Tribes Community
Tribes community is a preventative tool to create a sense of belonging in the classroom for the students. Through the development of respect responsibility etc., you can build a positive environment in your classroom.
Preventative
Three Before Me
Three Before me has students asking at least 3 classmates for help or repeat of directions before going to the teacher. This helps resolve students crowding the teacher and repeat of questions.
Golden Rule Web
The golden rule web is a preventative strategy in which students are able to voice what they believe to be golden rules, or exceptional ways to behave with and around peers.
Practicing Routines
Practicing routines can be used to help the students learn their routines and how to best complete a task. The routines should be introduced in the beginning of the school year and used almost daily. By doing so, the students have time to learn and rehearse the routines, making them more effective.
Reading Nook
The Reading Nook is an area in the classroom where students can have a quiet to read. This section of the room is filled with books, comfy places to sit, and a relaxing environment. This is a good place to encourage students to read.
Bounce Card
The idea of the Bounce Card is to take what someone else has said and add on to it, by giving another example, or relating it to another situation. Then the next step is to paraphrase and after that make meaning of it all by asking questions. This tool is helpful in facilitating conversation and help to create flow between partners and groups within the classroom.
Tables instead of desks
Seating students in tables rather than desks lined in rows allows for collaboration to take place among the students. This tool can be helpful for student understanding, as a formative assessment tool, and a way to teach our students pro-social skills.
Mailboxes
Mailboxes serve a very important role in the classroom setting when implemented correctly. Each student needs to have their own mailbox along with the teacher. The mailboxes can be personalized to have their name or can be listed off in numbers (which can be used as a grouping strategy). It also needs to be listed in the rules and procedures so students know how to use them.
Morning Mood Charts
The morning mood chart is a chart with different moods or emotions. When asked a student tells the teacher how they are feeling for that day. It is helpful, because it gives students the opportunity to tell the teacher how they are feeling. This information is good, because then the teacher is aware how the students my behave.
Cluster Seating
Cluster seating is when students are seated in groups of 2-5 and facing each other. It is helpful because it allows students to interact with one another and easily work together.
