Creating Class Rules

Students in room i119 spent time during the first week of school creating a list of classroom rules. We began this work by discussing why rules are so important. During this discussion, students concluded that rules are needed to help keep us healthy and safe. After we discussed the importance of rules, students worked in pairs to brainstorm possible rules for our classroom. Once the brainstorming process was complete, students spent time identifying trends in the rules they listed and sorted their rules into broader categories such as "using materials correctly" and "being respectful". Finally, as a class, we reviewed the rules we made and looked for common themes. From these common themes came five general, all encompassing classroom rules that we all agreed to follow.

Brainstorming Rules

Sorting Rules into Categories

Sorting Rules into Categories

Week 1: Community Building

The first week of school started off with a bang…or maybe more of a slither! Community building activities helped us connect and learn more about each other. One activity, "Saving Freddie," involved gummy worms and paper clips. Students worked together to put the gummy "life preserver" around the gummy worm Freddie. The catch was that they could not use their hands, but instead could only use paper clips! Through teamwork and collaboration, each group successfully saved Freddie. Be sure to check out the pictures below from this fun group activity.