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Responsive Classroom

Overview

With activities embedded throughout the school day, learners develop their academic and social-emotional competencies in a safe, strong learning community.

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Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom

  • To address the four domains of Responsive Classroom (engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness), teachers can incorporate a number of practices into their classroom: morning meetings start the day with all students feeling welcome and ready to learn; rule creation allows the whole class to develop rules as a community; positive teacher language describes student behavior with a calm attitude; logical consequences help students learn from their mistakes; and providing choice in what and how they learn engages students in their learning.

    • Design It into Your Product

  • Interactive modeling and positive language are two principles that can be integrated into a product to support positive social-emotional development. Through interactive modeling, learners quickly see and understand exactly what to do, leading to greater Attention and retention. Positive language reminds learners what is expected and redirects them when they go off task, helping maintain engagement in their learning.

    • Use It in the Classroom

    Watch how this third grade teacher uses Responsive Classroom principles, like morning meeting and student choice, to build a supportive community. Empowering students to have agency through choice and sharing motivates them to learn while also developing their Social Awareness & Relationship Skills.

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    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Student Background Information
    Social Emotional Learning
    Cognition
    Language and Literacy

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