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elleng

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Sat Jan 2, 2016, 05:09 PM Jan 2016

The Responsive Classroom: "Why Is Everyone So Nice Here?" [View all]

'In the fall of 2007, a new fifth-grade student arrived at Symonds Elementary School. His demeanor was reserved, and his attitude about attending a new school was skeptical. For this 11-year-old, life started in an orphanage, and many of his learning, social, and emotional challenges stemmed from this deprived early experience. Maintaining positive relationships with peers and adults was difficult.

Like all of the other Symonds' students, he began his days with a morning meeting, worked with teacher support in large and small groups, experienced academic choice, lived by rules and consequences, attended art, music, physical education, and media classes, and became a part of the Symonds community. One day, he was walking up the stairs to his classroom with his teacher and asked, "Why is everyone so nice here?" She answered, "Who we learn with is as important as what we learn. It's important to show that we care about each other.'>>>>

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/responsive-classroom-everyone-so-nice-joan-murphy?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_content=24160455&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

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