May 27

Creating Community Conditions

Over the summer last year, I asked myself, “How do I make each school day the best 7 hours for kids each day?”

Community Circle daily in the morning builds the environment conditions to allow kids to feel safe. When you feel safe, you branch out in new ways and into new challenges.

Community circle benefits all students because we learn that as humans we are all connected.

  • Someone else has a pet
  • Someone has a favorite sport in common
  • Someone has a sibling
  • Someone has the same favorite candy
  • Someone likes the same music
  • Someone has a similar fear
  • Someone else has divorced parents
  • Someone else has lost someone

As soon as we learn in the classroom that we have things in common with each other the bonds are free to grow. Some bonds are immediate and others take time to invest. However, the classroom becomes a more welcoming place for passion too.


Posted May 27, 2019 by Laura Christie in category Passion Projects, Positive Learning Environment, Uncategorized

About the Author

Laura Christie is an educator in her 21st year who desires to see all kids engaged in classrooms where learning is the most exciting activity on the planet. She believes in developing bonds with students and helping them find their passion. Higher-level thinking grows when students are problem solvers and active in the learning process. Laura also has a passion for literacy instruction and feels that being a lifelong learner is the only way to live. Her passion is curriculum and helping lead educators to grow in their craft. Laura earned a Masters in Educational Administration at Butler University while teaching 5th Grade Humanities at Sand Creek Intermediate. @MrsChristie21

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