RESPECT EACH OTHER BUILD EACH OTHER UP CLASS

RESPECT EACH OTHER BUILD EACH OTHER UP

CLASS PREPARATIONS REMINDER: Only ELA materials out on desk All other materials under chair

TURN IN… Your Student Information Cards if you have not already done so Any TAB book orders – due September 16 th

We’ve also learned some classroom procedures…

CLASS YES

CLASSROOM RULES First Rule / Today’s Lesson

Rule 1 is “Build each other up!” up Respect each other

The most important word in this class…

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RESPECT Creating our Class Definition + Learning about our Reading Expectations

RESPECT DEFINITIONS 2016 -2017

Blue Team Always value, encourage, and accept others, their property, and their ideas as well as you do yourself no matter what.

Respect is being nice, kind, and giving your full attention to yourself and others.

YELLOW TEAM Respect is putting others first by being kind and encouraging people to do their best all the time, whether they deserve it or not.

RESPECT EACH OTHER Build each other up

ESSENTIAL QUESTION How can I build up my classmates to impact the culture of this classroom? LEARNING OPPORTUNITY Read – 30 minutes

The Line Game

CREATING YOUR JOURNAL Name and Team color on front First page – title “TABLE OF CONTENTS” Third Page – title “THE LINE GAME” and add today’s date 8/25/16 Add “The Line Game”------------------- -pg 1 to your table of contents

The Line Game JOURNAL RESPONSE TO THE LINE GAME: • How did you feel standing on the line? • How did you feel when there were only a few people on the line? • Were you ever the only person on the line? • What did you learn about yourself from participating in this activity? • What did you learn about others?

LET’S TAKE A SURVEY Take out a sheet of paper Number 1 -15 Give yourself a point for each question to which you answer “yes”

SURVEY RESULTS How did you do? Are you making a positive impact? You are a positive person! 8 -11 – Kick up you positiveness another notch! Below 8 – You are negative! You are not helping others! 12 -15 –

Classroom Procedure… Clap Partner A = LEFT Partner B = RIGHT Teach! Okay!

“Negativity Kills” Listen and Learn Clap Teach!

The Theory of the Bucket and the Dipper Listen and Learn Clap Teach!

The Theory of the Bucket and the Dipper According to a Nobel-Prize-winning scientist, We experience about 20, 000 individual moments in a waking day. Each moment lasts a few seconds. We should have at least 5 positive interactions for every negative interaction to be our best and most productive. Clap Teach!

How can you make a POSITIVE IMPACT? STRATEGY #1 Prevent Bucket Dipping How do we dip from others’ buckets? How can we stop this Clap Teach!

How can you make a POSITIVE IMPACT? STRATEGY #2 FILL OTHERS’ BUCKETS Focus on what others do well and tell them! Clap Teach!

RESPECT Under the E for EACH OTHER, write what we just learned about how to respect each other _________ OTHER BUCKETS DO NOT _______ FROM OTHERS’ BUCKETS

Write your own drop Drops are handwritten, personal messages written on a note card. They’re a simple way to share kind words with others, to give unexpectedly, and to fill someone’s bucket. Drops must be individual, specific, and deserved. Clap Teach!

Dear Mrs. Keller, A note to brighten your day! Thank you so much for taking such good care of H. R. 212 this week. You helped me so much in giving the GRADE assessment when I was absent. I appreciate knowing you are in charge. I look forward to our partnership this year. Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Powers

What is Good Reading? Our goals for improvement throughout the year

Timed Reading How many pages do your read in 30 minutes?