Positive+Classroom

Welcome to our first unit!! We will be looking at ways to create a positive classroom environment, so lets get started!!

What makes up a positive classroom: OUR FANTASTIC BRAINSTORM!!!

- Friendship, kindness, happiness, positive praises, encouraging others (Antony and Bakhtiyar).

- Thankful to have great people in the class. Forgiveness and caring attitude (Jarod and Jacob M).

- Helpful, sharing, listen to the teacher, reflection and well behaved. Trusting each other, being

honest, respectful, being nice and following rules and being responsible (Larissa and Mikayla).

- Sensible, hardworking (Limal and Jacob A).

- People who think positively (Emily and Nikita).

- Being fair, listening to each other, not fighting - reason with each other, thinking twice before

you say something nasty (Hui and Amy).

- No lying and don't steal (Ying and Sharn).

- Make friends with each other and help each other. Have some gratitude towards others (Tim

and Alex)

- Dont' be too noisy, know when to work (Meng Xin and Troy).

*** GAMES** *

__**Make a Line!**__  Stand in a line according to your birth month and/or date i.e. if you were born in January then stand first, followed by those born in February and so on. Also, those born in a particular month have to further stand according to their birth dates.

__**Fun Get to Know You**__


 * Which is your favorite food and why?
 * Who is your favorite person in the group and why?
 * Which vegetable you resemble the most?
 * What is it that you like about your city?
 * If you could change one thing, what would that be?
 * If you were made a teacher for one day, what would you do?
 * What do you do in your free time?
 * Who is your favorite superhero?
 * What would you like to be other than yourself?
 * Which superhero would you like to be and why?
 * What kind of magical power would you like to have?
 * Which food would you like to eat endlessly?
 * Which other name would you like to be called by if not your own?
 * Where would you choose to live, the ocean or the moon?
 * If you had the chance to transport yourself, where would you go and why?
 * If you had to give up a favorite food, which would it be and why?
 * Who's your favorite comic strip character, would you like to be it?
 * Which animal would you prefer to be and why?
 * If you were a flavored ice cream, which one would you like to be and why?
 * Name one incident where you got into big trouble with your parents.
 * What is one of your favorite things about a family member.
 * What are your favorite hobbies?
 * What are your favorite toys and which are the ones you don't like playing with?
 * What are your pet peeves or interesting things about you that you dislike?
 * What do you love to do the most in the world?
 * What is one food you’d hate to waste and can't let others waste too?
 * Do you like reading books, which is your favorite of all time?
 * Which television program do you love watching and can't miss even in the worst situation?
 * What do you love about summer and what can you do for hours?
 * Who do you consider your hero?

__**Similarities!**__

You will need a pen and paper for this game. Find five participants in the class who have five similarities. The similarities can be like year of birth, same school, same favorite rock band or sportsperson, living on the same street, etc. You will have 10 minutes to do this. Remember to write down the names and similarities.

__Action Intros __

Make a standing circle. One person start by saying an action and then their name. The action should start with the same letter as your name, like energetic Eric or jumping Jill. When you say your action and name, you must act out the action too, so jumping Jill would jump up and down. The entire class will repeat everyone’s actions and names each time a new person introduces him or herself.

__Hospital TAG! __

Every participant is “it” and have three lives. When a player is tagged once, he must put this hand on the part of his body where he was tagged. The second time, he puts his other hand on that spot. The third time he is tagged, he is out.

<span style="background-color: #dc9696; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Classroom Treaty

Today we are going to create our classroom treaty but first of all we need to know what a treaty is!! Questions, questions, questions!! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">In your group, you will use 'ALL WRITE ROUND ROBIN' - In teams, each person will take turns to respond orally and EVERYONE will write every response on their own piece of paper. = 1. What is a treaty?? = = 2. Who is involved?? = = 3. Why is a treaty important?? = = 4. What should go in our classroom treaty?? = = 5. Do you know about the 'Treaty of Waitangi'?? =

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Bio Poem

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**What is a Biopoem?** //A Biopoem is a poem that describes a person in 11 lines. There is a specific formula to use when writing a bio poem.//

(First name)- (Four adjectives that describe the person) Son or Daughter of (your parents names) Lover of (three different things that the person loves) Who feels (three different feelings and when or where they are felt) Who gives (three different things the person gives) Who fears (three different fears the person has) Who would like to see (three different things the person would like to see) Who lives (a brief description of where the person lives) -(last name)

Art Time

__ Name Bugs <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ __

To create your name bug: 1. First of all you will need a large A3 size paper. 2. Fold your paper in half to create a rectangle. 3. Using bold lettering, write your name from top to bottom. Make sure you link each letter together. 4. Cut your name out carefully to avoid ripping your sheet of paper. Avoid cutting off too much of the folded area because this will be the spine of your name bug. 5. Colour your name with pastel. Make sure you pick up your pastel if it falls off your table. We don't want a messy carpet!!