Learning Environment Plan

Routines
Teacher-Directed Small Group Independent
Transitions
Instruction Activities Work
Expectations
• Looks Like: Raising your • Looks Like: Involving • Looks Like: Using all the • Looks Like: You have all
hand if you have a yourself in the group time you are given on the materials you need
question about the discussion. Be curious, completing the for the next class.
material and actively every question, about our assignment/project /etc. • Sounds Like: Hallway
taking notes. topic, is worth discussing! that has been assigned. level volume, you can be
• Sounds Like: One person • Sounds Like: Using 6-inch • Sounds Like: Silent to louder than during
1. Kind to self talking at a time, so you voices! allow yourself the best small groups, but not
can hear all the • Feels Like: Being environment to think too loud as if you were
information that is confident in your through your work. outside.
being provided for you! thoughts and ideas! • Feels Like: Understanding • Feels Like: Being
• Feels Like: Being calm you may not understand a confident that you are
and attentive when the concept and knowing that prepared for the day.
teacher is talking. it’s okay to ask for help!
• Looks Like: Being • Looks Like: All the • Looks Like: Offering help • Looks Like: Calmly
respectful and members of the group to your elbow partner if transitioning so as not
interested in what your are contributing to the you can see that they are knock anyone or
peers have to say. activity and helping each not understanding the anyone’s belongings
• Sounds Like: When other when needed. assignment. over in the process.
someone else is talking, • Sounds Like: Using 6-inch • Sounds Like: Whisper • Sounds Like:
the rest of the class is voices. volume, it should sound POSITIVE talk!! If
quiet and respectful of • Feels Like: Being like we are sharing you have nothing nice
2. Kind to others
them. supportive of each other secrets, so we do not to say don’t say
• Feels Like: Calm and distract others who are anything at all.
attentive. working on the • Feels Like: Being
assignment. respectful and open
• Feels Like: Being minded to others.
courteous of not only
yourself but others
around you.
• Looks Like: Being • Looks Like: Being • Looks Like: Being • Looks Like: Carefully
respectful of the respectful of our shared respectful of our shared collecting and returning
classroom and all the materials and using them materials and using them all materials to their
materials that are in the correct, specified in the correct, specified correct place.
being used during way. way. • Sounds Like: Inside
instruction. • Sounds Like: 6-inch voices • Sounds Like: Silent to voices, for the
3. Kind to our
• Sounds Like: Silent so we to not disturb the classes whisper voices. remainder of the
environment
do not disturb next to us. • Feels Like: Accomplished transitioning period.
instruction, or our • Feels Like: Accomplished and proud of your work. • Feels Like: Calmly
neighboring classes when and proud of your work. transitioning so we
someone else is talking. don’t lose or ruin
• Feels Like: Calm and anything we have been
attentive. working on.