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    Sped 337 Class Meetings

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    Ice Breaker

    Building Community in the


    Classroom
    Class meetings usually serve
    one or more of the following
    purposes: to plan and make
    decisions, to “check in,” and
    to solve problems or raise
    awareness.
    Both academic and social
    issues are appropriate topics
    for consideration. Depending
    on their purpose, class
    meetings can be a regularly
    scheduled part of the school
    day or week or can occur as
    needed.
    Their versatility makes them a
    valuable classroom
    management tool-one that
    helps students actively
    contribute to their academic
    and social learning.
    — Students are involved in constructive decision
    making.
    — It is a forum for students to voice and directly
    effect how they want their class to be.
    — It creates a climate of trust and respect between
    students and students and students and teachers
    — It helps build self esteem by having students
    involved in decisions that affect their world.
    — Students develop a sense of responsibility for their
    actions
    — It enhances speaking, listening, brainstorming and
    leadership skills.
    — It is a forum for students to support each other as
    each person takes charge of their own learning.
    — In an effective class meeting the teacher “shares the
    control” with students by letting them help set the
    agenda. The focus is always on school, not home.

    — Students do most of the talking and the teacher acts


    as facilitator. The teacher teaches students to really
    listen to and respect each others’ ideas.
    — Students work together to improve the learning
    environment, friendships and cooperative group work
    through class plans.

    — Individual students with problems or conflicts seek


    help and ongoing support from their classmates.
    v Forming a circle.
    v Practicing compliments and appreciations.
    v Creating an agenda
    v Developing communication skills.
    v Learning about separate realities.
    v Solving problems through brainstorming and role
    playing.
    v Recognizing the four reasons why people do what
    they do.
    v Apply logical consequences and other nun punitive
    solutions.
    v Is the topic open-ended, inviting participation from all
    children?

    v Is there really room for different ideas and viewpoints?

    v Do you really want student input? Have you made a decision


    already?

    v Will the children be able to act on their ideas or suggestions?

    v Are you willing to support decisions made by the children even


    though you feel they might fail?
    — Relationships
    • What can I do when a person is bugging me?
    • What can I do when I’m feeling left out?
    • What can I do when someone hurts my feelings?
    • How can I help my friends do the right thing?
    • What can I do when my friend won’t share me with my
    other friends?
    — Working in small groups
    • What would help us bring the best out of everyone
    when we work in small groups?
    • What could we do to help from the teacher without
    getting too embarrassed?
    • What could we do when our group ins’t working very
    well together?
    — Attitude toward school
    • What really works for me at school?
    • What can I do when school is not much fun?

    — Places and activities that are not routine


    How can we make a field trip, guest speaker, or
    assembly work for everyone?
    • What can I do when I’m becoming turned off to
    school?
    — Lunch and Free Time
    — How can we make lunch free-time enjoyable for
    everyone
    — How can we help our friends do the right thing during
    lunch and free time?

    — Diversity/teasing
    — How can we help everyone feel welcome and respected?
    — What can we do when we see or are targets of teasing
    and harassment?
    v Getting to know you activities.
    Add-on Graffiti Boards
    Artifacts
    Class Data Base
    Find Your Match
    Forced Choice
    I am Thinking of Someone
    Partner Interviews
    Photograph Display
    Webbing
    — Listening and Getting a Turn to Speak
    — Avoiding Accusatory or Shaming Discussions
    — Even Ground Rules Take Time
    Duration
    — Depends on age and experience of students
    — Depends on topic(s) and purpose of the meeting
    — Primary concern is not too long or too short
    — Let students evaluate at end of meeting
    v What the teacher models

    v Questioning and response strategies


    Wait Time
    Follow-up Questions
    — How To Manage and Encourage Participation
    Brainstorming
    Small-Group Discussions
    Partner Chats
    Partner Idea Lists
    Collected Ideas
    Individual Reflection and Writing
    vConsensus building
    Definitions
    Narrowing Choices
    Benefits and Burdens
    Unlivable Only
    Livable Only
    One “Why”
    Three Straws
    Apply Criteria
    — Troubleshooting
    — Nobody talking
    — Side conversations
    — Shocking or “funny” or “stupid” statements
    — Someone too disruptive
    — Everybody talking
    — My friends won’t let me play

    — Cliques

    — Problem Solving
    v Is this an issue that can be discussed in a climate of
    trust, ensuring the safety of each child?
    v Can the group’s collective energy be directed toward
    finding solutions to problems, not consequences for
    actions?
    v Does this issue affect all of the children or most of
    them.

    v If the issue involves specific students, do all parties


    involved agree to have the problem taken to the class?

    v Is this the best time to address the problem?


    — Identify the question.
    — Brainstorm many possible solutions/strategies.
    — Discuss a few solutions/strategies.
    — Choose a solution or a few strategies and write a
    plan(1-2 meetings).
    — Use the plan during the next few weeks.
    — Check on and change the plan, if necessary, at the
    next few meetings.
    — Explain meetings
    — Talk about student’s hopes for the meeting
    — Record student ideas
    — Have a partner chat
    — Engage students’ personal experiences
    — Introduce vocabulary or concepts
    — Remind students of earlier meeting results or topics
    — Read a related story
    — Post a list and ask students to keep thinking about it
    — Synthesize what the ideas mean
    — Preview the next meeting
    — Reflect on the meeting – process, results, learning's
    etc.
    — Ask for volunteers to create a document about what
    you did
    — Establish a timeline for completing activities
    — Celebrate what you have accomplished
    — Add final observations
    Questions & Comments

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