Establishing classroom rules within the first two weeks of school is important. But what do you do with the rules after they've been created, and how can you establish them so that they have a lasting effect all year long? Use an activity and ideas that take classroom rules beyond a bulletin board.

Concepts

classroom rules, rules

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Compare classroom schools with school-wide rules

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes classroom rules have already been created
• Choose to make the tea-stained paper or not

Pros

• Includes plans for writing a Class Bill of Rights
• Helps distinguish between rights and responsibilities in the classroom

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a