u00a0 Children have no idea what they put their teachers through in this area.\u00a0 So, I tell them!\u00a0 On the first day of school, I just lay it on the line and explain why bathroom routines are such a hassle for other teachers and why I don\u2019t want to have those same problems.\u00a0 I tell horror stories about my former students peeing on the walls and kids in other classes overflowing the toilets with paper towels (being careful not to give them too many ideas!).\u00a0 I tell them how some teachers have to regulate every single child who goes in and out of the bathroom.\u00a0 The kids love to chime in with stories of their own (\u201cMy last year teacher only let us go after reading groups and we had to have a bathroom monitor check the bathroom afterward every single time!\u201d).\u00a0 I nod sadly and say, \u201cIsn\u2019t that a shame when students behave so poorly that teachers have to treat them like little babies?\u201d<\/p>\n

I then let kids know that OUR classroom this year will be different.\u00a0 I won\u2019t have the problems with them that I had with prior classes.\u00a0 And they will behave better for me than they did for their teachers last year.\u00a0 In OUR room this year, everyone\u2019s going to be responsible, independent, and mature about using the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Assuming the facilities are in the classroom or close by in the hallway, I explain that students will be allowed to go whenever they need to [pause for dramatic effect], as often as they need to [another long pause], and without a sign-in sheet [pause while kids ooh and ahh excitedly].\u00a0 But that\u2019s under the condition that they do not abuse my policy and recognize it as the privilege it is.\u00a0 If people start going five times a day, hanging out in the bathroom for ten minutes, leaving a huge mess\u2026I\u2019ll have to limit their trips and make them sign in and out.\u00a0 Sometimes this needs to be done only for certain individuals until they can prove they are responsible, and sometimes the problem is so big that the whole class has to suffer.\u00a0 We make an oral agreement to be responsible with the bathroom,\u00a0 I teach and enforce the procedures, and students are expected to follow them.<\/p>\n

Some classes can\u2019t handle this freedom, but I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt because it\u2019s so much easier on me than having a tightly-regulated system.\u00a0 I have used a sign-in sheet in the past (a column for the morning and one for the afternoon) and each child could sign in once for each column.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had classroom meetings and bathroom monitors and rules about checking the sign-in sheet to find the person who went in before you so she can go back and clean up messes.\u00a0 But I have found in general that the more rules and discussions we have about bathroom procedures, the worse things get.\u00a0 When I stay focused on instruction, the kids are typically more independent and responsible.<\/p>\n

Signals to indicate when students can use the bathroom<\/h3>\n

\"bathroom-sign\"<\/p>\n

\"bathroom-sign-red\"<\/p>\n

If you want students to ask for permission before they use the bathroom, you can teach them to give a special hand signal, such as two fingers in the air.\u00a0 Let them know that you will respond with a nod or with one finger in a \u2018wait-a-minute\u2019 gesture, in which case they shouldn\u2019t go until you tell them.<\/p>\n

If the primary reason you have students ask for permission to use the bathroom is so that they don\u2019t go at inopportune times (such as during instruction), you can consider using a bathroom sign instead.\u00a0 I keep mine posted all the time and use it as my sole indication of when students can excuse themselves.\u00a0 On one side of the sign, it says in green writing, \u201cYou may use the bathroom\u201d and it says, \u201cPlease wait to use the bathroom.\u00a0 If you have an emergency, please hold up 2 fingers\u201d in red on the other side.\u00a0 I affixed two small magnets to each side and flip the sign to indicate whether students can go freely.\u00a0 If the sign is on red and students have an emergency, they can hold up two fingers and I will allow them to go.\u00a0 (An emergency means that if you wait more than a few minutes, you will probably have an accident.)\u00a0 It takes several weeks for students to adapt to this system and they will ask to use the bathroom from time to time, but all you have to do is point to the sign and smile.<\/p>\n

Teaching toilet and sink expectations<\/h3>\n

The amount of detail you will need to include during your bathroom discussions will depend on the age of your students.\u00a0 I only spend two minutes on this with my third graders, and ask them to provide the majority of information:\u00a0 What do you do when you close the bathroom door behind you?\u00a0 (Use the toilet.\u00a0 Nothing else.\u00a0 No playing around.)\u00a0 How much toilet paper should you use?\u00a0 (About four squares.)\u00a0 What do you do after you finish using the toilet?\u00a0 (Flush!\u00a0 Please!)<\/p>\n

The after-bathroom and sink procedures will need to be spelled out in a little more detail.\u00a0 Discuss how to walk quietly over to the sink, get ONE pump of soap, scrub your hands while you count silently to eight (shorter periods of time won\u2019t kill all the germs), take ONE paper towel and dry your hands, then use the paper towel to turn the water off.\u00a0 (The purpose of using the paper towel to turn the wateroff is because the water spigot is dirty from when you just touched it before washing your hands, so you don\u2019t want to touch it again with clean hands.)\u00a0 Talk about this at the front of the classroom, miming each action as you do it, then actually model it (go into the bathroom, flush the toilet, and come right back out while the whole class watches, talking them through the process (\u201cOkay, I got my soap.\u00a0 Now what?\u00a0 Count with me\u20261\u20262\u2026\u201d).\u00a0 For management purposes, during guided practice you may want to have students just mime the action at their seats.\u00a0 Once the class is settled into an independent activity, you can call them by groups to practice hand washing.<\/p>\n

