Today we worked on building our classroom community by walking through our "showcase" of wordles, identity boxes, and "I am from..." poems. You will need to make this work up after school as you need to see what is showcased on the walls.

START UP - Page 18
You will need to find out from a classmate what they learned about 5+ classmates in their class today, which was based on an ice-breaker we did (see attached below so you know what questions we asked).

ACTIVITY - Page 19
Analyze the wordle and joint "I am from..." poem below, which is a compilation of ALL my students' identity boxes and poems, and answer the following five questions:

Open publication - Free publishing - More i am from

Open publication - Free publishing - More i am from

1-    What words really pop out at you?

2-    What do you have in common with your classmates?

3-    Choose 3+ words that you found the most interesting and explain why.

4-    How do you feel reading the thoughts of your classmates?

5-    How does this strengthen our community?

REFLECTION - Page 18 (5 lines)
How can you protect and continue to build your classroom community?