Ed Change
Knowing the Community: Sharing Activity
Students begin to build community in the classroom by participating in a sharing activity.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Problem-Solving
Students help solve real-life classroom problems. In this problem solving activity, the class sits down as a whole and discusses possible solutions to real problems that they face as a class.
Curated OER
BEE a Part of Our Community
Young scholars reflect how to form a respectful classroom community. In this communities lesson, students construct a "community web" of positive comments and predict what happens to the web when negative comments are made. Young...
Curated OER
Our Classroom Is a Community
Students discuss how their classroom is a community. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students discuss the concept of philanthropy and how trust, sharing, and good deeds create a classroom community.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Opening the Door for Reading
This lesson plan explores opportunities to build connections and community within the classroom based on shared favorite texts. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Classroom Community Through the Exploration of Acrostic Poetry
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to write shared acrostic poems in order to build classroom community. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
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Center for the Collaborative Classroom: Integrating Speaking and Listening Ccss
Integrating speaking and listening builds a positive classroom community with less bullying, increased self-confidence, and greater independence, along with the ability to work with all students. This article gives ideas for projects or...