monogift.blogg.se - Beginning of year kindergarten activities

Each child can sign their name or stamp a thumbprint on the final contract to show they agree.

Post the contract in a visible place and practice each day as a group.

Read and practice the completed contract together as a class.

Take the ideas and pre-write the contract yourself on chart paper.

If kids believe those ideas are important, they will be more likely to follow them. Those ideas will become the main components of the classroom contract.

Count stickers to find those “big” essential ideas in each section.

Optional: Have older kids write their favorite ideas on paper.

Ask them to say which idea they think is most important and help them, if needed, find it on the chart.

Have them come up to the chart and add a small sticker to mark that spot.

Have kids pick a favorite idea in each of the three sections.

Review and reread the ideas on the anchor chart for clarification.Examples: open, welcome, respected, loved. Encourage kids to think about how they feel on a good day. Ask them what a “great” classroom feels like (what feelings they have inside at school and how people make them feel).For example, quiet, manners, laughing, kind comments, questions, etc. Ask them what a “great” classroom sounds like (what they hear in terms of what people say to each other, words they use, and noises) and record ideas on the anchor chart.For example, helping, working hard, happy kids, learning, etc. Give hints or ask questions to elicit important ideas. Ask students to imagine what a “great” classroom looks like (what they see when they look around the class and at the other kids and record ideas on the anchor chart.

Create a Y-shaped anchor chart with a title like “A Great Classroom” and label each section with looks, sounds, or feels.