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Responsive Classrooms at LaGrange Elementary School: A Social
Development Guide For Parents
What is Responsive Classroom?
Responsive Classroom is a school-wide initiative. It stresses
cooperation, responsibility, independence, caring and self-control. It blends
social learning with high academic standards. LaGrange Elementary School has
received training form the Northeast Foundation for Children to implement
Responsive Classroom. The following information is taken from the
Guidelines for The Responsive Classroom by the Northeast Foundation for
Children. We are concentrating on
Guided Discovery,
Morning Meeting,
Rules and Logical Consequences, and
Academic Choice.
Whole School Meetings
Once a month, children in all classrooms will participate in a
whole school community meeting. This models morning meeting and gives children
the opportunity to have fun, to learn, to share and to practice respectful
behaviors while building community. Each year, every grade level has an
opportunity to facilitate the meeting.
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