Building Classroom Community

This Web Page features links to articles and lesson plans that will help teachers create community in their classroom. Click on the School Houses  to visit the web links

 

What is Classroom Community?

This site explains the basics of classroom community as part of a character education program.

 

This site is an article about the important co class room community and explains several strategies that teachers can use to create community in their classroom.

 

This site is the North Central Regional laboratory’s synopsis on how to create a sense of community in the classroom.

 

 

 

Class Meetings

This site focuses on the creation and implementation of class meetings.  It has links to 10 articles which explain how to implement and run class meetings.

 


This website is an outline of how to carry out a morning meeting within your classroom.  It is adapted from the research of William Glasser and Rudolf Dreikurs.

 

 

 

 

Lesson Plans

The following sites provide hundreds of lesson plans that create community through using cooperative learning and self-esteem building activities.

 

 

 


Practical Tips and Strategies for Busy Teachers