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I like to use positive language when setting the norms for my classroom. After we make a list and go over the expectations, all the students put handprints around the poster to show that we're all "in this together"!

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Norms from a teacher team I work with that meets regularly

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While I am not in the classroom right now, I have a lot of groups I work with and we set norms for discussions and work all the time. One piece that I would add if I were in the classroom is sentence frames for regular discussions. I helped a few teachers set this up in their classroom this year, and they leave them on the bulletnin boards - frames like, "I agree with _____, because____". "I am curious about ________" "I did the problem differently. My strategy was____" etc

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At my school and in my classroom, the norms chart is Be where you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there, doing what you're supposed to be doing. In my classroom students watch, listen and learn each day by actively participating in each lesson. We set goals and work together to reach them.

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I am not longer in the classroom. These are the norms I use use
- This is your education and you have the right to ask as many questions as you want.
-If you do not understand a response it is okay to ask that something be explained a different way
- No questions is a bad or simple question. If you need clarification, ask
- Everyone has the right to be heard and respected. Please respect everyone in the room

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I am not in a classroom right now, but in the past we discuss what a norm is and what are some norms we should have for our classroom.  Usually they consist of
-Be kind to people and things
-Try our best
-Be a good classmate
- Be safe
- Have fun!
Usually at the beginning of the year we talk about them every day and then it is usually touched upon later in the year to show when a student is doing something really great or might need a reminder of a norm.

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We refer back to these expectations often and I have found it very helpful to use pictures to clearly show what each expectation means.

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At the beginning of each school year the class and I come up with a "Class Promise".  We write the "rules" down on chart paper to create and anchor chart to hang in the class all year.  The students and I can refer to it whenever needed.  The students sign the bottom when it is complete, promising to adhere to the guidelines.  This is created to ensure a safe and respectful space where all students can learn and thrive.  This year we came up with:
Be respectful of your classmates, teachers, and the classroom.
Keep your hands to yourself.
Always use walking feet.
Raise your hand.
Clean up after yourself.
Be responsible.
Listen to the speaker.
Try your best!
Speak PEACE!

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Since I'm not a classroom teacher, I will share information on how I built norms with my tenth grade students. Each class was different. Students worked in groups, pairs or on their own and wrote down four things that they wanted to see in our classroom. As a class, we used that list to come up with our norms. While each class was different, they all had the following in common: be respectful, listen to all ideas, equal time to speak, and ask questions.

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In my room I have 2 quotes:
1. It is okay to not know, but is is not okay to not try.
2. We all learn, just not in the same way and in the same time frame.
In my opinion, these two statements frame everything I want my students to learn and internalize.

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Melissa Garfield's NormsAs the students enter my classroom space, there is a mirror and I encourage them to practice saying something positive about themselves when they enter.  They giggle at first, but many students do say something positive and relevant to themselves automatically at this point.  There is also a stick-figure poster that tells them that how to be a math person is simply being a person.  These norms build on the idea that mistakes in our math room are expected, inspected, and respected and that we will work through them together to build on our knowledge.

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Melissa Garfield's NormsAs the students enter my classroom space, there is a mirror and I encourage them to practice saying something positive about themselves when they enter.  They giggle at first, but many students do say something positive and relevant to themselves automatically at this point.  There is also a stick-figure poster that tells them that how to be a math person is simply being a person.  These norms build on the idea that mistakes in our math room are expected, inspected, and respected and that we will work through them together to build on our knowledge.

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We come up with our classroom agreements together at the beginning of the year and refer to them regularly. At times we create pictures to illustrate what each agreement means or choose an agreement to focus on for the day.

We model and act out how to engage in discussions and listen respectfully and with interest. I would also add an anchor chart with with words and pictures illustrating norms for listening and speaking, as well as, sentence stems.

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I don't have a photo, but each day we talk about the 4 B's:
Be Safe
Be Kind
Be Respectful
Be Responsible

This is talked about every day within the classroom and throughout the school as a whole! These are the 4 things we strive to be each and every day!

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I like this norm chart but also love the sign that says:
You Belong Here
You Matter
You are Worth It
You are Important
You are Loved
You Have a Voice
You are Valued
You are Respected

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Something we implement in our class BEFORE sharing and discussions is "struggle time." In math students tend to shutdown at the first sign of something seeming difficult. More often than not before they'll even put a pencil to paper they'll want help from a teacher before even attempting the work. We have implemented struggle time because most of the time students do know what to do and how to do a problem they just have a fear of being wrong. After students have their "struggle time" then they can turn and talk about the problems at hand. If they don't attempt what is being done then they'll have nothing to bring to the dicussion.

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These are norms we review often. At the beginning of the year we also create a list of class expectations. Some of these include keeping hands and feet to ourselves, raising your hand, helping your friends, listen when someone else is talking. After completing the list, all students write their name that they agree.

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We use Growth Mindset in our schools and are constantly using the language of "the power of yet." Other norms include being kind, respectful and responsible.

