Creating a peaceful classroom (Maggie Wiegman)

Essential Question

How can we peacefully end arguments with our friends?
What are some ways we can maintain a peaceful classroom?

Texts

Literature

Old Joe and the Carpenter: An Appalachian Tale of Building Bridges

Are material possessions more important than friendship? Should you act on the impulse to get back when someone hurts you? Will you let pride get in the way of your friendship? This tale about bridges brings these questions to the fore..

Pleasant L. DeSpain

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

Geography

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 9, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Anchor Charts

An anchor chart is an artifact of classroom learning. Like an anchor, it holds students' and teachers' thoughts, ideas and processes in place. Anchor charts can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon over multiple lessons.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

R.K-2.4, L.K-2.4, L.K-2.5

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Buddy Share

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

maggwiegs14

Creating a peaceful classroom (Maggie Wiegman)

Old Joe and the Carpenter: An Appalachian Tale of Building Bridges

Anchor Charts

Buddy Share

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