1. Responsive Classroom Seven Principles
The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum
How children learn is as important as what children learn
The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction
There is a set of social skills that children need to be successful academically and socially

2. Responsive Classroom Seven Principles cont’d
Knowing the children we teach is as important as knowing the content we teach
Knowing the parents of the children we teach is as important as knowing the children
Teachers and administrators must model the social and academic skills which they wish to teach students

3. The First Six Weeks The first six weeks is devoted to four intentions:
Create a climate and tone of warmth and safety
Teach the schedule and routines of the school day and our expectations for behavior in each of them
Introduce students to the physical environment and materials of the classroom and school (and teach them how to use and care for them)
Establish expectations about ways we will learn together in the year ahead

4. Morning Meeting
Morning Meeting is a minute daily routine used to begin the school day in elementary and middle school classrooms
Greeting
Sharing
Group Activity
News and Announcements

5. Guided Discovery
Guided Discovery is a focused, playful activity to introduce students to new things
Introduction – naming
Generating ideas and modeling exploratory work
Children explore
Children share their explorations and observations
Clean up and care of materials

6. Establishing Rules with Students
It is critical to learn students hopes and dreams and work to incorporate those in class rules
What do students want to learn?
Why do they want to learn this?
How will they use this to achieve their hopes and dreams?
How can they create rules that respect others’ hopes and dreams?

7. Modeling Behavior Teacher names and presents the desired behavior
The teacher demonstrates the desired behavior
The teacher asks students to notice and name elements of the behavior
The teacher focuses on the “tricky” parts
Students practice the “tricky parts”

8. Modeling Behavior cont’d
Teacher reinforces observed positive behaviors
The teacher continues to reinforce, remind, and redirect as needed

9. Logical Consequences
A discipline technique that focuses on the consequences of misbehavior
Emphasizes internal control rather than external control
Three criteria for consequences
Related
Respectful
Reasonable

10. Logical Consequences Cont’d
Most logical consequences will fall into three categories:
Making reparations “You Break it- You fix it”
Mishandling responsibility “More Limits Need to be Set”
Time Out