Monday Musings - Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

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Great teachers know that the most important thing you can do in the beginning of the school year is to build a classroom community in which all students feel safe, respected and supportive for one another.  A major part of this is teaching/rehearsing procedures for EVERYTHING that you and the students do in your room.  I always say at the start of the year: do not assume that your students know how to do anything!

As you are planning your first week of school here are some resources that you may find helpful as reminders to yourself and for new ideas (all of them are video clips from TeachingChannel.org)

 Playlist-9 different ideas in video clips for effective classroom management

Ready to Learn: Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

Cardomatic to Increase Student Participation (similar to having "sticks" to pull to call on students)