classroom management

The best way to have good classroom management is to have the class come up with the rules themselves.  I would direct them through their examples of classroom rules to the rules "respect others, respect property and respect yourself".  In my classroom I will use a clip chart and have class points.  At the end of a certain amount of time the class would get some kind of reward.  It is important to teach your students the first day of class what you expect so there will be no question of what is appropriate and what is not for the rest of the year.