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Kindergarten
LESSON
Zero B
Classroom Community
40 Minutes
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Lesson Overview
This lesson lays the final foundation for the You Belong Here curriculum: Community. Students will understand the importance of having a safe classroom community for sharing feelings and stories, and will define the agreements for such a community.
Lesson Objectives
- Review and discuss feelings from the previous lesson.
- Define what a community is.
- Collaborate to establish the Classroom Community Agreements.
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how to prepare for this lesson
If possible, begin this lesson with students sitting together in a circle on the carpet or form a circle with their seats to foster community.
This lesson will establish clear guidelines for respectful communication and appropriate participation in the You Belong Here lessons. The visual gestures in this lesson will be crucial for helping students to remember the community agreements. If possible, it is encouraged to create these gestures together with the class as a way to encourage participation in the classroom community and create student “buy in” to the agreements. However, depending on the class level, the teacher may choose to pre-determined the gestures before the lesson rather than creating them together with the classroom.
Student’s will be using their What’s My Feeling? Handout from the previous lesson and should have them available at the beginning of the lesson.
Please ensure to pre-check videos before class, as internet policies may vary among schools, to ensure accessibility.