nerd camp - building relationships at the start of the year
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Building Relationships at the
Start of a School Year
Katherine Sokolowski
@katsok
www.readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com
http://www.slideshare.net/katsok
Thinking About Relationships &
Classroom Management
Where I’m coming from…
How I learned from
Michael and Luke
2009
It’s all about relationships.
With every student.
How do we build
relationships?
Starting Off the Year
Emails
Student work samples
Side notes from conferences
Favorite books
Abandoned books
Keeping Notes
“General Notes” – add to all year
Reflection
For Students, at the end of:
Units
Assignments
Quarters
Year
For Parents:
End of quarters
End of mini-lesson
reflection on index cards
Parent/ Student
reflection at the
end of the year
Building Relationships Through
Social Media
How can my students
connect with the
world?
How can I connect
and be a role model
to them?
Benefit of Shared Stories
One book, one school
Picture Books
Recommendations
Videos - Malala
Build Community
Building community from the
start.
Frames what our classroom
looks and feels like.
Lost Forever
By: Joey
Today I lost a friend.
He was a hero,
a heart warming,
a goat.
Some people say
animals don’t have
a soul,
but I know they do.
His soul is flying,
flying in the sky,
free running around.
I hope God
takes care of him.
I lost a friend,
that left.
I yelled at him,
to come back.
He didn’t come.
The thing I have
in memory,
is fur.
A friend,
is a friend.
A human and a goat,
made no difference.
Courage to Teach -Palmer
Gives kids a safe way to
discuss what they are
struggling with.
Jullian, Bill or Bob
What message does your
classroom send?
Scrapbook
Animoto Videos
Shutterly
Classroom is student run
Organized for them
Problems – classroom
meeting
Structured so you are not
needed
Relationships = growth
Meet Matt
Meet Cooper
Building Relationships at the
Start of a School Year
Katherine Sokolowski
@katsok
www.readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com
http://www.slideshare.net/katsok