My class did this great project involving hopes and dreams and classroom rules. After reading all the books I previously listed the students each got a flower to write their dream for First Grade on. The students wrote their hope in the middle of the flower and we put them up on the wall. They will check back after the first quarter to see if they accomplished their hope. They will have the opportunity to write another hope for First Grade and put it on top of their previous one. They will repeat this every quarter. We also wrote our classroom rules on the flower pot. We generated our rules together and wrote them on the flower pot which is front and center in our classroom. The students took an oath to follow the rules and then they signed the flower pot. The students loved this project and we refer back to it often!
We did another project that was what they hoped to be when they grow up (it went along with the book The Dot). The students enjoyed being creative and also it was another great time to talk about setting long term hopes and dreams for themselves!
I'm always so grateful that your students come from an RC teacher - it makes it so much easier to implement RC on my end. Hooray for teamwork!
ReplyDeleteI am going to revisit my Hopes and Dreams at the beginning of second quarter, too. We will have to talk about how we see their hopes and dreams evolving over the course of the year. :)
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ReplyDeleteIt is so great to be on the same page as you. The Responsive Classroom in both classrooms has been great. Feel free to use me for your Buddy Room anytime!