Sunday, April 6, 2014
Fourth Grade Friendships
The first Monday of every month I ask my students to write down three friends they would like to sit near. I do this for two reasons. First, it helps me get an inside look at who is friends with who, but it also allows me to see who is having a hard time making friends and gives me an opportunity to nudge my students to include a particular student or pair up students who will be accepting and kind to those who struggle with making friends on their own. I keep all their cards filed away by month, and it is amazing to see the changes in friendships. Every so often I will get a card that completely catches me off guard. This past week I collected the April cards and came across this one…Number 2 spot, not too bad! :)
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Way to go Miss Montambault! One for the special file. How great to know students want to sit and be close to you. I teach High School and have students who are interested in what I have for lunch every day, and some ask about my pet bunny. Kids care about their teacher. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteMy daughters favorite teacher (to this day) used to have the kids write comments to each other- each student had a card and the kids would each take turns writing "appreciations" and then share them with the class. It was such a nice feel good activity- the students faces just beamed as they heard , and shared their comments. It made everyone feel special.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea for seating by the way.