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These are the visuals I use to establish norms and expectations in my teaching space for sharing and discussion. I place heavy emphasis on getting an answer (the "how" and "show your work") rather than the right answer. I always let my students know that it doesn't matter if their answer is the right answer; that I would rather see how they get an answer and if the answer is correct, that is just a "plus". If student's do not get the correct answer, they are asked to see if they can find their mistake and share it with me (and their classmates) if they are comfortable.

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At the beginning of the year we set up a list of classroom rules that we follow:

Raise your hand
Be respectful
Be Kind
Hands and feet to ourselves
Always listen when the speaker is talking
Share
Take turns
Take responsibility for your actions
Use our manners

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2019/2020 Growth Mindset Wall.
"Maybe Not Right Now, but We Will".
Setting long and short term goals and being ok with having to change our goals along the way if we need to, our some classroom norms. Building our emotional and academic vocabulary is an everyday challenge.

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Norms Chart
I came from a school that had practiced Responsive Classroom. At the beginning of the school year, the students compile their hopes and dreams for the year, take a picture of each child and post it up in our room.  The space from day one is collaborative, filled with respect,  and  a safe space to make mistakes and learn from them.  I teach them about growth mindset, we get to know each other, and come up with class rules together.  I don't have a picture, but we have rules for class discussions and class rules. We practice models of gradual release, scaffold and enrich. Here is a close proximity of what we keep posted.

In our classroom we:
*Are bold, daring and take academic risks
*It is okay to try and fail because I will learn, grow and try again
*Participate in group discussions because what I think, notice and wonder is valued and makes an important contribution for all of us to learn from
*Can agree, disagree, add on to what others say, and ask questions to clarify and make meaning to learn
*Stay positive, polite, civil, respectful and kind
*Motivate, support, and help each other
*Give our best effort
*Stay on task and be productive

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Our school practices the Responsive Classroom approach and at the beginning of each school year the classroom creates their rules and norms for their classroom. We try to keep it direct and simple. Be respectful, help one another, be kind, listen to each, follow directions. Students then sign and accept these as the class norms. We have morning meetings each day and may use that time to check in and see if we all feel like we are using our norms or class rules. We  use interactive modeling to show how to do a turn and talk. What does it look like, sound like and feel like? And we may need to revisit, model and practice how to effectively do these routines. I don’t have a picture of this. I also have a growth mindset bulletin board in my classroom which gives examples of changing your words to change your mindset. Instead of, I give up, you could say what other strategies can I try. We refer to it often.

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I don't have a photo but we brainstorm norms and then each student signs the class contract and we hang it on the wall.  We use the internet to find pictures that go with each rule to help the ELs understand each one.  I may help steer them towards a certain class norm if I think something important is missing.  All of the norms are stated as a positive so instead of don't call each other names, we would say use respectful language or treat each other with respect.

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While I certainly have the school norms posted in my classroom, my personal favorite is the ten things that require zero talent. I had some of the kids in graphics make up a number of posters and have plastered them around my room and constantly pointing to them throughout the academic week. I do this because math can be hard and I reject the argument "I'm not good at math". Instead, I want my kids to embrace the philosophy they are learning and need to take a chance, make a mistake, and get comfortable with the idea that searching for solutions, whether in math or life, can be messy.

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I don’t have a picture on hand, but here are the guidelines for discussions in my classroom:

When participating in classroom discussions:
I wait my turn to speak
I ask questions  
I respond to others with my own thoughts and ideas
I stay on topic
I maintain a calm voice and body

Practice SLANT:
S- Sit up
L- Look at the person talking
A- Act like you care
N- Nod your head to show you are listening
T- Take turns while talking

Taryn Grassia

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At the beginning of each school year in math, I give the students a survey to get some information on how they feel about math, what they have learned in the past, what is hard for them, and what they expect to get out of the class for the year. I refer to the rules listed below on a daily basis.

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I'm a big believer in the 5 Ps:
Be PROMPT
Be PREPARED
Be POSITIVE
Be PRODUCTIVE
Be POLITE

I also have posters in the classroom about being kind, accepting, a leader, sincere, etc. I'm about positive expectations rather than negative ones in using the word "don't".

Our school philosophy is SAILS:
Service
Acceptance
Integrity
Leadership
Success

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At the beginning each year, I have students generate a list how we will behave in class in order to allow us to learn. Students generate that list, then I post it and refer back to it. In addition  to a set of norms, there is also a "what will that look like" component.

Listen to others - Don't talk when others are talking, look person in the eyes when you are talking, not your head to indicate understanding.

Participate in activities - come prepared with your notebook, workbook and pencil, raise your hand, contribute to group activities,

Respect our classroom space - ask before you take something from Mrs. Marden's desk, return materials you borrowed, take your things from class to class, sign in and out of class using the log.

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Last year I had each student sign a  classroom contract agreeing to to our fourth grade classroom  rules. This year I am going to add different criteria to the chart such as:
Be patient
Listen respectfully
Be flexible
Be caring
Include everyone

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At the beginning of the year, I watch the videos from Class Dojo on Growth Mindset. They are a little young for my students but they serve as a starting place for discussion about thinking positively.

