Friday, February 5, 2010

Building a classroom community

This past week we have been working with students in creating a classroom community that is nice to be in because it's a place to learn. One of the things that we covered is the fact that sometimes students tear each other down instead of building each other up. Words and actions may hurt people, and students need to have more build-ups and fewer put-downs in their lives to become all they can be.

Friendship week ended with a general assembly for Middle School students, where sixth graders presented skits related to the topic, a seventh grader sang "I"ll be there for you", and we also had a speaker refer to the topic. Besides, students exchanged friendship bands.



Next week, students will continue building a classroom learning community by getting to know each other better and deepening their relationships. They will explore what things they have in common, and also they'll identify their interests,and differences in the hope that they their friendships improve.

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