If kids laugh or get embarrassed during the discussion, stay nonchalant and tell them that the things you are talking about are not funny, dirty, or bad.\u00a0 They\u2019re just part of life.\u00a0 We all use the bathroom and since we all have to share one at school, we need to agree on some rules about what\u2019s appropriate.<\/p>\n

Managing whole-class bathroom trips<\/h3>\n

Not having a toilet in your classroom can actually be a good thing!\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to deal with students constantly coming in and out of the bathroom, getting distracted by flushing, making faces at smells, and so on!\u00a0 If you have \u2018gang bathrooms\u2019 (facilities with multiple toilets\/urinals), you can take the entire class at one time and get the whole process over with.<\/p>\n

I had gang bathrooms for two years and took my third graders as a class three times per day.\u00a0 If there was an emergency, students were allowed to go at other times, but I really stressed the importance of going with the group.\u00a0 I found that when my lessons were engaging and interactive, the kids didn\u2019t think about going to the bathroom and I had very few\u00a0 \u2018emergencies\u2019 during the school day.<\/p>\n

You will need to teach students how to use the bathroom appropriately, as described previously (toilet paper usage, flushing, washing hands).\u00a0 Then you can explain procedures for using gang bathrooms.\u00a0 Be specific about inappropriate behaviors that will not be tolerated, e.g., crawling under and writing on stalls, throwing trash on the floor, and splashing water at the sink.\u00a0 Be quite firm in your discussion about these actions.\u00a0 Explain what the bathroom monitor will do and what you expect from students in the hall.\u00a0 Use reinforcement narration and performance feedback as students practice.\"bathroom-and-water-fountain-procedures-300x300\"<\/p>\n

Water fountain procedures<\/h3>\n

Your routines for getting drinks will depend on whether you have a water fountain in the classroom or need to use one in the hallway.\u00a0 For both scenarios, I highly recommend training a Drink Monitor who can assist you in keeping the class orderly while they get drinks.\u00a0 The monitor can count slowly to five while kids get drinks, and make sure no one is splashing.<\/p>\n

Using a water fountain in the classroom<\/h3>\n

If your water fountain is built into a sink in the classroom, train students to get drinks at specified times of the day.\u00a0 I allow my students to get drinks without permission during Morning Work, right before specials and lunch, and after health (which is usually recess).\u00a0 There is a sign posted by the water fountain in case anyone forgets when they are allowed to drink.\u00a0 Students can get drinks freely at the posted times, except after recess when I know almost everyone will want water (I have students go to their seats when they enter the room and take out their writing journals, then get called by teams to get drinks.)\u00a0 As with all routines, water fountain usage should be done at regular, predictable intervals throughout the day so that kids know what to expect and don\u2019t keep asking for permission to get up during instruction.\u00a0 If students ask to get a drink during other times of the day, I always say no unless they are coughing or have the hiccups.\u00a0 In my experience, if you have pity on a thirsty child one time, you will end up with the entire class asking you daily to let them make a trip to the water fountain!<\/p>\n

Using hallway water fountains<\/h3>\n

\"drink-sign\"<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have a water fountain in your classroom (or if the kids don\u2019t like it because the water\u2019s warm), you\u2019ll probably need to take the entire class to get drinks once or twice per day.\u00a0 The drink monitor can help keep things calm.\u00a0 If there\u2019s any place in your school that has multiple fountains side by side, it\u2019s probably worth the walk because the process of getting drinks will be so much faster and easier to manage.<\/p>\n

A fun way to keep kids from getting too carried away while waiting in a long line for a drink is to have each child answer a math fact.\u00a0 Go right down the line, and as soon as a child answers, he can get a drink.\u00a0 Afterwards, the child should go to the end of the line.\u00a0 Stand towards the middle of the class for proximity control.\u00a0 If your kids get too excited by this, play a game to see who can be Hallway King or Hallway Queen (the child with the best hallway behavior).\u00a0 You can have your Hall Monitor choose for you if you want, so that you\u2019re free to supervise behavior at the water fountain.\u00a0 The reward could just be the title of king or queen, or you could tie it into your classroom reward system (i.e., give a bead or token).\u00a0 I don\u2019t recommend extrinsic rewards as a long-term strategy for procedure reinforcement, but it can be helpful when students are having difficulty developing routines or have had a chaotic change in schedule (holiday events, after an assembly, when there\u2019s a substitute, etc.).<\/p>\n

Another option for those who don\u2019t have water fountains in the classroom is for the teacher to stay in the room with the majority of the class while several students at a time leave to get water.\u00a0 Have the Drink Monitor stand by the fountain, the Hallway Helper stand in the hall, and the Door Helper (or other helper, if you don\u2019t have someone for the door) stand in the doorway.\u00a0 You can then call students a few at a time to get drinks.\u00a0 If any of the helpers have to speak to a child two days in a row about behavior problems, the child can lose the privilege of getting a drink the following day.\u00a0 Stress to the children that only those kids who can be trusted to go in the hallway without a teacher will get drinks this way, and the others will have to be personally escorted by you.<\/p>\n

Obviously, you will need to model this procedure and watch students very closely at first.\u00a0 I would recommend getting drinks together as a whole class for the first week or two of school, and slowly introduce this method.\u00a0 You should stand in the doorway the entire time while students practice the procedure.\u00a0 Even after students have the routine down, you should still plan to poke your head out in the hallway at least once every time you do this process.\u00a0 The rest of the class should be engaged in some kind of warm-up or independent task, which will free you to oversee things and keep kids on-task while they wait for everyone to get drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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