As we have done for the past three years in Crandall schools, the first week of school each class was able to answer "Four Questions" about how they wanted the class to run.
The "Four Questions" come from Capturing Kids Hearts which is a model that each teacher in CISD uses to help the flow of their classroom run smoothly.
In my class this year, I wanted my students to realize that each class isn't just a family, but rather ALL of my students are a family and we all work together. So, enter the Anchor Charts....
Each group in our classroom had about 5 minutes to talk with each other about how they wanted to answer the question. Then the Materials Manager went over and stuck their Post-It Note to the board. Simple and easy! And totally effective!
Now, it was my turn to create something wonderful. Enter Wordle! Yes, I typed in every single word from every Post-It note into the cloud and then hit submit so we could get the beautiful Wordle cloud below.
Right now we have a small copy of this hanging in our classroom on the CHAMPS board. I am sending the poster into Office Depot to get printed so I can then hang it up nice and pretty in the classroom and have all of my students sign it. I am totally in love with doing it this way as it allows all the words to be represented and shows which are most important to the students with having a larger (and bolder) font size.
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