Hey ya'll! It's Emily from Carnes' Corner. I hope you've had an amazing summer!
(Happy Christmas in July, by the way! Did you notice that was today?? Stick around for a fun Christmas in July giveaway at the bottom of this post!)
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As we prepare to go back to school, I wanted to share with you one of my FAVORITE activities to do with the kids during the first week. I'm BIG on having the students help me make our classroom rules (I call the procedures/promises), so that they feel they have some investment, or ownership in them.
So, on day 1 and 2, we brainstorm "rules" on the white board and add/edit them throughout the day(s). Here's what it looked like on day 3 for us last year...
Then, when we are completely happy with how everything looks and all of the promises are edited the way we want them to be, I transfer them on a poster to display in the classroom. (I normally will write this at home that night, and bring it to school the next day--normally around day 4 or 5, depending on how much detail we need to add and how much editing is needed).
They're SO excited to see it on a poster, and then I tell them that instead of signing it (we have a big discussion about a contract, etc.), we're going to make self portraits to place around our promises. It's a super fun activity, and the kids LOVE it! Here's what ours looked like this past year...
Do you have your kids help you when creating classroom rules? What does that look like in your classroom?
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Some of us at The Kinder Tribe wanted to share some of our TpT products with you to help celebrate the holiday! Here's what's up for grabs:
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Do you have the pieces for the portraits already cut out? I've looked everywhere for instructions on this.
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