How We Organize Ourselves
How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea:
Central Idea:
People's decisions affect the classroom community.
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
Form, connection, responsibility
Lines of Inquiry:
Lines of Inquiry:
Good decisions and bad decisions (form)
How our decisions affect the classroom (connection)
How we can help our classroom community (responsibility)
Planner:
Planner:
Essential Agreements
The essential agreements help the students understand which choices are positive choices.
Whole Class Sort
The students helped to sort examples of good choices and bad choices.
Individual Sort
The students sorted their own pictures of happy choices and sad choices.
Circle Map
The teacher led the students in completing a circle map about good choices.
Bucket Fillers
The students learned that being a "bucket filler" is a good choice.