Responsive classroom

When students are taught the rules and the expectations and know the consequences, management of student behavior will be smooth sailing.

Closing Circle in the classroom The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the […]

Start the year off right with Responsive Classroom. Responsive Classroom is an effective approach for meeting the social, emotional and academic needs of your students. It is a way of organizing and managing your classroom by creating an environment that is conducive for teaching and learning. Building a strong classroom community through daily morning meetings, interactive modeling, teacher language and more are all powerful components of Responsive Classroom. #backtoschool…

Morning meetings can support social-emotional learning in all the best ways! Use some of these morning meeting ideas to work on social-emotional skills and community building to give your day a positive start. (morning routine, elementary, SEL, class meeting, classroom community, morning meeting routines)

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Community building in the classroom is one of the most important things we do as teachers! Here are some awesome community building activities.

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Teachers, learn how to utilize Quiet Time in your elementary classroom to help calm and center your students!

Just like a morning meeting is important to build classroom community, a closing circle is another responsive classroom technique perfect for elementary students. The fun activities will help students to connect, collaborate, and maintain positive relationships.

I am a firm believer that kids will become whatever you tell them they are. My entire classroom management changed for the better when I decided to be focus my growth mindset to be a proactive teacher rather than reactive. Read about what happened when I threw out the rule book and started teaching Classroom Values instead! #GrowthMindset #ClassroomManagement #BuildingBrilliance

Morning meeting activity ideas to incorporate in your classroom, today! Ideas include different games and activities to engage your students in team building at the start of each day. These are perfect for responsive classroom morning meetings.

Spending the first six weeks of school building your classroom community is a must. Use Responsive Classroom to make creating class expectations a COLLABORATIVE process! Read all about how to enhance your classroom management & begin the school year in a positive way with classroom rules & expectations in your elementary classroom. #backtoschool #classroomrules #classroomexpectations #rulesandexpectations #rulesandprocedures #firstgradeclassroom #kindergartenclassroom #secondgradeclassroom

FREE morning meeting activities categorized to perfectly fit the needs of your students! I explain how I plan and adapt my morning meetings for each class depending on age, social emotional needs, and their personality. FREEBIE included! Perfect for any responsive classroom or anyone who does classroom meeting time to build relationships and community.

Morning Meeting Activities will help students fall in love with school! Help students become life longer learners by implementing morning meeting!

Today we had a whole class problem solving conference. I love this framework from Responsive Classroom because it can be used in so many…

Learn about the impact of morning meeting in a special education classroom. Discover how this daily routine creates a positive and inclusive classroom environment for all students.

Find 45 different morning meeting activities for kindergarten (and preschool and first grade, too!) Includes several ways to adapt morning meeting (and greetings) to a virtual meeting on Zoom or Google Meet. These free, fun ideas are perfect for the classroom or distance learning. Use these morning meeting activities in your student-centered, responsive classroom. You will love how the contribute to classroom community! #MorningMeeting #MorningGreetings #PrimaryDelight

I teach reading at an elementary school. I love what I do! I wanted to share some "ways to praise" that we use in my classroom. These ...