Creating Classroom Peace: Building Agreements for a Smooth Running Classroom

• Inquiry
• 2nd Grade

Creating Classroom Peace: Building Agreements for a Smooth Running Classroom

Learning Objective

Understand the importance of peace and conflict resolution in the classroom and create 3-5 agreements for a smooth running classroom.

What do you already know about creating a peaceful classroom environment?

Importance of Peace in the Classroom

Peaceful classrooms promote learning, respect, and positive relationships among students and teachers.

Understanding Conflict

Conflict is a normal part of human interaction, but resolving it peacefully is important for a harmonious classroom.

Brainstorming Agreements

Discuss with your classmates 3-5 agreements that can help create a peaceful and productive classroom.

Sharing Agreements

Each group presents their agreements to the class and explains the reasoning behind each agreement.

Consolidating Agreements

As a class, discuss and consolidate the presented agreements into a final list of 3-5 agreements for the classroom.

Signing the Agreements

Each student and the teacher signs the final list of agreements as a commitment to maintaining a peaceful classroom.

Reflection and Commitment

Reflect on the importance of the agreements and commit to upholding them to create a smooth running classroom.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.