Building a Classroom Community
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Building a Classroom Community feels like...
Children learn best when they feel they are part of a community in which everyone feels accepted and individuality is encouraged. Creating this kind of classroom community requires planning and practice. Below is one of the 5 elements of building that community.
Connect With Me: A culture of connection allows students to feel safe to take risks, make mistakes, build self-confidence and self-efficacy.
“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.” - Gordon Neufeld
Champions of Children
Champions of Children
Watch Rita Pierson’s video, "Every Kid Needs a Champion".
Think of a time when you’ve had a champion on your side or you've been a champion to someone else.
Share your experience in the Padlet below. Double-click anywhere to add a digital post-it.
Building Relationships
Building Relationships
Review the list of connection ideas to build relationships with different community members.
Review the list of connection ideas to build relationships with different community members.
Reflect on strategies you have found effective and successful in the past either as a student or as a teacher.
HITS Connect With Me Ways to build relationships with .pdfWhat are your ideas on ways to build relationships?
What are your ideas on ways to build relationships?
Access an editable version of the table above and add your own bullet in any category to share your idea(s) with others.
Access an editable version of the table above and add your own bullet in any category to share your idea(s) with others.
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