The best time to start building your classroom community is before you even begin the year. We are focusing on an easy, low-prep way to actively keep your students involved in both their own and each other’s lives throughout the school year. These anchor charts are a breeze to put up and can stay up all year.
Why is building a positive, healthy classroom community so important?
- a way to celebrate individual gains/wins
- a way to celebrate community gains/wins
- a way to work towards a common goal
- a way to create a space where all students feel safe
- a way to build relationships among students AND teacher
- a way to decrease negative student behaviors
- a way to increase students willingness to reach outside their comfort zone
- a way to create a feeling of ownership in their classroom
- the list go could on and on…
As kindergarten and first grade teachers, and now as art specialists, we LOVE using our Class Community Anchor Charts. Use these Class Community Anchor Charts to unify your class while sharing, discussing, and celebrating all sorts of life events! Bring your students closer together, learn more about your class, and have fun checking in with your mini community! Choose from 4 anchor charts that are included in this purchase. We love to rotate them throughout the year, but some teachers really settle in and focus on creating a solid base of just using one each year. It’s so important to make the time to continue to check in with students not just in the beginning of the year, but throuhgout the whole year. These daily/weekly check-ins that are made possible with our anchor charts are priceless!
Anchor Charts Included:
1. Daily Brew
2. Celebrate Success
3. Checking In
4. Highlight of the Week
