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Assistants often are responsible for small group work. They need to know how to create rules, teach procedures, and enforce rules. Make sure to consult your text for how these rules need to be phrased, and indicate the age of the children/students for which you are writing the rules. 1. Write three to five rules for a small group, making sure that respect, responsibility, and safety are addressed. 2. Write procedures for a. Coming to the group b. Working as an individual at the table c. Leaving the table 3. Discuss how you will teach your rules and procedures. Choose an age level. 4. Describe how you plan to create a calm/positive climate in your group. 5. Assume you have been given a small room connected to the regular classroom as your work

5. Assume you have been given a small room connected to the regular classroom as your work space. It is empty. There is room for a small table and four chairs. There are shelves and cupboards on the walls. How would you make your group space look like a place where learning is celebrated? Utilize at least three concepts on classroom organization. Bold them in your assignment. 6. You are on a learning team doing a functional assessment and have been directed to collect data on a child's screaming behaviour. a. Describe what is important in that data collection. b. List the other steps you can expect in the functional assessment. c. In your own words explain functional equivalency.