Welcoming students to classroom

I believe it's important to welcome students to the classroom because it shows how determined and ready you are to begin class all while being positive. It makes you, as a teacher, look prepared. It also shows your students that you take your job seriously. Three tips I would use in my classroom from Wong's book would be to post information by the classroom door such as " name, room number, period, grade level, subject and an appropriate welcome or greeting." (pg.106) I think doing this will avoid questions being repeated as to where a student is at. Everything presented in the book has to do with being prepared and on time. Puntuality is of high importance. As an effective teacher, he/she would need to be early at the classroom door in order to welcome students in another thing I also think is important is to have seating arrangements. The tip I would follow is "have their names on place cards on the desks." (pg.108) this will also help students know exactly where they will be seated and will establish rules in the classroom from  the first day. The last thing I think is important is to help those students who seem confused. Maybe they got the wrong room number, and they don't say anything due to embarrassment. This last tip is simple but real effective. "Check each student's registration card, and if the student is in the wrong place or is lost, help the student or find a guide who will." (pg 107) All these tips will help have a better control of the class and will start the year off great.