Responsive classroom

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

My first job at a school very much believed in the power of Morning Meeting. I was able to meld my Morning Meeting time into a tradition.

There are so many amazing options when you go to choose a morning meeting activity. How do you pick?! So, I have morning meeting preplanned for the whole year, but we know sometimes even the most well intentioned lesson plans need to be adapted for our students! I am going to help you navigate this...

Community building in the classroom with closing circle (Responsive Classroom)

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 […]

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.

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

One thing that I never did much of until this year was focus on building a strong classroom community. I felt like I had good relationships with my students, but I realized I wasn’t very good at fostering my students’ relationships with their peers. How important that is! If students aren’t valuing and respecting each other, then it can be really hard to get much accomplished during the day. So this year, after learning more about Responsive Classroom and building classroom community, I…