Classroom Norms
Be Kind
Be Thoughtful
Be Patient
Be Honest
Be Responsible
Fair does not mean equal
Give 100%
Have a Growth Mindset
All Mistakes are Learning Opportunities

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At the beginning of the year I put up sheets with questions like this one for students to write on. This is a brainstorming activity for us to establish our shared class norms. I take the students ideas and write it in a class agreement that I put up in my classroom.

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Norm Chart
Be respectful
Be kind
Be responsible
Be ready to learn

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Norm Chart

Respect others
Respect yourself
Respect your school
Be safe
Be kind
Be Honest

I wish I could share our chart in the kindergarten classroom

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I have students from several different classrooms that work in small groups when they come to my room.  It would be difficult for my students if the expectations were different in my room compared to their classrooms.  The norms in my room are consistent with our school-wide norms:
Be Safe
Be Respectful
Be Responsible

These are posted throughout the school, including in my classroom. I would share a picture but I think we all recognize that this is a challenge right now.

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I am currently teaching preschool students with significant needs. Instead of class-wide norms, certain students have visuals specific to the student.

In all my years teaching, my favorite set of classroom "rules" came from a kindergarten class. After extensive brainstorming about what we could and could not do in school, we grouped everything into three categories and ended up with this:
1. Treat your friends nice.
2. Treat your school nice.
3. Treat yourself good.

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My classroom norms are a main focus during the first six weeks of school, and I read them a selection of books that lead to discussions about what makes a good community.  In a classroom with EL students, I think there would be value in more role-playing, and teaching about empathy in a variety of situations. My norms are drafted by the students (with me re-phrasing them so that they are 'do's not 'don't's.)
We understand that:
- we try our best
-  we all make mistakes
- we treat others the way we
want to be treated
- we take turns talking
- we ask questions if we don't understand
- we are all teachers in this classroom

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I start each year with a lot of read alouds about behaviors and getting along. We have a lot of class discussions about what we would like to have our classroom look, feel and sound like. Once we have discussed those topics, the students and I come up with a "Classroom Contract" and we come up with our classroom rules together. The kids usually say "don't" in their rules, so I typically ask if we can rephrase it so instead of "don't run in the classroom" we would say "walk in the classroom." When the contract is done, we all sign it agreeing to respect the contract.

This year we rolled out PBIS and have been adjusting to using common language. Next year. I plan to use the language from our PBIS model "Act Responsibly, Show Respect, Be Your Best Self, and Be Kind" to set up the classroom norms.

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I wish I could get into my classroom to share the norms for expected behaviors for listening and speaking in the classroom. But we, like others, build this together during the first few weeks in the classroom. My classroom is bee themed so these "rules" are posted in the classroom all year:

Bee Kind
Bee Respectful
Bee Responsible
Bee a Hard Worker
Bee a Good Listener

We discuss and make a big poster with examples of what each of these "rules" means and how we can do them. I draw pictures and label and leave the posters up for a while. We read books to support what each of these means too. I take out these big posters after vacations and whenever we need to revisit expected behaviors more specifically.

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Although I start every year with establishing expected behaviors and posting an anchor chart of agreed upon classroom rules, I do not have an anchor chart specifically for sharing and discussion.  I will definitely consider posting one next year to include:

Respectfully:
*Take turns
*Listen to others
*Ask questions
*Share thinking
*Agree to disagree

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I start each year with a lot of read aloud stories and we do a lot of class discussions. I guide the students in developing a list together so the students can all feel a sense of ownership. This year our school became more involved in PBIS so as a whole school we worked together to develope school wide norms which has been great and very positive. We start each morning, during annoucements, reciting our school pledge: Responsible is how we act, we show respect and that's a fact. Be kind to others every day. Be your best self, its the Woburn Street way! I have a large copy of this pledge in our classroom.

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As a school, we have norms for behavior and expectations. I would want to review those with "my group/class" and ask what we would want for our group. Previously when I was a classroom teacher I always found that my students had more intense expectations than I had. I am attaching a Norm Chart that I do appreciate.

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I use a few read aloud books, such as What if Everybody Did That?, The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes and Each Kindness, at the beginning of the year to initiate discussions with the class so that we can create a norm chart the first week of school.  This sets our classroom rules and mission statement for the year. Every morning in school announcements the entire school (each class in its own room) joins in the school pledge-refecting these ideas:
We are a team!
We will give our best effort!
We are respectful learners and friends!

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I don't have access to my class or my anchor charts that are hanging up in my classroom, so I will share what I have for my students to see all the time.

-We are all important!
-We all listen carefully without interrupting.
- We value and respect all other ideas and opinions.
- We ask questions and ask for help.
- We participate appropriately
-We make mistakes and learn from them.

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Since I don't have access to my classroom, nor do I have a photo of the norms chart we created the first week of school I'll just share info on it!

- Everyone deserves to be heard and needs to share ideas
-Making mistakes is WHEN we learn
-We can all learn the math we will work with in this classroom
-Ask a classmate if you're unsure about something and then seek a teacher's help