HaleyElementary School

The Responsive Classroom approach includes the following main
teaching practices:

• Morning Meeting: A daily routine that builds community, creates a positive climate for learning, and reinforces academic and social skills.
• Rules and Logical Consequences: A clear and consistent approach to discipline that fosters responsibility and self-control.
• Guided Discovery: A format for introducing materials that encourages inquiry, heightens interest, and teaches care of the school environment.
• Academic Choice: An approach to giving children choices in their learning that helps them become invested, self-motivated learners.
• Classroom Organization: Strategies for arranging materials, furniture, and displays to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning.
• Working with Families: Ideas for involving families as true partners in their children's education.