Social skills become part of school curriculum
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Responsive classrooms focus on developing five social skills along with the curriculum: cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, empathy and self control.
2 comments | Tags: new richmond ohio responsive classrooms social skills student learning academic achievement | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<
• Morning meeting — gathering as a whole class each morning to greet one another, share news and warm up for the day ahead
• Rule creation — helping students create classroom rules to ensure an environment that allows all class members to meet their learning goals
• Interactive modeling — teaching children to notice and internalize expected behaviors through a unique modeling technique
• Positive teacher language — using words and tone as a tool to promote active learning, sense of community and self-discipline
• Logical consequences — responding to misbehavior in a way that allows children to fix and learn from their mistakes while preserving their dignity
• Guided discovery — introducing classroom materials using a format that encourages independence, creativity and responsibility
• Academic choice — increasing student learning by allowing students to make teacher-structured choices about their work
• Classroom organization — setting up the physical room in ways that encourage students’ independence, cooperation and productivity
• Working with families — creating avenues for hearing parents’ insights and helping them understand the school’s teaching approaches
• Collaborative problem solving — using conferencing, role playing and other strategies to resolve problems with students
Nitajo--you should go check out the responsive classroom workshop when they are here in June