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Behind the Blog
My name is Cindy Kruse and I've been learning from elementary students for the past 16 years. I enjoy discovering new technology and implementing it in the classroom, absolutely love literacy, and am passionate about Responsive Classroom. I am constantly striving to learn new and innovative ways to teach students in order to provide authentic, interesting, and joyful classrooms.

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Responsive Classroom

The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching and learning fosters safe, challenging, and joyful classrooms and schools. It was developed by classroom teachers and consists of practical strategies for bringing together social and academic learning throughout the school day. Some of the components of the Responsive Classroom include Morning Meeting, Hopes and Dreams, Generating Rules with Students, Logical Consequences, Guided Discovery, Academic Choice, and Empowering and Encouraging Language. I am a consulting teacher for Responsive Classroom and enjoy sharing ways to help teachers implement this approach in their classrooms.  To learn more about Responsive Classroom check out their website.




To be successful academically and socially, children need to learn and practice specific social skills. We can remember five of the most important skills by using the acronym C.A.R.E.S.

Cooperation

Assertion

Responsibility

Empathy

 



Greetings:


Activities:
Dr. Jean - check out this website for celebrations and other ideas

Green Ghouhlie - this website has hilarious videos for songs, etc. 

Download these songs to use as activities or energizers in PPT

 Baby Shark.pptx
 Boom Chicka Boom.pptx
 Down By the Bay.pptx
 Captain’s Coming!.pptx
 Frog.pptx
 Double, Double.pptx
 Go Bananas!.pptx
 My Bonnie.pptx
 Wishy Washy Washer Woman.pptx




Click here to see the new book of Energizers from Responsive Classroom

Click here to see Videos of the Energizers  


More Ideas:
Check out this teacher' website for printable ideas for greetings, activities, sharing, etc.


Teacher Language:

The Power of Our Words
The Power of Our Words - a great book to help change your teacher language.


Check out this video from Responsive Classroom - a look into some teacher's classrooms as they use Positive Teacher Language.

Some ideas to help change your language:

1. Post sentence strips with good starters on the back wall of your classroom:

"I notice..."
"I see..."
"Lots of good..."
"Remind us..."
"Show me..."
"I'm watching for..."

2. Take a breath before you speak

3. Video tape yourself teaching a lesson.  Replay, paying attention to your words.  

4. Invite a peer into your classroom.  Have them observe a lesson and give your feedback regarding your use of language (this works well if you reciprocate in their classroom as well). 

 

First Six Weeks of School:

The First Six Weeks of School
The First Six Weeks of School  - a great book from Responsive Classroom to help plan and organize the beginning of the school year! 

Time Out:

Some ideas for teaching Time Out in the classroom:

* Ask students if they have ever played on a sports team or watched a sports team play a game.  Why does a team take a "Time Out"?  When might a team take a "Time Out"?  

*You could also use a video clip from the movie from "The Mighty Ducks" - at one point in the movie the coach calls for a "time out" - a powerful way to illustrate a positive time-out for young children.


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