Classroom Agreements

Hello and happy Tuesday! The Birch room began this morning by making some choices in the classroom. After designing at the light table and building with puzzles and loose parts, we decided to try and beat some of the afternoon heat and enjoy the outdoors! The students explored the playscape with a bunch of other classes! We saw some siblings, old friends and made new friends as well!

After playing outside, we returned to the classroom and began to brainstorm some classroom rules or "agreements." The students shared their ideas on how to behave and treat one another at school. Below are some of the students' ideas:

• "No hitting."
• "Don't do somersaults on the carpet."
• "If a choice has too many friends, go find another choice and come back later."
• "Don't grab people."
• "No punching."

The class continued to talk about these ideas and we created these five agreements that we will follow in our classroom and in all school spaces.

"Take turns"

"Have a safe body"

"Keep your hands to yourself"

"Use listening ears"

"Be kind to one another"

Have a great afternoon!