Community+Building

1. Character Boards: These posters are hung around the room to teach lessons on character building.

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2. Classroom Celebrations: A classroom celebration would involve students working together to reach a classroom goal. This could be done in several ways. One idea is to use a puzzle, and when the class has exceptionally good behavior or performs exceptionally well they receive a puzzle piece as a whole. Once they have gained all the puzzle pieces, they win a class celebration. 3. Assigning Students Jobs: Allow students to play a vital role in the classroom and give them the accountability to fulfill that role (line leader, cleaner, door holder, supply fetcher, etc.). This can help each child feel important and allow the children to help and remind each other of their jobs. 4. Classroom Meeting: Take time once a week or once a month to go over classroom needs, improvements, activities and other things can help students feel as if they are involved in their education. It will also give the students the ability to voice their opinions and hear other classmates. 5. Gardens and other outside activities: Work as a class or grade level to build a community garden or outdoor area. This will give the students a goal to work towards and a sense of accomplishment as a whole. 6. Many ideas: [] 7. All About Me Bags: 8. Make a Social Contract: The contract holds students to universally and known standard of behavior. 9. Lollipop Idea: These lovely lollipops encourage students to recognize their classmates’ positive qualities. To make a lollipop, the student personalizes and decorates a four-inch construction paper circle; then glues the circle near the top of a tongue depressor. Store the lollipops in a plastic jar. Each week gather students in a circle and distribute the lollipops, making sure no child receives his own. Ask each child, in turn, to share with the class something they especially like about the classmate whose lollipop they are holding. Then collect the lollipops and store them until the following week! [] 10. Trust Board: The class works together to make a trust board of thing the class will trust as whole. 11. Wall of Love: Students write compliments about each other everyday.