All Oakland students are expected to be respectful, responsible, and safe. When students make great behavior choices in the classroom, they are verbally praised and are helped to see how that great choice relates to one of Mindsets for Learning (see information below). Students who continually make outstanding behavior choices are recognized with a Positive Office Referral.
When students make poor behavior choices, we first give them visual and verbal reminders of our behavior expectations. When students continually make poor behavior choices after those reminders, they may be asked to find a Thinking Spot in the classroom and complete a Thinking Spot form to help them think through the choices they are making. This form will be discussed with a teacher and sent home to be signed by a parent and returned the next day. Should a student's behavior warrant an Office Discipline Referral, that form will also be sent home to be signed by a parent and returned the next day.
Our class will also work together to earn owls. Owls can be earned when the entire class makes great choices during specials classes (art, music, PE, and learning center), lunch/recess, and in our classroom. We will keep track of how many owls we earn. We will enjoy a class reward for each set of 100 owls we earn!
In addition to helping students learn to be respectful, responsible, and safe, we are also teaching our students to utilize mindsets for learning. These mindsets for learning were identified by teachers Kristine Mraz and Christine Hertz as key traits for students to develop in order to be joyful, independent learners. The five mindsets they've identified are: optimism, persistence, flexibility, resilience, and empathy. We begin the year by explicitly teaching students what each mindset is and how it can be demonstrated both in and out of the classroom. We then focus on helping students see when they are actually showing each mindset throughout the day and helping them to develop those mindsets they might struggle with.
When students make poor behavior choices, we first give them visual and verbal reminders of our behavior expectations. When students continually make poor behavior choices after those reminders, they may be asked to find a Thinking Spot in the classroom and complete a Thinking Spot form to help them think through the choices they are making. This form will be discussed with a teacher and sent home to be signed by a parent and returned the next day. Should a student's behavior warrant an Office Discipline Referral, that form will also be sent home to be signed by a parent and returned the next day.
Our class will also work together to earn owls. Owls can be earned when the entire class makes great choices during specials classes (art, music, PE, and learning center), lunch/recess, and in our classroom. We will keep track of how many owls we earn. We will enjoy a class reward for each set of 100 owls we earn!
In addition to helping students learn to be respectful, responsible, and safe, we are also teaching our students to utilize mindsets for learning. These mindsets for learning were identified by teachers Kristine Mraz and Christine Hertz as key traits for students to develop in order to be joyful, independent learners. The five mindsets they've identified are: optimism, persistence, flexibility, resilience, and empathy. We begin the year by explicitly teaching students what each mindset is and how it can be demonstrated both in and out of the classroom. We then focus on helping students see when they are actually showing each mindset throughout the day and helping them to develop those mindsets they might struggle with.