Through Ada, my students and I will explore the importance of perseverance and trust in one another as we grow our classroom community.Įven though it was published many years ago, this book’s message of not making assumptions about people based on first impressions can still spark great conversations. She and her brother eventually escape this horrendous situation.
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradleyġ0-year-old Ada has a twisted foot and is physically and emotionally abused by her mother because of it. A definite culture-building book and one of the first we’ll share! But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it’s stupid.” Through the protagonist in this book, my students will begin to see that everyone’s thinking is important and should be respected because we can all learn from one another. As a bonus, it’s a book about the love of reading!
Our subsequent discussion of boundaries and respect and what that looks like in our classroom will help start our year off on the right path. This wonderful story follows the efforts of a frustrated protagonist as he seeks a quiet spot to read where his friends won’t spoil his books. Where learning and caring go hand in hand. Here then are ten books that will help my students and I nurture a classroom where trust and acceptance are key. Since much of that learning involves literature, what better way to develop a welcoming, caring culture than through books! We need to go deeper and connect this very important idea of classroom culture to the essential learning we do in the classroom.
These things are important, but I can’t help feeling that we’re just scratching the surface. I hope that my students will recognize the poster for what it is – a symbol that our classroom culture is one of caring, respect, and acceptance.Īs teachers, establishing a classroom culture is important, and to create this culture, we decorate our rooms with posters that convey caring, positive messages and buy extra pencils and notebooks so that students will know that we have their backs. Choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.” (Author Unknown) The sheep reside just above our pencil sharpener right at eye level for my middle schoolers. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense. One sheep is white and the other is black, and the quote below them reads, “Choose your socks by their color and your friends by their character. I have a small poster of two sheep in my classroom.
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