Our class has 32 students, 23 of whom are boys. Approximately half are Gr. 7, the other half Gr. 8. We all come to our class with different abilities and talents, histories, interests, preferences, social groups and 'smarts'.
Our greatest challenge has been gelling as a community. There are many bodies, many voices. There are differences in opinion, backgrounds, abilities. We've different preferences of who we'd like to sit with, external elements we wish we could control (bigger room, less people, specific people to talk or not talk to, more girls, less boys, the list goes on for each individual...).
Today, we learned that we are a community. We learned that there are some things we cannot control (we are not getting a new room, the student list is not changing). We leanred that there are some things we can control. We can contribute our ideas to the class. We can make known our.
We each control the tone we bring to the class. If we want it to be less noisy, then we must each make less noise. If we want a place where we all belong, then we need to nurture a sense of inclusion with others within ourselves.
We will be changing up the seating on a bi weekly basis. Students . Everyone is expected to work and talk with everyone else.
I commit to creating a positive classroom community and to being part of the solution
We each control the tone we bring to the class. If we want it to be less noisy, then we must each make less noise. If we want a place where we all belong, then we need to nurture a sense of inclusion with others within ourselves.
We will be changing up the seating on a bi weekly basis. Students . Everyone is expected to work and talk with everyone else.
I commit to creating a positive classroom community and to being part of the solution
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