The Butterfly Classroom
Class Contract Writing for a Socially & Emotionally Safe Classroom
Guiding Question
Guiding Question
How can we ACT in ways to ensure our classroom FEELS safe, inspiring & supportive for EVERYONE?
How can we ACT in ways to ensure our classroom FEELS safe, inspiring & supportive for EVERYONE?
Skills
Skills
- I can analyze a short film for character development & social norms.
- I can apply what I've seen to my behavior and peer/staff relationships.
- I can contribute to discussions about class norms and commit to following them, along with my peers and teacher.
Lessons & Assignments
Lessons & Assignments
View Butterfly Circus
- Viewing Guide (Graphic Organizer)
- Discuss/Brainstorm:
- What were the characteristics of the traditional circus (focus: how did people feel?)
- What were the characteristics of the butterfly circus (focus: how did people feel?)
- What can we commit to as a class to ensure that we have a butterfly circus?
- Create Class Contracts with the commitments from the question above. You might have to narrow them/eliminate some.
- Whole-Class Signatures