Fostering+a+good+Class+Envirnoment

=Using Padlet for Classmate/Classroom Expectations=


 * **Title**: ||< A great classmate....by Jennifer Brown ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Class Envirnoment ||
 * **Grade**: ||< Any ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< 45-60 mins ||
 * **Summary:** ||< The teacher will help foster a positive classroom envirnoment by using **Padlet** to start a group discussion between the students. The students will complete the following sentences to guide the discussion "great classmates are, do, say, or do not....." . This is to introduce them to **Padlet** and help guide the teacher to set up classroom expectations from what the students discussed. ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< Lesson Prep: Create a **padlet** for the students to write their ideas onto.

Break students into small groups and give each group a computer. Get all of the students logged onto the **computers** and give them the URL for the **Padlet** you created. Using the **ActivBoard**, model how to add to the Padlet. Start the group discussion by asking the "scribe" to write the groups favorite subject, or color to get them comfortable with using the program.

Discuss the responses as a group as they appear on the **ActivBoard**. Notice similarities and differences. After using this as a test run, begin your discussion on classroom behavior. As a group the students will use the following sentence starters:

A great classmate is..... A great classmate says.... A great classmate does.... A great classmate does not...

Use their posts to create classroom expectations. ||
 * Objectives: ||< * What TEKS or other objectives does this activity/lesson project meet? ||
 * Assessment: ||< I will assess their ability to use **Padlet** and use appropriate discussion topics by reading their posts as they come up on the **ActivBoard**. ||
 * Resources: ||< * **Computers/Tablets**
 * **ActivBoard** ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Please share what went well, what was challenging and what you might tweak or modify for your next round.... ||
 * **Examples**: ||< * [] ||

Discussion:
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