After the Icebreakers...Sustaining Classroom Community Throughout the school year!

Children learn best when they feel they are apart of a community in which everyone feels accepted and individuality is  encouraged. -Scholastic

The start of a new school year always brings forth new opportunities to fine tune both your craft of teaching
and your ability to create a classroom culture that thrives with healthy community.

Classroom Community is also one important aspect of  education that transcends across all grade levels.
It is the first step to ensuring that learning occurs. As the education adage states:
“If you can’t reach them, you can’t teach them!” So what do you do to continue to build community after the icebreakers?

Take a look at this link for a couple of ideas to incorporate into your instruction
that will continue to enhance your classroom community after the icebreakers are done. :-)