What is ROARS?
Sunman Elementary's students and staff participate in a school-wide positive behavior program called ROARS. This program reinforces actions which support student learning and positive social skills. The ROAR acronym stands for the five expectations of the program:
R Respectful
O Organized
A Awesome Attitude
R Responsible
S Safe
Students are taught the expected behaviors through direct instruction and modeling. Any staff member can award a Tiger Ticket to students (or classes) who demonstrate positive ROARS behaviors. Tiger Tickets are used in a variety of forms of incentives. Weekly raffles and classroom rewards help students celebrate their successes with positive behaviors.
Learning School Routines
- Hallway Expectations: "tight to the right", zero zone, nose and toes to the front
- Bathroom Expectations: 2 squirts of soap, 1 paper towel, zero zone
- Cafeteria Expectations
- Recess Expectations, Inside and Outside
- Beginning and End of Day Expectations
Learning Classroom Routines
- Group Talk Expectations: raise hand to ask or tell, listen with eyes and ears, sit crisscross applesauce, hands not playing
- Level 1 Worktime Expectations: whisper ONLY is asking about the work or telling about the work
- Morning Expectations: lunch money to cafeteria, end of day changes to office, yellow folder turn-in, lunch count, morning work
- Recess to Lunch Expectations: packed lunch by door, abc order lineup
- Bus Time Expectations: locker for backpack, book for home, class cleanup, yellow folder
Learning to be a Reader
- Looking at Illustrations- think and wonder
- Reading text- think and wonder, make connections, visualize (picture it)
- "Read to Self"- eyes on text, stay in spot, not page flipping, read out loud or in your head, share time after
- Special Spot Chairs- with permission
- Bookboxes- coming soon!