Time To Teach

My TA Daynna and I sit down to discuss how we create a positive classroom climate in our classroom. With our own unique trials and triumphs, we share our challenges and our attempts at creating an atmosphere of concern, care, and learning. Listen to find out what we do to create a positive classroom climate in our class.    0:00 Intro  1:20 Daynna's backstory 2:56 How we help our students transition from the Early Childhood section to our Elementary section 6:10 Creating a feeling of being at "home" 7:30 Some of the differences between kindergarten and pre-first at our school 10:00 Getting to know students  11:35 Color system and our attempt to de-emphasize the colors  15:55 Our class economy and how it works in our class 21:41 Table group jobs in our classroom 25:40 Flexiblity with where students sit 31:10 Getting to know students by starting with a blank slate 33:00 Summarizing what we feel are the major points of what helps us to create a positive classroom climate  33:45 Conclusion 34:20 Outro Contact: Tw