 Mrs. Bencharski will come here for E.L.A.  10 minute break  You go to the gym for Phys. Ed. with Mr. Carter (with grade 8’s)  Lunch

 I will come here for Math:  Go over some of the classroom procedures  Practice fire drill procedure  Create a list of classroom expectations  Ms. Campbell will come here for Science  School Assembly

Grade 7 Whitemouth School

 Everyone is unique and has a contribution to make.  Everyone has strengths which must be nurtured and supported.  Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect others.

 Interact with others  Go about our daily activities  Make decisions  Communicate  Care for our environment

Having respectful classroom agreements are necessary in order to…  create a respectful classroom  where everyone feels  safe,  accepted and  appreciated.

 Responsibility  Honesty  Integrity  Empathy  Fairness  Initiative  Perseverance  Courage  Optimism

 1. Jot down all the ways you can think of to keep our classroom an ideal place for learning  Consider how it will look, sound, feel…

 2. Share ideas with your group by jotting them down in one corner of the placemat template provided.  Leave the centre area blank for now.

 3. Determine 3 or 4 common ideas written in the corners  One person records these common ideas in the center

 4. Person having the next birthday in the group collects the supplies for the next step  In large printing, recopy the ideas from the centre area on the placemat on to the sticky notes provided  ONE IDEA PER STICKY NOTE SHEET  Place sticky notes on the board up front

 5. Sort out suggestions under common headings  6. Put agreements in P.A.W.S. language  Present-tense  Affirmative  We statements  Short statements