Question
How do classroom meetings affect the classroom community? More specifically, will these meetings be an effective use of time?
Summary
I knew that teaching reading responses was very important, but I also knew that teaching community building skills was equally important. My sense of its importance was reinforced when, soon after the start of the year, a few incidents happened that seemed to make students feel unhappy in the classroom. I began to hold Emergency Meetings when a child would come from recess crying about an incident that happened on the playground or when a child was upset about something that happened to him/her in the classroom. Soon, I started to notice that something was working. Kids seemed to feel better. The problem was surfaced, discussed, and, many times, resolved. From that point forward, I began to study the impact of these class meetings in order to find out what students were gaining from them.
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Megan Bender
Meganbender1@verizon.net
Research
Focus:
Classroom Management and School Culture
TNLI
Affiliate:
New York City
School:
PS 58 Carroll School
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