What Socio-emotional Supports have we created in our classrooms?

How Trauma Is Changing Children's Brains
Being mindful of the challenges that many of our students have had...what systems or supports do we create and use to create a warm and safe environment in our classroom that brings out the best in our students.

YOKA School Culture and Class Culture

What IS working overall in my class?  What do I need to WORK ON to improve? What could we do more of at YOKA to support our students even better?

FIELD TRIP REFLECTION

We have had many field trips over the past weeks.  What has gone well?  What could we improve on? What would we do differently next time? What advice could we give to our 6th grade sponsors who go later this week?

Building Empathy

Why are some of our most at-risk students acting up?  How are some of their needs not being met and what can we do to address them?  How are we building empathy with these students? Please share your insights and successful experiences with these students.

Five - Week Grading Practice Reflection

As we finish our first five weeks this Spring semester, let's reflect on two ideas around our grading practices.

1. When do we give our students "U's"? What might be some ways that we can prevent our students from getting "U's" (work habits/ cooperation)? What are some successful strategies that we have used to move our students towards "S" and "E"?
2. Reflecting on our current grades, is there any disparity between Work Habits, Cooperation, and the Letter Grade we give?

8th Grade Pinning Reflection

How did you contribute towards the Pinning Ceremony's success? Overall, what were your observations of the ceremony itself? What went well? What could be improved/ done differently for next time and/or for culmination?  

Reflecting on our Success and Looking Forward

What successes are we most satisfied with from last semester and what lesson or strategy are we looking forward to using this semester?