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Bloomz easy to use toll for teachers to securely share photos, classroom updates and reach parents instantly through messaging, as well as to coordinate events (like PT Conferences) and sign up for volunteers

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With Remind messages can be short text reminders, attachments, or photos, and can be sent to an individual parent, a specific group, or the entire class.

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Communication with non-English speaking parents

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Communication with non-English speaking parents

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Google Translate is a translating tool which will translates text messages from one language to the other in a variety of different languages instantly for users.

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Before the First Day of School Check List

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Before the First Day of School Check List

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Caring Schools Communities - Good morning welcomes: Students greet each other in the mornings by name to help build familiarity and camaraderie with one another.

Play Ground Peace Makers - Older students patrol  playground and with teacher guidence help solve issues amoung students. Older students will also play with and incorporate students that may be playing by themselves.

Second Steps - School wide program that helps teachers, staff, and student recognize, respond, and report bullying with engaging videos, class activities, and take home activities sheets.

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Supporting Students with Traumatic Experiences

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Supporting Students with Traumatic Experiences

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Addressing Trauma in the classroom:

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Productive Behaviors

Empower the student : Let student THINK they are in charge. Give them choices!
Develop a code of conduct, predetermined consequences: Set the expectations up front, leave no guesing room.
Body Language: Students will pick up on your energy, walk with a purpose and not in a rush, control your emotions as a teacher and the level of your voice. The teacher sets the tone on how students will react.
Full Bellies: We have all been hangary! Sometimes unproductive behavior is because students are just hungry. Having snacks available can help solve behavior issues.
Set Positive curriculum : Have students take responsibility for their actions, and set goals. As a teacher don't shy away from taking responsibility. WHen your wrong, admit it, set the example.

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Mr. Leavine’s rules for a good grade

1.      Be on time and be prepared to work.

2.     Cell phones will be put away unless otherwise instructed!

3.     Respect yourself, your peers, the room, and the instructor.

4.      We will discuss A LOT in this class. Raise you hand to be called upon. Do not just yell out because you are dying to say something. You will all have an opportunity to speak!

5.     One person at a time may use the bathroom.

6.     Follow directions, and with a purpose (quickly).

7.     Cooperate with your group. Don’t be a slug!

8.     Pick up after yourself.

9.     Try you best! I do not expect you to all be Einstein’s. But I can tell when you put forth effort and are trying your best!

10.  Have an open mind and big ears!

11.  Have fun!

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I decided to go with two different layouts, the first layout is geared more toward classroom discussion and would be for semester 1 and 2. The second layout would be geared toward collaborative work. I would (idealy) take the first part of the year to teach students how to discuss and debate the different topics related to my content area (social sciences) all while building the foundations of relationships. The second part of the year now that the students have learned how to debate and interact with one another would be used to get students to learn to work and different groups to some more elaborate problems.

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For my room I plan on changing the students set up so it will be broken up into two different setups. For semester one and two the classroom will be more discussion based. Student desks will be set up in a U shape and instruction will be talored to encourage classroom discussion on subjects that pertain to US history.

This is the closest picture I can find that fits my semester 1 and 2 discussion-based classroom. TV would be centered on the wall and projector would be in the middle of the U shape.

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Thie first image is my ideal classroom layout for semesters 1 and 2. This layout would be geared toward classroom discussions. The secod image is for my layout during semester 3 and 4. This would be geared more for student collaboration. The first layout is meant to build the foundations for relationships. Students would learn about each others perspectives and their views on different subjects. The second is for the students getting to work together to solve different issues since the foundation of relationships has been built. Or at least that is the point!

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Semester 3 and 4 my classroom would switch gears and the seating would reflect a more collaborative environment. Desks would be pushed together to encourage smaller group cooperation.

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Here are some of the items I would have in my classroom. I would have a plush rug in the sitting area for free time. I would have a portion of the shelf next to the sitting area with books that collolate to US history and US history magazines for research purposes.

Posters would be on the wall located either when students walk in or next to the student seating area. I would have the two oil diffusers (aroma thearpy). One would be located at my dest and the other on top of the shelf next to the student sitting area. Walls would be painted a light mint green to set a relaxing feel for the class. I would alos include a water feature to add background noise for the class.

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Student sitting area minus the rocking chair and replaced with a bean ag chair. Would have my US timeline poster and Presidents poster in this area of the class. Also, Rug would been located in this area with an oil diffuser.

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For calming background noise

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Communication with non-English speaking parents Part 2

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Communication with non-English speaking parents Part 2

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ClassTag has the ability to send messages to parents in their preferred language and have their responses translated back into English.

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Weekly News Letters: effective way to inform parents about important dates or events and communicate about what's happening in the classroom
Phone calls home:  Phone calls home can set a positive tone early on, create an open line of communication between the teacher and parent, and help build a community of support for students.
Take Home Parent Notebook: Take-home binders for each of our students, parents can write questions or concerns in which the teacher can respond.

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Adjust the difficulty of a task.
Offer choices
Assure that the tasks are revelant for the students.
Alter the length of  a task.
Increase predictability.
Seat problem students closer to you (as the teacher)
Provide preferred activities.
Enrich the students environment.

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