1. Start Smart: Building a Community to Facilitate Learning
Hayley Mathis, Apollo Elementary Teacher

2. Activity – Extended Name Tag
Do Now:
In the middle of your card write your name
Upper left – a place you’ve spent your happiest summer
Lower left – # of years spent teaching & grade(s)
Lower right – 3 things you do well
Upper right – goal for the future
Share
Your name & grade level
One or all items on your card

3. Learning Targets
Build a repertoire of games, activities, songs, etc. to facilitate cohesive learning community
Be able to play/complete tasks to include every student
Make a plan to create an inclusive classroom

4. Tribes Communities Support SEL
CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Students with explicit instruction on how to interact with others: test better, take more risks in learning, get along better with others
Some districts are working to adopt comprehensive curriculum
EX> RICKY Reading his writing
(CASEL) is the nation’s leading organization advancing the development of academic, social and emotional competence for all students. Our mission is to help make evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) an integral part of education from preschool through high school. Through research, practice and policy, CASEL collaborates to ensure all students become knowledgeable, responsible, caring and contributing members of society.

5. Tribes – Inclusive, Influence, Community
Choosing partners
Creating groups pg. 109 ( figuring out who’s left out)
Activities to engage all
Clear lessons

6. Community Circle – Daily
Agreements vs. rules
Attentive Listening
Appreciation/No put downs
The right to pass
Mutual respect
Meetings vs. lectures
Turn & Talk – How do you include community circle or morning meeting in your class?
Share with the group.

7. Calendar Never done building community, something to do all year long
SEPTEMBER
2016
Community
Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Share Highlight of the Summer.
Begin T-shirt w/ Name
2. Tribal Graffiti pg. 300 with School Mottos
Continue with t-shirt
5. Labor Day
6. OOPS – fun cooperative learning game
7. Create Talking stick
Every person an equal member of group
8.Electricity – two groups work to beat each other
9. Teacher Star of the WEEK presentation
12. Highlight of the weekend
13. OOPS
14.Favorite book share
15. Extended Nametag
16. First Student – STAR of the Week
19. Highlight of the weekend
20. OOPS
21. Question of the day BAG(intermediate)
Same for everyone (primary)
22. 3 person interview
A-listener
B-speaker
C-observer
Rotates for 1 minute each
23. Star of the Week Share
26. Highlight of the weekend
27. OOPS
28. JOY
J- Something that Just happened to you
O-One thing you would like to do for yourself
Y- something that makes YOU special
29. Sentence Patterning Chart using noun kid
30. Star of the Week

8. Video of Oops!

9. Cooperative Games Everyone involved Problem solve together
Whole group /small groups
Include learning?
xplore/cooperative-games/
SHARE YOUR IDEAS

10. Appreciations Valentines as compliments
Birthdays – arrow – adjectives – share
Celebration claps that are the same for everyone
SHARE IDEAS

11. Content with tribes Lucy Calkins Math Daily 5 activities
Sharing in key to students success
Math
Can use listening and speaking skills
Share 1 wish & 1 appreciation
Can use 3 way share in small groups
Daily 5 activities
Include all, set norms for behavior, has a fun & inclusive feeling

12. Brain breaks – Community building
Acknowledge needs
Yoga
Breathing – relax
Videos- content specific

13. End – Work time Calendar to fill out
Share one thing you might do this year

14. Review Learning Targets
Build a repertoire of games, activities, songs, etc. to facilitate cohesive learning community
Be able to play/complete tasks to include every student
Make a plan to create an inclusive classroom