Building classroom community elementary

Students these days are inundated with a world full of negative images, whether through social media, television, or peers. The school environment can be an extension of that world, or it can be a safe haven of strong relationships, kindness, generosity, and tolerance. So how, as teachers, can we create such a positive learning space?

During the first few days of school, building classroom community is crucial. Here are some anchor charts that we create during the first week.

Classroom community building activities and free ideas and lesson plans to kick off the school year or implement at any time.

Building a strong classroom community is vital for helping our students to thrive. Today, I'll be reviewing my favorite classroom community activities.

Click through to find great ideas you can use to improve student behavior half-way through the school year in your 2nd-8th grade classroom.

By helping build a positive classroom community a teacher can foster kindness, respect, and belonging in the room-- which will help cut down on classroom management issues #positiveclassroom #classroomideas #behaviormanagement #classroommanagement

7 Classroom Community Building Activities 7 easy community building activities for the classroom. Get students feeling connected and engaged with closing circles, compliments, community service, lunch bunch and more.

Just like a morning meeting is important to build classroom community, a closing circle is another responsive classroom technique perfect for elementary students. The fun activities will help students to connect, collaborate, and maintain positive relationships.

Building a strong community in your classroom is easy with some organization and structure in place! Learn how to implement these ideas from a seasoned teacher! Sponsored by Really Good Stuff & Excelligence. #backtoschool #community #teach #teacher #backtoschool #teachertips #classroom

One thing that I never did much of until this year was focus on building a strong classroom community. I felt like I had good relationships with my students, but I realized I wasn’t very good at fostering my students’ relationships with their peers. How important that is! If students aren’t valuing and respecting each other, then it can be really hard to get much accomplished during the day. So this year, after learning more about Responsive Classroom and building classroom community, I…

Classroom community building activities for the elementary classroom. Tips to help your students bond during the first week of school.

Building a strong, safe classroom community in the elementary classroom impacts students' learning. Use these top tips for building community and activities for growing relationships.

Community building in the classroom is one of the most important things we do as teachers! Here are some awesome community building activities.

Building classroom community is an essential part of having a great school year so everyone will feel welcome, included, and supported.

Graphic organizer used to teach the unit on Neighborhoods

All students want to feel part of their classroom community. Here are four activities to help them feel welcomed and comfortable.

Strategies for ensuring that students in every grade feel like they’re part of the classroom community.. #CultofPedagogyPin

Check out several engaging ways to easily build classroom community and connections with your students. Prioritize relationships over content!

Books to build classroom community to establish a solid foundation for students to build on throughout the school year.