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Building Classroom Communities. Introduction. ESTABLISHING A CLASSROOM COMMUNITY. A CLASSROOM COMMUNITY IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, WHERE THEY FEEL SUPPORTED, AND WHERE THEY FEEL ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DISCOVERIES EACH NEW SCHOOL DAY WILL BRING.
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Building Classroom Communities Introduction
ESTABLISHING A CLASSROOM COMMUNITY • A CLASSROOM COMMUNITY IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, WHERE THEY FEEL SUPPORTED, AND WHERE THEY FEEL ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DISCOVERIES EACH NEW SCHOOL DAY WILL BRING. • THIS COMMUNITY SITUATION CAN PROVIDE A SENSE OF BELONGING WHERE STUDENTS THRIVE.
Transforming a Group of Students into a Classroom Community • Five stages • Forming • Transforming • Norming • Storming • Performing
Norming • The teacher creates the norms intentionally, working toward the classroom culture he or she desires. • He or she encourages, models, and facilitates cooperation, support, honor, and trust as part of the normative process, then the class will begin to internalize those behaviors.
Rituals and Routines • A ritual is a “regular, consistent practice or activity that sends a clear message, this is important”. • Routines that are intentionally practiced will in time become rituals that collectively serve to create a culture of emotional, safety, and security within the classroom.
The Four A’s of Learning • Awareness Stage Aware of what the new task is. • Awkward Stage Goes from the what to the how • Avoidance Stage Negatively imprinted with the experience • Automatic Stage Skill has become ingrained 4 A’s