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Effectively design the physical environment of the classroom.
Supports the Learning Outcomes
Lemov's Post-It Strategy
Ensure students & families know the objective for the day by posting it on the board.
Designing Effective Activity Centers for Diverse Learners
A guide for teachers at all grade levels and for all subject areas.
The image is a list of ideas for activity centers.
Different Classroom Set-Ups
• SSD Visual Examples •
SEL elementary.movElementary SEL
SEB Classroom.MOVMiddle SEL
SEB.MOVHigh School SEL
Elementary Resource.MOVElementary Resource
High School Centerbased Classroom.mp4Center-Based High School
CT Classroom.MOVCo-Taught High School
Creating a Cultural Responsive Classroom: DESIGN
• ensure that students' identities are represented in the classroom •
• ensure that students' identities are represented in the classroom •
Photos of students & their families
Encourage students to include cultural references/connections in their work.
Diverse and culturally relevant names used in texts, examples, and math problems
Visual representations of students’ cultures, including language/vernacular/slang
Images that celebrate the contributions of celebrities and historical figures that students identify with
Students seeing themselves in the literature. Here is a collection of children's books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC).
Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Glass Doors
Importance of having a diverse books.
Self-Portraits
Helping Kids Celebrate Diversity through Authentic Portraits
Article - Ways to create an Identity-Safe Environment
• Build a positive Classroom Environment / culture •
• Build a positive Classroom Environment / culture •
50 Strategies to Create Community and Revolutionize Classroom Management
Restorative Justice Circles
A video that explains the core processes of Restorative Justice Circles.
Community Circles
An example of a community circle in an elementary setting.
Do a physical or mental scan of your classroom and school building.
Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education Classroom Culture
An exploration tool that can be incorporated into lessons
Opportunities for Movement
Flexible Seating
Gallery Walks
Integrating Movement into Curriculum
54 Educational Brain Breaks
Explore videos, games, activities and lessons
Great resource for brain breaks!
Using gestures with language & vocabulary concepts
5 Movement Strategies in the High School Classroom
Calm Classroom Tools
Calm App
Calm App
FREE resource for educators to bring mindfulness to their classrooms.
Headspace
Headspace
Bring mindfulness into your classroom with a free subscription to Headspace!
Characteristics
Characteristics
Dim Lighting
Limit Wall Hangings
Cozy Furniture
Calm Music
Calm Music
Creates a calm work space, reduces stress and increases focus and attention.
Affirmations
Affirmations
100 Positive Affirmations for Students.
Relationship Building Strategies for the Classroom
Relationship Building Strategies for the Classroom
All Grade Levels
Select an appropriate location in your classroom.
4. Teach the students about calm corner expectations
2. Add calming tools and visuals in the space.
5. Role play & model with students.
3. Teach WHY someone might use this space
6. Post a routine, so students can independently access.
Resource
Resource
Skip to 3:07 to see her classroom
Visuals to organize supplies
Design to foster independence
All Day Classroom
All Day Classroom
Packing/unpacking area
Colors to distinguish subjects and stations
All Day Classroom
All Day Classroom
Para station with ready made data
Strong labeling
Shelves to separate areas and create stations
Co-taught
Co-taught
How the station design works within a co-taught room as well
Clear pathways to circulate the room
Virtual
Virtual
Utilizing Google Classroom & Site with links
Book Resource
Book Resource
Talk with your Autism EPS for more information about this resource.
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